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The first day of summer on Sunday brought a special weather statement from Environment Canada calling for a brief heat wave in Greater Victoria, the Southern Gulf Islands and parts of the South . . .

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New vaccine advice gets mixed reaction from AstraZeneca double-dosers

Louise Dickson ,  Amy Smart / Times Colonist, The Canadian Press

LOUISE DICKSONTimes Colonistand AMY SMARTCanadian PressAlison Malis is not a second-guesser. “If I make a decision that’s just the way it is,” she says.That’s why the 61-year-old Langford woman has . . .

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Jack Knox: Chinatown magnet on verge of vanishing

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Chinatown Fan Tan Trading is where everyone in Victoria would go when out-of-town company visited. It was like something out of Harry Potter, a never-ending maze of cramped chaos and colour. Tea . . .

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City removes bark from decaying trees in Beacon Hill Park

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

City staff have removed some bark from three black cottonwood trees in Beacon Hill Park that were found to have significant internal decay.A thin strip of bark was removed from around the trunk of . . .

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North Pacific right whale makes rare appearance off B.C.'s coast

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Jared Towers and James Pilkington had been out on the water off Haida Gwaii for nearly two weeks on a hunch they might find the rarest whales of them all. The marine mammal scientists from the . . .

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Victoria dog reunited with owners after running off during attack

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Rebecca Ellis and Alex Painter were about to continue the search for their missing dog on Tuesday night when they got a call from the Hollywood Crescent area that she had been found. The . . .

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New Island-class ferry to stop for repairs in Spain en route to Victoria

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

The fourth Island-class ferry on its way from Romania to Victoria is stopping for repairs in Spain after it developed an issue with one of the thrusters. The professional delivery crew on board . . .

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Sewage plant bio-solids fail to meet standard, go into landfill instead

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Something’s not right with a major part of our new sewage treatment system. The finished product of what we flush — the bio-solids — was supposed to be shipped to a cement plant in Richmond to . . .

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View Royal approves design of 336-unit rental development

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

A four-building 336-unit rental-housing development near Thetis Lake Park got a green light from View Royal council on Tuesday. The developer, who earlier received zoning approval, now must apply. . .

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Bear Mountain sees surge in interest as more people discover it during pandemic

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, intensified by lockdowns, restrictive health measures and quarantine periods over the last 18 months, is the desire to get outside and back to nature.. . .

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A police chief, a broadcaster and the lure of the rings

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

The New York Islanders are having a moment — playing the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup semifinals — and two Vancouver Islanders who have a four-decade relationship with the team are . . .

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