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Low water levels prompt restrictions on Koksilah River

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Low water flows on the Koksilah River just south of Duncan have prompted the province to restrict water use there in order to protect fish populations. The fish, including steelhead, coho and . . .

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Suspect arrested after armed robbery in Oak Bay

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Suspected impaired driver crashes into home in Vic West

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Langford family flees fire at home on Bear Mountain

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Vancouver Island major crime unit investigating suspicious death in Saanich

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Two seriously injured in Duncan crash on Trans-Canada; RCMP seek witnesses

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Search underway for Port Alberni man believed to be in Victoria

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Wasp population boom likely weather-related: expert

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Former councillor honoured for heritage preservation

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2,300 cyclists turn out for Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria

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Body found outside vacant Saanich house

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Road closures for Tour de Victoria bicycling festival

Day parole granted to drunk driver who killed West Shore RCMP officer

Telus working to restore email service

Minor injuries in five-vehicle crash on Patricia Bay Highway

Saanich police investigating snatch-and-grab theft of wedding dress

Suspect caught on camera ‘breaking out’ of Nanaimo business

Man arrested for attempted murder after Aug. 6 shooting at Bay Street rooming house

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Water use restricted for critically low Koksilah River on Vancouver Island

Residents of tent camp on Vancouver's downtown Eastside ordered out by Wednesday

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New Gonzales Beach retaining wall upsets some neighbours

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Some Victorians who live in the ring of houses surrounding Gonzales Beach are upset that a neighbour is building a wall almost at the ocean’s edge. John Harding, who lives on Hollywood Crescent, . . .

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Police use stun gun to subdue emu on the lam in Chemainus

Times Colonist

Police used a stun gun to subdue a runaway emu that was disrupting traffic and getting aggressive with officers in Chemainus Tuesday morning. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP officers came across the . . .

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Victoria jaywalker who witnessed crash gets $98,000 award for ‘nervous shock’

Keith Fraser / Vancouver Sun

A Victoria man who jaywalked with his wife has been awarded $98,000 in damages for “nervous shock” after he witnessed his wife being hit by a motorcycle. On the day of the incident, on March 20, . . .

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Jack Knox: The thong is over: Greater Victoria’s last strip bar shuts

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

By noon Tuesday, the guy from the bar-supply company was loading torpedo-like beer gas tanks into his van. The Fox Showroom Pub didn’t need them anymore. The last scene of the brass pole ballet . . .

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Port Renfrew looks to reinvent itself in the wake of tough fishing restrictions

Judith Lavoie / The Narwhal

Clouds hang low over the hills and a sporadic, warm rain slicks the docks at the Pacific Gateway Marina in Port Renfrew. It should be a good day for anglers around the community, which advertises. . .

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.

Islander

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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