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Police trying to find 18-year-old Saanich woman

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Saanich police are trying to locate 18-year-old Robyn Coker-Steel, who has last seen at her home on Sept. 9.She has been in phone contact with someone she knows as recently as Sept. 22, but police . . .

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Former owners of Sooke Harbour House awarded more than $4M in damages

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The former owners of the renowned Sooke Harbour House have been awarded more than $4 million in damages after a lengthy trial in B.C. Supreme Court this year over a share-purchase agreement. “We . . .

Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Brown rice oat pancakes a healthy, gluten-free treat

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

If you like pancakes, but want or need to make them gluten-free, brown rice flour is a good alternative to all-purpose flour. Today’s recipe yields light and tender pancakes that contain all the . . .

Local

30-year-lease available for Oak Bay Marina

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The District of Oak Bay is seeking innovative ideas to transform the Oak Bay Marina into a “vital and happening” place as it plans for the next three decades at the Turkey Head property.A new lease . . .

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Victoria man's solo sailing trip around the world cut short by stroke

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

A Victoria sailor’s attempt to circumnavigate the world solo was cut short after he suffered a massive stroke at sea, sparking a major rescue mission off the coast of San Francisco. Glenn . . .

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It's spider season: 'We should just let them live and go about their business'

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

There’s a saying among arachnologists that you’re never more than five feet from a spider. That’s especially true in British Columbia, where there are nearly 900 documented species of spiders — . . .

Entertainment

Retired Victoria broadcaster finds long-lost tapes of Joni Mitchell recording session

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Two long-forgotten tapes featuring the first recordings of Joni Mitchell have come out of storage and into circulation, thanks to a serendipitous turn of events involving retired Victoria . . .

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Newly discovered fish species named after Sooke fossil hunter

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Steve Suntok spends most of his weekends scouring river canyons on Vancouver Island for hints of the past. A self-described fossil hunter, Suntok estimates he’s found about 1,000 to 2,000 fossils. . .

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Jack Knox: The Last Post for Salt Spring's Byron brothers

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Terry Byron cracked himself up remembering VE Day. His wounds healed, he was in Aldershot, England, waiting to be sent back to the fighting when word of Germany’s surrender arrived in May 1945.. . .

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'Oh hell, you're not a dog': Saanich woman goes nose-to-nose with a big cat — twice

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Saanich resident Lynn Wright was getting ready for bed on Wednesday night and closing her back door when she noticed what she thought was a dog stretched out on her back porch. “I said: ‘How did . . .

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In rare photo, killer whale uses tail to toss seal high into the air

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A whale watching captain caught a rare sight on camera when a Bigg’s killer whale tossed a seal high in the air. Andrew Lees, who owns Five Star Whale Watching, brought his guests to the south . . .

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