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For some, a scramble to adjust birth plans after Island Health restricts delivery ...

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Some pregnant women are changing their birth plans in response to new restrictions on the number of guests allowed in the delivery room and concerns around COVID-19. New regulations from Island . . .

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Dave Obee: If you can afford it, please donate

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Sign-language interpreter takes it to next level, gains following during crisis

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An urgent call for relief; a message from a group of community and business ...

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Jack Knox: Crisis or not, it’s best to keep your pants on

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Passenger injured in Campbell River vehicle crash; police actions being ...

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Resident tests positive for COVID-19 at Campbell River retirement home

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Minor earthquake north of Victoria

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Jack Knox: Honeymooners in India scrambled to get home

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Victoria police warn of COVID-19 scams

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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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Injured Humboldt Bronco player launches lawsuit against drivers in deadly crash

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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 . . .

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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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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. . . .

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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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How the Island landed in the vanguard on medically assisted dying

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

No one can say exactly why Vancouver Island has had more medically assisted deaths per capita than anywhere else in the country, but doctors and advocates say there are a number of factors likely . . .

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