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Jordie Lunn Bike Park officially opens on 14-acre Langford site

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Nine-year-old Tommy Cunningham never met Jordie Lunn and only knows the late Island mountain-biking legend through online clips. “I’ve watched all his videos,” said the Grade 4 student at David . . .

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Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics opening in Nanaimo, Lake Cowichan

Island hot streak expected to stretch into weekend

Funds being raised for independent, urban Indigenous school on the Island

Open fires to be banned on Vancouver Island starting Wednesday

Culturally appropriate housing planned for Snuneymuxw First Nation

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Homes

House Beautiful: Old-world charm in Fernwood

Kim Pemberton / Times Colonist

Like a fine wine, some homes just get better with age … helped along with a few home-improvement projects over the years. That’s the case with the 1913 Fernwood home, brimming with character and . . .

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Decision on whether to close Ocean Boulevard comes as long-term plans unveiled

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Colwood council is expected to decide this month whether to partially close a portion of Ocean Boulevard for the summer. Mayor Rob Martin has a motion before council’s June 28 meeting to close . . .

Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Homemade beef dip, roasted on the barbecue

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

Beef on a bun with jus for dipping is a popular dish served in pubs and diners. But I like to make it at home and when I do that in the summer, I take the cooking outdoors. I start by choosing my. . .

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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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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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Condo tower at edge of Elk/Beaver Lake Park clears hurdle in Saanich

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

A controversial condominium development rising 11 storeys on the edge of Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park has cleared a public hearing with the support of Saanich council. Councillors approved . . .

Sports

Victoria among four Canadian cities to host quarantine bubbles for Olympic athletes

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Victoria is among four cities that will host modified quarantine bubbles for Olympic and Paralympic athletes who have been training outside the country prior to the Tokyo Summer Games. The . . .

Columnists

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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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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Man in underwear saves goats from grizzly

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Ben McGuffie didn’t hesitate when he heard two of his Nigerian dwarf goats making a racket after he headed to bed Monday night. Dressed only in underwear and a T-shirt, the Quadra Island man . . .

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