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Death of inmate, just arrived and alone, has family seeking answers

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

The death of a newly admitted inmate at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre has devastated his family and friends, and left them searching for answers. David Gordon Ivany, 26, died . . .

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A ‘good escape:’ campsites packed with Islanders in family bubbles

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View Royal to join livestreamers; some councils take other routes

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Jack Knox: Municipal dissonance could drive you to drink

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Community: Great Big Swim supports Vital Victoria

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Police reopening front counters in Victoria, Esquimalt

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Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change

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Public help sought in finding missing teen

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Toxic algae warning issued for Prior Lake

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Cougar spotted in Saanich’s Chatterton area

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City councillor pushing for equality nominated for top immigrant award

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Group of Indigenous people left out of move from tents to housing

Flags celebrating Canada Day defaced

Jack Knox: Saanich woman, 80, among thousands from Canada trapped in India by COVID

Man dragged face-down during arrest; officers being investigated

Tougher measures urged to block wayward travelling

Saanich man pleads guilty to child sex offences

Ryan Reynolds to match fundraising effort for Great Bear Rainforest

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Thirteen new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C., no additional deaths

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Kevin Greenard: Accessing and sharing your tax information

False alarm as COVID-19 case mistakenly reported at Nanaimo mall

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Spotted: Giant insect like a cross between moth and tarantula

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Chantal Contorines was walking to her car when her daughter Sofia spotted an enormous insect on the pavement under a tree. “What is that, Mom?” asked the nine-year-old. Contorines didn’t have a. . .

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Pride week goes virtual, telling history of memorial drag game

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

As Victoria’s Pride week goes virtual, the Pride society is taking the opportunity to share some local history. In place of the memorial drag ball game, one of the week’s most popular events, . . .

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Comment: Police officers serve for all the right reasons

Nancy Saggar / .

A commentary by a constable with the West Shore RCMP. I’ve been a police officer for 11 years now. I am definitely used to public criticisms of my organization and police officers as a whole.. . .

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New protocols in place at Victoria International Airport

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

Clear-plastic barriers, signs, and specific entry and exit doorways are among new health-and-safety features unveiled this week at Victoria International Airport. The TravelSafe YYJ program was . . .

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Jack Knox: How teams, with police on board, wrestle with crises on Victoria streets

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Here, while the spotlight shines on the way police deal with mental illness on the streets, is a slice of the existing reality. Seven people are huddled around a table, poring over a list of . . .

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Camosun College temporarily shutting down continuing education program

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Camosun College is temporarily shutting down its Continuing Education Department and laying off staff as a result of the pandemic.In two memos distributed to staff, the college says the decisions are. . .

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House Beautiful: Side gate leads to impossibly long garden

Grania Litwin / Times Colonist

What: Teeny Tiny Garden Tour Where: Watch online, rain or shine, at victoriahospice.org/events/teenytinygardentour When: Through this month and July 31 Tickets: In lieu of buying a ticket, . . .

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‘Twins with a twist’: biological mom and surrogate were pregnant at same time

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby for six years, enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth. Last week, four days apart, their two babies arrived. The . . .

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From a condo to a tent: Life in Beacon Hill Park

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A few months ago, Chris was living in a $600,000 condo. Now, after his second divorce, he sleeps in a tent in Beacon Hill Park. “I slowly lost all of my stuff,” said Chris, who’s on the hook for . . .

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Ben Pires: How I deal with discrimination

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This is my personal way, one person’s way. You may have a different approach and I respect it. First, I recognize that discrimination has existed since the beginning of humans on Earth. It exists. . .

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