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Wrecked boat at Oak Bay gets a lift off the beach

Times Colonist

A wrecked sailboat that washed ashore near Oak Bay Marina in mid-February is finally being removed. Adam Coolidge and three of his team members at Cold Water Divers, based in North Saanich, spent . . .

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Oak Bay mother tells inquest of son’s drug addiction, finding him ‘gone’

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Break-in at unoccupied Oak Bay home nets jewelry, ice-cream bars

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Crown, defence deliver final arguments in health-care aide’s sex-assault trial

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Nanaimo warns of fire danger; blaze burns near Sproat Lake

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Juan de Fuca Marine Trail reopens, repairs took longer than expected

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Cobble Hill man’s death ruled suicide

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Funds OK’d for 500-seat and 700-seat schools in Langford

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Wildfire burning in Port Alberni area; RCMP directing traffic on Highway 4

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Thousands expected to take over Douglas Street for today’s Car Free YYJ

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Inquest into Oak Bay teen's drug death starts Monday

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Jack Knox: When 400 rioting Canadian soldiers killed a British policeman

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Volunteer crews transform former youth jail into healing home

Burnside Road standoff ends with arrest, no injuries

Make 20% of units ‘affordable’ in larger condo projects, Victoria councillors say

Front-desk cuts just the start: Victoria police chief

Wife seeks to stop release of details of her husband’s death

Jack Knox: Go outside, get a sense of Huck Finn’s world

Victoria Butterfly Gardens keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding ...

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Stay of proceedings after Jaspal Atwal accused of uttering threats

Former Vancouver officer facing lawsuits alleging sexual exploitation

British Columbia government loosens social assistance rules to ease poverty

Victoria to offer free menstrual products at city hall, fitness centre washrooms

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D-Day at 75: Nations honour veterans, memory of fallen

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National

Victoria Butterfly Gardens keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton

Dirk Meissner / The Canadian Press

VICTORIA — A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium. . . .

Real Estate

Average Victoria home costs well over double what Millennials can afford: study

Joannah Connolly / Glacier Media Real Estate

A 25-34-year-old on a typical salary can only afford a home under $300K, based on current interest rates, says Generation Squeeze

Local

Prince of Whales basks in attention from mistake in Trump tweet

Times Colonist

All bow before the Prince of Whales. Or maybe toss him a salmon. Donald Trump inadvertently turned a global spotlight on a Victoria-based tourism business Thursday when he mistakenly included its. . .

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.

Blogs

How to travel between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit, 2019 ed.

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

Travelling between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit is straightforward, but it is multi-step, requires at least three types of fares, and is not suited for the impatient and the easily . . .

Local

Gallery: Kids' weather art

Times Colonist

Want a chance to see your kids' weather art on the Times Colonist weather page and on our website? Send an email to localnews@timescolonist.com with "weather art" in the subject line, or mail it to: Times Colonist (Weather Art)2621 Douglas St.

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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. . .

Blogs

The do’s and don’ts of wearing a mask to protect yourself from wildfire smoke

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

You need to wear the right type of mask, and to wear it properly, to ward off wildfire smoke. That’s the message from the experts. Here’s a summary of their advice. If you’re going to wear a mask. . .

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