Opinion

Op-ed: Dr. Bonnie Henry – No boundaries with COVID-19

Les Leyne: A flood of second guessing amid an ‘infodemic’

Adrian Raeside cartoon: The art of social distancing

Charla Huber: Acknowledge our leaders in a time of uncertainty

Monique Kieran: Virus casts a shadow of a new Great Depression

Trevor Hancock: Vital lessons from the pandemic for the future

Lawrie McFarlane: Take a (naked) leap of faith for mental health

Geoff Johnson: Start science class in kindergarten? It’s never too ...

Adrian Raeside cartoon: In the trenches against COVID-19

Les Leyne: Essential workers have legal protection during virus ...

Comment: In Pat Elemans, we have lost a ‘helper’ who made a ...

Les Leyne: Langford is breaking ranks with virus test

Comment: Why are many essential medications in short supply?

Comment: Governments failing to embrace measures for virus, homeless

Comment: 12-step meetings still an essential lifeline despite social ...

Premier John Horgan: Stand together, B.C.

Comment: Credit-card firms profiting off the back of donations

Les Leyne: Virus’s stealth attack on B.C.

Comment: First Nations rise to challenge as pandemic legacy looms

Comment: Ottawa must step up in virus fight

Les Leyne: Schooling plan looks like an exercise in chaos

Adrian Raeside cartoon: School is in session at home

Mayor Lisa Helps: Daily stories of hope and despair amid this crisis

Monique Keiran: So, do you remember the pandemic of 1918?

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Letters April 7: Langford’s actions; nine months from now

Letters April 4: Offering thanks; no need for private health care; Saanich’s budget

Letters April 3: Criticized for wearing a face mask; a slogan for dark times

Letters April 2: Threat from online shopping; protecting sports fields

See More Life

Lufthansa retires big jets, says rebound could take years

Your Good Health: Allergy suspected after food poisoning

Ask Ellie: Search for solutions when crisis creates stress

Alcoholics Anonymous wrestles with challenge of physical distancing

See More Top News

No change in number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island

StarFish Medical joins effort to build 30,000 ventilators in Canada

Alarm raised over travellers who aren’t self-isolating

Jack Knox: Nurse, try on this snorkelling mask

See More B.C. News

Dr. Bonnie Henry says leave your hairdo to the pros after 'tinkering'...

B.C. faith leaders, Horgan discuss need for virtual religious ...

Doctors say governments should released as many inmates as possible ...

B.C. farms dumping milk because of problems getting it to the store

See More Entertainment

Daniel Levy says 'Schitt's Creek' finale is 'a love letter to the fans'

Celebrities reveal new sides during virus, but face backlash

Review: Country's Maddie & Tae burn bright on superb album

Writer Jean Little, renowned for representing kids of all abilities, dead at 88

See More National News

Deputy minister of foreign affairs tests positive for COVID-19

Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19

Dr. Donald: why the U.S. president keeps touting an unproven COVID-19 treatment

Canada failed to learn from past pandemics: health-care associations

Local

‘Out of nowhere,’ guests arrive for rocker’s wedding

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Scott and Salina Stanton thought they would tie the knot Saturday with just two guests and an officiant, but their friends had another plan. The couple had to uninvite their guests to a planned . . .

Local

Silken Laumann: We are going to be OK

Silken Laumann / .

We are arming ourselves against this thing we cannot see, but we know is out there, and we know worse times lie ahead. At the same time, we are starting to absorb the losses — losses of our business, our social structures, our plans, and how we saw our future unfolding.

Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Get happy with halibut

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

A Times Colonist reader, Kevin, sent me an email asking if I had any recipes not requiring ingredients that are consistently out of stock at grocery stores during the pandemic. Those ingredients . . .

Local

She’s 95. He’s 102. Their love still shines through the window

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Hilda Duddridge made a promise to her husband of nearly 75 years and she won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way. “I said I’d look after him until the day he died,” said Hilda, 95. When . . .

Business

Pat Elemans, tireless ambassador for UVic business school, has died

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Pat Elemans, the assistant dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, has died, taking with her a big piece of the school’s heart and its connection to the world. . . .

Blogs

Comment: Alternatives to toilet paper that are mostly not gross

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

There is plenty of toilet paper in town, but it mostly isn’t on store shelves. It’s stacked up in huge volume in homes. So, if you missed out on the great toilet-paper shopping spree, you might be . . .

Local

At 77, devoted nurse at Victoria General Hospital calls it a day

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

If you’ve given birth at Victoria General Hospital in the past 37 years, you might have run into Stella Morris. Morris, 77, has worked in the hospital’s mother and baby unit as a registered nurse. . .

Local

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. . . .

Local

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 . . .

Local

How the Island landed in the vanguard on medically assisted dying

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

No one can say exactly why Vancouver Island has had more medically assisted deaths per capita than anywhere else in the country, but doctors and advocates say there are a number of factors likely . . .

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