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Fare-free transit for youth in Greater Victoria rejected again

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

For the second time in less than a year, the Victoria Regional Transit Commission has rejected the idea of exploring fare-free transit for youth as a way to encourage life-long riders, reduce traffic. . .

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Langford planning $87M arts centre that includes Maritime Museum

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B.C. to shut down the auditor general for local government

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Health officials take over another Retirement Concepts seniors home

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Nanaimo considers allowing homeless people to camp in parks

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Nanaimo Airport unveils $14M addition to terminal

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Saanich councillor calls for review of off-leash areas for dogs

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Thief returns for more at Langford Canadian Tire

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Calls grow for safer drug supply in B.C. amid continuing overdose deaths

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Victoria man charged in dog’s death appears in court

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Legislature protest: Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs 'here for the...

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Colwood middle school joins cellphone ban in classrooms

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Seventh case of novel coronavirus confirmed in B.C.

Wind warnings lifted for Greater Victoria, west Vancouver Island

Rights tribunal to hear discrimination complaint from blind cab passenger

Province rejects blanket speed-limit cuts in cities

Wait times for ministry help too long, watchdog says

Privacy watchdogs to probe facial-recognition technology

Doctor became grateful patient, thanks in part to new MRI technology

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Les Leyne: Ferry arguments raise doubts about plans

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Doctor became grateful patient, thanks in part to new MRI technology

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Everything turned out fine when the doctor became the patient, thanks to some fine work by his peers and a boost from technology. Dr. Ralph Lapp, who describes himself as “an orthopedic surgeon . . .

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Jack Knox: For 66th birthday, Chris Coleman wants you to fill cup with kindness

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Chris Coleman has made a habit out of turning his birthdays into do-goodery. Six years ago, when he hit 60, he raised $10,000 in cash and books for children’s literacy. At 45, he celebrated . . .

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Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — An attempt to steal a float plane in Vancouver's harbour didn't make it out of the water, but three planes were damaged in the botched theft.Vancouver police Const. Tanya Visintin says . . .

Real Estate

Greater Victoria housing market ‘vulnerable’: CMHC

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

For the second consecutive fiscal quarter, Victoria has bucked a national trend when it comes to the vulnerability of its housing market, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and . . .

Editorials

Les Leyne: Ferry arguments raise doubts about plans

Les Leyne / Times Colonist

There’s a certain amount of friction behind the scenes among B.C. Ferries, the NDP government and the independent ferries commissioner. It leaves the impression B.C. Ferries will have to trim its. . .

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She got her gun back, then she killed herself

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Cpl. Brent Robertson was at his desk in Langford on the morning of July 11, 2018, when he overheard people talking about the suicide of former RCMP officer Krista Carlé a few days earlier. . . .

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Son a ‘hero’ for safely landing plane without propeller

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

The father of a 26-year-old pilot who safely landed a small plane in a blueberry patch in Saanich after the engine quit and the propeller fell off calls his son a hero. “He did every single thing. . .

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Say hello to Island Aurora and Island Discovery, new hybrid ferries

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The first bottle of See Ya Later bubbly smashed against the hull of the Island Discovery to christen B.C. Ferries’ brand-new hybrid-electric vessel. A second bottle was then let loose to explode . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Whose land? Whose laws? B.C. needs to change its name

Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton,  John Price / Times Colonist

In his amazing 2016 exhibit “Unceded Territories,” Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun called for the renaming of British Columbia (#RenameBC). Almost all of the province is unceded, he said at the time: “. . .

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Man missing for eight years, family finds him in Victoria

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

For eight gut-wrenching years, Dan Thanh Vo’s family thought he was dead. Then, in November, came the stunning news: Dan, living with severe mental illness, had been found on the streets in . . .

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