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B.C. communities spending millions, still awaiting windfall from province

Jennifer Saltman / Vancouver Sun

Local governments in B.C. are spending millions on administration, planning and enforcement related to recreational cannabis, but are still waiting for the province to share the spoils of . . .

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Eight people displaced after house fire in Duncan

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Seller foils attempt to buy car with fake bank draft

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Woman attacked by unknown man with pipe in Nanaimo

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Man found dead outside Campbell River home after reports of shots fired

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Update: Nanaimo hiker feared missing has been found, RCMP say

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Driver falls asleep, hits the ditch in Union Bay

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Oak Bay goes non-lethal in deer-control experiment; contraception for 60 does

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Saanich Centennial library branch to reopen in late December

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Current, former Sidney mayors spar over fire hall recognition

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Jury in arson case hears of accused’s burn injuries

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B.C. Hydro collection call a fraud: Oak Bay police

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Stolen specialized e-bike returned to partially paralyzed man

Nine transit trips cancelled Tuesday morning because of maintenance issues

18-cent price jump for gas at some Greater Victoria stations

Victoria speeds up plans to save smaller trees

Sentencing hearing for Oak Bay dad convicted of killing daughters set for December

Man arrested after swinging election sign, threatening couple in Oak Bay

Woman, 34, survives with minor injuries after car hits pole, bursts into flames in ...

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B.C. logs its first case of vaping illness with more suspected: health officer

Fewer people prescribed opioids but data for all provinces needed: doctor

RCMP commander in Surrey, B.C., moving to new provincewide post with Mounties

HPV immunization program in B.C. cuts rates of pre-cancer in women: study

More on the northern B.C. killings

Brother of B.C. homicide victim says he may never know why she was killed

Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert

Two Port Alberni teenagers wanted for murder died in apparent suicides by gunfire: RCMP

Homicide victim's sister accuses fugitive's dad of failing to take responsibility

RCMP find item that may be connected to McLeod and Schmegelsky investigation

Mayor of Port Alberni, home of murder suspects, says the tragedy has spread worldwide

Retired senior Mountie says answers could still come in B.C. homicides

'It's going to take awhile:' Manitoba town still on edge, searching for answers

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Farrow books sells across Australia despite legal threat

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Probe finds seafood fraud common in Canadian cities

Canadian boomers snagged at border if they admit cannabis use

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Air Canada scrubs 737 Max from schedule until Feb. 14 amid lingering uncertainty

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B.C. logs its first case of vaping illness with more suspected: health officer

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Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records

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Former golf course’s future is a worry in Saanich

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Saanich residents are worried they could lose green space and potential agricultural land to development if a landowner’s application to remove the land from agricultural protection is successful.. . .

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Obituary: Former Port Alberni mayor Gillian Trumper a tireless worker for others

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Despite a busy life raising four kids and serving more than two decades in public office as Port Alberni mayor and an MLA, Gillian Trumper never said no to a request for help. “Everybody always . . .

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Commentary by Elizabeth May: We must end our reliance on fossil fuels

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A commentary by the leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands. This is the first in a series of commentaries about climate change from Canada’s main political parties; . . .

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Obituary: Mountain-biking legend Jordie Lunn pushed the envelope

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Mountain biker and freerider Jordie Lunn was a passionate rider who was always pushing himself and the sport to new limits. Lunn died Wednesday while trail riding with friends in Cabo San Lucas, . . .

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Royal B.C. Museum returns totem to Nuxalk First Nation

Randy Shore / Vancouver Sun

A party of about 20 members of the Nuxalk First Nation went to the Royal B.C. Museum on Friday to reclaim a valuable piece of family heritage, a totem carved by late hereditary chief Louie Snow . . .

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Woman lacked ID with gender for flight, so they got her a fishing licence

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

At 82, Judith Hodgson hasn’t been driving for a couple of years and she’s not a frequent flyer. So when the Victoria woman booked a trip to Winnipeg for her sister’s birthday, she didn’t think . . .

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Why can't you find a doctor?

Lindsay Kines ,  Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Is there a “shortage” of doctors or are other factors at work? Why are young doctors opting out of family practice, where are they going and what’s the impact on patients when they’re unable to find a physician?

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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. . .

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