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Students, parents concerned about possible school music cuts in Greater Victoria ...

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Students waved signs and put on a roadside concert Monday morning to protest the possibility of district cuts to some music programs in the Greater Victoria School District. Some middle school . . .

More COVID-19 exposures reported at Vancouver Island schools

Another 167 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Island Health over weekend, two more ...

Nanaimo teen robbed of clothing, told to walk home naked in 'extremely ...

Car shears off power pole in Victoria, driver taken to hospital

Walmart to reopen Tuesday after car crashed through parkade wall and fell into ...

Pacheedaht First Nation says old-growth activists 'not welcome' in Fairy Creek ...

Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant eludes police in Beacon Hill Park arrest ...

Blasting device discovered on Oak Bay beach

Three banned from fishing, holding licences in Canada after overfishing ...

Nuu-chah-nulth healing practices introduced to health care staff in Tofino

Langford father with terminal cancer has gift of 'absolutely magical' wedding

Elk Lake’s unpleasant water expected to improve next year with oxygen system

Jack Knox: It’s unsafe, mental-health workers say, as VicPD cuts community-team cops

Protesters maintain blockade at Fairy Creek forest; rally along Pat Bay planned for ...

Teachers’ group calls for more detailed information about COVID-19 exposures

Amid sightings of sickly deer, expert advice: don’t feed them

Child found unresponsive at Duncan-area motel, dies in hospital

Uptown Walmart closed Saturday after car crashed into store; rest of complex open

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Charges laid after teen in Nanaimo, B.C., robbed and told to walk home naked

B.C.'s top doctor says essential workers in hot spots to be vaccinated first

British Columbia government looks toward 'brighter future' in throne speech

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Luke Bryan tests positive for COVID, sidelined from 'Idol'

Robert Durst murder trial resumes May 17 after virus delay

Student fires at officers at Tennessee school, is killed

Expert: Chauvin did not take actions of 'reasonable officer'

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Households expect return to pre-pandemic spending within a year, Bank of Canada says

Air Canada agrees to $5.9-billion aid package, giving Ottawa equity stake in airline

Kevin Greenard: Be skeptical of unknown callers

California's ArcLight and Pacific Theaters to close for good

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Cobble Hill filmmaker envisions the end of the world, and the beginning

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Prince Philip vs Philip of 'The Crown': Fact and fiction

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House Beautiful: Mutual love of houses leads to 1962 split-level redesign

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Comment: It’s time to discuss a roadmap to re-opening our borders

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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, April 12, 2021

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House Beautiful: Mutual love of houses leads to 1962 split-level redesign

Kim Pemberton / The Times Colonist

Self-admitted “house junkies” Julie and Robin Muir realized early in their relationship that they share an interest in residential architecture and design. In fact, when they first started dating. . .

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Jack Knox: Prince Philip: Over the Malahat and into 70 years in the spotlight

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Prince Philip, who died Friday, had several links to Vancouver Island. His friendship with North Saanich’s Campbell Stuart, a retired federal trade negotiator who had lost a leg in the Second . . .

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Teacher suspended for showing The Hobbit, To Kill a Mockingbird in class

Nicholas Johansen / Castanet

A Prince George elementary school teacher has been suspended for a single day for showing his Grade 6 and 7 students movies that were deemed not age appropriate, including The Hobbit and To Kill a . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: There's good reason to be wary of travelling on a plane during a pandemic

Deb Pearce / .

A commentary by a former Times Colonist columnist. A friend once had me doubled over with laughter by describing airplanes as “petri dishes with wings.” Another, risking her car on Victoria’s . . .

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Young women fighting for change in how hospital's psychiatric emergency service is run

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Advisory: This story mentions self-harm and suicide. Ella Hale and Emma Epp aren’t waiting for one of their friends to die. The two young women, who have struggled with mental health issues . . .

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Nanaimo woman shot in face while trying to help friend in distress

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

A Nanaimo woman was shot in the face and hand early Saturday morning when she intervened with a friend in distress at her family home. Friends say Regina Hampson intervened when her roommate . . .

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Two Waters in Colwood is on the market to pay off $25.4 million in debt

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The 26.5-acre Two Waters Colwood property is on the market to pay off a $25.4-million debt in a court-ordered sale. Colwood Mayor Rob Martin hopes a sale will finally lead to construction of . . .

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High prices for social housing defended by unlikely allies

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

The millions being spent during the pandemic by all levels of government to tackle the housing crisis is both money well spent and good value for taxpayers according to housing advocates and even . . .

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Woman pulls neighbour to safety after explosion: ‘Your mind says go, you go’

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

On Saturday afternoon, Suzanne Fortin heard “one hell of a boom” and rushed out of her home at the Duncan RV Park. “At first I thought it was a tree that fell on one of the units and then I saw . . .

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Pender Island couple only eating what they can grow and catch

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Stef Lowey would love a slice a pizza, but a seaweed salad with grated bull kelp, beets and carrots will have to do. Likewise for Chris Hall. A Starbucks would go down well right about now, but . . .

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