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Nanaimo mill lands in global spotlight making medical-grade pulp

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

Harmac Pacific is winning attention for the medical-grade pulp it produces for a U.S. customer and is assessing interest from potential new customers. Company president Levi Sampson would not . . .

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Health authority ramps up referral-only virus testing centres

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Victoria mayor defends council decision to have parks staff grow vegetable ...

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Silken Laumann: We are going to be OK

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We are arming ourselves against this thing we cannot see, but we know is out there, and we know worse times lie ahead. At the same time, we are starting to absorb the losses — losses of our business, our social structures, our plans, and how we saw our future unfolding.

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VIDEO: The Queen's broadcast to the UK and Commonwealth

Times Colonist

This is the full text of the message from the Queen's broadcast on Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Queen's broadcast to the UK and Commonwealth I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly. . .

Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Get happy with halibut

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

A Times Colonist reader, Kevin, sent me an email asking if I had any recipes not requiring ingredients that are consistently out of stock at grocery stores during the pandemic. Those ingredients . . .

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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 . . .

Real Estate

Greater Victoria real estate ‘in uncharted territory’

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

The Greater Victoria real estate market felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, according to sales figures released Wednesday, but it’s bracing for much worse this month and beyond. . . .

Business

Pat Elemans, tireless ambassador for UVic business school, has died

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Pat Elemans, the assistant dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, has died, taking with her a big piece of the school’s heart and its connection to the world. . . .

Blogs

Comment: Alternatives to toilet paper that are mostly not gross

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

There is plenty of toilet paper in town, but it mostly isn’t on store shelves. It’s stacked up in huge volume in homes. So, if you missed out on the great toilet-paper shopping spree, you might be . . .

Covid-19

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 . . .

Local

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 . . .

Homes

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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