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Improvised firearm seized from stolen car by Victoria police

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Victoria police seized an improvised firearm, known as a “zip gun,” while following up on a reported stolen vehicle. Police said a traffic officer spotted the vehicle parked in the 1700 block of . . .

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Two men arrested in COVID-19 scam at Airbnb suite in Victoria

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Dave Obee: Donate and double your ability to help others

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Funeral homes urge online streaming of memorial services

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Homeless moved from parks to hotel rooms

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Metchosin couple upbeat despite cruise ship ordeal

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As effect of pandemic grows, so does community need: Salt Spring organization

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Spring break ends, but start of remote learning could take weeks

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Hospital parking fees to be suspended as of April 1

Victoria-based EncoreFX seeking creditor protection

Arson spree in Saanich near Camosun’s Lansdowne campus

Victoria police arrest suspect after robberies on Cook and Quadra streets

School board adds caution tape as reminder: Please don’t use closed playgrounds

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She’s 95. He’s 102. Their love still shines through the window

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Hilda Duddridge made a promise to her husband of nearly 75 years and she won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way. “I said I’d look after him until the day he died,” said Hilda, 95. When . . .

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Takaya, lone wolf of Discovery Island, killed by hunter: conservation service

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

The lone wolf that once made his solitary life on Discovery Island before being tranquillized and transported elsewhere has been shot dead by a Vancouver Island hunter, setting off worldwide waves . . .

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Comment: Alternatives to toilet paper that are mostly not gross

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

There is plenty of toilet paper in town, but it mostly isn’t on store shelves. It’s stacked up in huge volume in homes. So, if you missed out on the great toilet-paper shopping spree, you might be . . .

Homes

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Spirit of help, sharing shines in pandemic

Helen Chesnut / Times Colonist

I was working on the boulevard when a neighbour driving by pulled over to say: “Anything you need — just let me know.” Noting the puzzled look on my face, Kim explained she could do some grocery . . .

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Injured Humboldt Bronco player launches lawsuit against drivers in deadly crash

The Canadian Press

CALGARY — A hockey player paralyzed from the chest down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has launched a lawsuit that names both drivers involved in the deadly collision. Ryan Straschnitzki is . . .

Homes

House Beautiful: 1980s-era home on Tanner Ridge transformed

Kim Pemberton / Times Colonist

From the outside, this one-level bungalow in the suburban Saanich neighbourhood of Tanner Ridge looks like a typical 1980s-era builder’s special, with a double-car garage dominating its facade. . . .

Covid-19

Jack Knox: How about we just stay home when we’re sick

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

“Just try wearing it for awhile,” I told my colleague. “Honestly, it’s barely noticeable.” This was a lie, of course. You can’t strap on a human version of the Cone of Shame and not draw the . . .

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At 77, devoted nurse at Victoria General Hospital calls it a day

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

If you’ve given birth at Victoria General Hospital in the past 37 years, you might have run into Stella Morris. Morris, 77, has worked in the hospital’s mother and baby unit as a registered nurse. . .

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She got her gun back, then she killed herself

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Cpl. Brent Robertson was at his desk in Langford on the morning of July 11, 2018, when he overheard people talking about the suicide of former RCMP officer Krista Carlé a few days earlier. . . .

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Man missing for eight years, family finds him in Victoria

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

For eight gut-wrenching years, Dan Thanh Vo’s family thought he was dead. Then, in November, came the stunning news: Dan, living with severe mental illness, had been found on the streets in . . .

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