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Newspaper delivery man attacked, car stolen in Oak Bay

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Smoky skies blanket most of B.C. as wildfires rage; capital-area health risk '...

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Slow going southbound on Malahat

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Multi-sailing waits for much of Sunday at Swartz Bay, Tsawwassen

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Two escape house fire in Campbell River

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'Everybody is chipping in' to battle Gold Valley Main wildfire near Zeballos

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Saanich police investigating sexual assault

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B.C. Ferries customers faced sailing waits at all major terminals on Monday

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Plans for cannabis factory on Courtenay-area farmland raise hackles

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Jack Knox: That security thing bars ocean-exhibit visitors

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Desperate for daycare: parents implore province to help as daycares close

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A look at pageantry on display: RCMP Musical Ride

No sailing waits for ferries out of Swartz Bay

Duncan RCMP asking for help to find teen

Riders endured up to four-sailing waits Friday on Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route

Jack Knox: An unpaid tax bill brings big headaches for Port Alice

Hypothermia stops Susan Simmons in long-distance swim

$115 million in upgrades for naval electronic defence

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B.C. wildfires linked to rising lumber prices and rallying forest company shares

Smoke from B.C. wildfires prompts air quality advisories across Western Canada

Smoke, air quality issues lead to scrapped triathlons in B.C.'s Central Okanagan

Homicide team investigating after deadly altercation in Surrey, B.C.

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US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

Malaysian PM says China-financed projects cancelled

Taliban rockets hit near Kabul presidency; no injuries

El Salvador, Taiwan break ties, further isolating Asian isle

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Music Bingo evolving from bars to seniors’ homes

Higher fuel, labour costs push airfare skyward, boosting rise in inflation

Proposed 24-storey Nanaimo tower wins praise from council

Forestry industry pushes back on Trump blaming fires on Canadian lumber imports

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Los Angeles authorities looking into Asia Argento allegation

Crazy Rich Asians shines bright at the box office

Small Screen: Jim Dial to make brief visits on new Murphy Brown

Explore: Pet-A-Palooza, RCMP Musical Ride, Flavour Trails

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House Beautiful: Condo a canvas for art collection

Your Good Health: Weakness on one side sounds like a stroke

The Doctor Game: Marijuana was ineffective in treating my neck pain

Sunday Dinner: Enjoy our salad days while we can

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Editorial: Losing daycare spaces

Les Leyne: NDP gets chance to ice Jumbo Glacier

Editorial: ICBC premium change won’t fix the problems

Editorial: Don’t toke and drive

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Nova Scotia report to examine clear cutting and other forestry practices

Social media, digital photography allow millennials to flock to birdwatching

Ontario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with 26 licensed producers

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Steve Wallace: How to prepare for a rear-end collision

Steve Wallace / Times Colonist

The rear-end crash is the most common type of vehicle collision. Despite the latest technological advances, this crash can be very dramatic and result in significant injury, even at relatively . . .

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Island Voices: Housing first shouldn’t mean neighbourhoods come second

Stephen Hammond / .

I can relate to the people living near the Saanich and Nanaimo tent cities. Having lived by Victoria’s tent city two years ago, I know firsthand the dangers with some of the people who are . . .

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New floating boardwalk being installed at Swan Lake

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Construction on the new floating portion of the boardwalk at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary got underway Wednesday, with crews from Knappett Projects using a crane to put the first . . .

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Jack Knox: Battling and punishing the queue jumpers at B.C. Ferries terminals

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

I saw them catch a queue-jumper at the Tsawwassen ferry terminal last week. The driver had tried sneaking out of a going-nowhere lane and into one that was boarding. Fortunately, before he got . . .

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B.C. Ferries customers faced sailing waits at all major terminals on Monday

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

On Monday afternoon, B.C. Ferries was reporting sailing waits for motor vehicles at its major terminals — Swartz Bay, Tsawwassen, Horseshoe Bay, Departure Bay and Duke Point. There were . . .

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Multi-sailing waits for much of Sunday at Swartz Bay, Tsawwassen

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

Motorists travelling Sunday on B.C. Ferries between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen faced two- and three-sailing waits into the evening. A 8:50 p.m. there was still a one-sailing wait. With the 9 p.m.. . .

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Zofia Rogowski: Council did right thing in a good way

Zofia Rogowski / Times Colonist

My first reaction to the news that the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald would be removed from Victoria’s city hall was fear. I knew it would bring out the residential-school defenders. The genocide . . .

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Changing of the helicopter guard: Cyclone ‘leaps ahead’ of Sea Kings

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

It’s easy to tell that the most recent addition to the 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron fleet — a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter — is fresh from the manufacturer. “Some of them still have the new-car . . .

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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. . .

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.

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