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Saanich moves to make rec centre access easier for those with disabilities

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

The District of Saanich is making it easier for people with disabilities to access leisure facilities by simplifying the process to acquire a pass that allows for free entry to accompanying support. . .

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New student housing will be UVic's tallest building

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Police recover backpack, shoes of man found dead in Saanich

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Second arrest made in connection with Oak Bay armed robbery

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After four months and 52 witnesses, Crown wraps case in Andrew Berry trial

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Jersey authorities won't extradite mom wanted in parental abduction case: ...

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Drugs, firearms, more than $50,000 in cash seized from Victoria home

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Update: Missing senior found safe and sound, Nanaimo RCMP say

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Lawsuit seeks protection zone for Northwest orcas

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Coroner's inquest in RCMP shooting in Port Hardy to start Tuesday

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Ride-hailing policies set in B.C.; minimum fares to match taxis

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Environment minister met by protesters as she announces conservation funding

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After six-month deployment, HMCS Regina sailors back in Esquimalt

Low water levels prompt restrictions on Koksilah River

Suspect arrested after armed robbery in Oak Bay

Suspected impaired driver crashes into home in Vic West

Langford family flees fire at home on Bear Mountain

Vancouver Island major crime unit investigating suspicious death in Saanich

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Ride-hailing policies set in B.C., board chair says taxi industry dissatisfied

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Chilly start on Rome trip changes to fascination

David Sovka / .

Early summer is the perfect time to visit Italy. The average daily temperature in metropolitan Rome is 26C, with little rain.

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Wasp population boom likely weather-related: expert

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Entomologist Claudia Copley likes wasps. Copley likes to watch them hunt for prey and she likes to think of all the ecological good they do keeping other insects in check. “I like to think of . . .

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Victoria jaywalker who witnessed crash gets $98,000 award for ‘nervous shock’

Keith Fraser / Vancouver Sun

A Victoria man who jaywalked with his wife has been awarded $98,000 in damages for “nervous shock” after he witnessed his wife being hit by a motorcycle. On the day of the incident, on March 20, . . .

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Chilly start on Rome trip changes to fascination

David Sovka / .

Early summer is the perfect time to visit Italy. The average daily temperature in metropolitan Rome is 26C, with little rain.

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New Gonzales Beach retaining wall upsets some neighbours

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Some Victorians who live in the ring of houses surrounding Gonzales Beach are upset that a neighbour is building a wall almost at the ocean’s edge. John Harding, who lives on Hollywood Crescent, . . .

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Port Renfrew looks to reinvent itself in the wake of tough fishing restrictions

Judith Lavoie / The Narwhal

Clouds hang low over the hills and a sporadic, warm rain slicks the docks at the Pacific Gateway Marina in Port Renfrew. It should be a good day for anglers around the community, which advertises. . .

Opinion

To stay cool, leave house windows closed or open?

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

The assumption here is that you want to keep your house as cool as possible in hot weather without resorting to air conditioning.

Islander

Why can't you find a doctor?

Lindsay Kines ,  Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Is there a “shortage” of doctors or are other factors at work? Why are young doctors opting out of family practice, where are they going and what’s the impact on patients when they’re unable to find a physician?

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Lifetime ban from Empress for pepperoni seagull fiasco has been lifted

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

After he inadvertently trashed one of its room with packs of pepperoni and a flock of seagulls, the Empress Hotel has granted a Nova Scotia man a pardon and lifted a lifetime ban. Seventeen years. . .

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