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Nanaimo aiming to spend $400,000 on downtown security

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The City of Nanaimo is poised to spend $400,000 to pay for increased security throughout its downtown, as the city copes with problems ranging from increasing violence to open drug use and . . .

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A mother speaks out amid bid to decriminalize personal drug use in B.C.

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

The last time Maureen Vincent saw her son, she remembers thinking as she drove off that she needed to find a way to get him into recovery. It was April 10, 2020, and she was visiting him at Topaz. . .

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Maritime Museum of B.C. credits Prince Phillip as instrumental in its creation

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

On the eve of the funeral for the Duke of Edinburgh, the Maritime Museum of B.C. is paying tribute to the man who helped establish the organization in Victoria just over 66 years ago. To honour . . .

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Langford father with terminal cancer has gift of 'absolutely magical' wedding

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A Langford couple facing a ­terminal cancer diagnosis ­married on Monday, after a dozen wedding vendors came together to give the pair a ­special ceremony with just three days of planning. After . . .

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Jack Knox: Prince Philip: Over the Malahat and into 70 years in the spotlight

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Prince Philip, who died Friday, had several links to Vancouver Island. His friendship with North Saanich’s Campbell Stuart, a retired federal trade negotiator who had lost a leg in the Second . . .

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House Beautiful: Mutual love of houses leads to 1962 split-level redesign

Kim Pemberton / The Times Colonist

Self-admitted “house junkies” Julie and Robin Muir realized early in their relationship that they share an interest in residential architecture and design. In fact, when they first started dating. . .

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Teacher suspended for showing The Hobbit, To Kill a Mockingbird in class

Nicholas Johansen / Castanet

A Prince George elementary school teacher has been suspended for a single day for showing his Grade 6 and 7 students movies that were deemed not age appropriate, including The Hobbit and To Kill a . . .

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Comment: There's good reason to be wary of travelling on a plane during a pandemic

Deb Pearce / .

A commentary by a former Times Colonist columnist. A friend once had me doubled over with laughter by describing airplanes as “petri dishes with wings.” Another, risking her car on Victoria’s . . .

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Young women fighting for change in how hospital's psychiatric emergency service is run

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Advisory: This story mentions self-harm and suicide. Ella Hale and Emma Epp aren’t waiting for one of their friends to die. The two young women, who have struggled with mental health issues . . .

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Nanaimo woman shot in face while trying to help friend in distress

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

A Nanaimo woman was shot in the face and hand early Saturday morning when she intervened with a friend in distress at her family home. Friends say Regina Hampson intervened when her roommate . . .

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Two Waters in Colwood is on the market to pay off $25.4 million in debt

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The 26.5-acre Two Waters Colwood property is on the market to pay off a $25.4-million debt in a court-ordered sale. Colwood Mayor Rob Martin hopes a sale will finally lead to construction of . . .

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