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Police called to investigate fire at Sooke concrete plant

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Sooke RCMP are investigating a fire that destroyed a building in Sooke on Sunday night. At about 5:30 p.m., a fire was reported at the South Island Concrete Products building at 6228 Sooke Rd. . . .

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Bear cub captured in Saanich found to be sickly, is euthanized

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B.C. government unveils budget big on social spending, low on new taxes

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Head-on crash shuts traffic on Prospect Lake Road

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Nanaimo ponders role in tackling homelessness

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Pot stores find banks saying no to their business

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Front-line medical staff say measles outbreak ‘entirely preventable’

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Snow storms brought out the best in Vancouver Islanders

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Events across region bring out families on Family Day

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Weapons stash, drugs found in Sooke cabin

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Boil-water advisory issued for part of Salt Spring Island

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Young bear caught in Saanich

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Sooke concrete plant heavily damaged in fire

Hundreds make connections with Victoria mosque

Meet daycare ‘lottery’ winners — will there be more in budget?

UVic grad grooves with electrons in award-winning Dance Your PhD video

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Remove Victor School from catchment review: trustee

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Pot stores find banks saying no to their business

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Canadian airlines waiting for guidance from Ottawa over X gender option

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Speaker apologizes for apparent racial profiling incident on Parliament Hill

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Toronto Eaton Centre shooter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter

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Photos: In search of the Spirit Bear

Times Colonist

On Wednesday, B.C. conservationist and filmmaker Ian McAllister was in Victoria for the première of his new Imax film Great Bear Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear. McAllister, who came up with the name Great Bear Rainforest, has been dedicated to protecting the wilderness that is one of the world’s largest temperate rainforests. The film, which took three years to create using the latest lightweight Imax cameras, is part of his efforts to show the world how important it is to preserve the rare and fragile forest.

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Suspended officials defend actions, say Speaker approved some expenses he criticizes

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Two senior legislature officials, suspended with pay pending a criminal investigation, have defended themselves against allegations of “flagrant overspending,” saying that the Speaker approved some. . .

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Island Voices: Despite progress, refugee crisis has not gone away

Oliver Schmidtke,  Colin Bennett / .

In August 2018, of the 1,500 refugee spaces provided by the Canadian government for the Blended Visa Office-Referred Program, more than 1,000 were left unclaimed. Only due to the exceptional . . .

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Oak Bay basketball player scores record 96 points in a single game

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Diego Maffia, playing for Oak Bay High School, scored what is thought to be the most points in a basketball game by a B.C. high school player — 96 — as the Bays defeated the Ross Sheppard . . .

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What happened to Granger Taylor?

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

The Duncan mechanic went missing in 1980 after leaving a note for his parents that he had been invited aboard a spacecraft for a 42-month tour of the universe. He was never seen again.

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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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