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Adrian Raeside: Going on vacation

Les Leyne: 'Stay home if you're sick' barrier removed

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Icebreaker on duty

Comment: COVID data leak highlights B.C. public’s right to ‘no’

Editorial: Lessons to be learned from the pandemic

Comment: Trains need to run again on E&N tracks

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Emergency alert

Comment: Rail service on Island is a huge opportunity; costs have ...

Adrian Raeside cartoon: RCMP checks

Monique Keiran: Douglas's 'perfect Eden' of camas a food crop for ...

Geoff Johnson: Music needs to be a core part of curriculum, not an ...

Lawrie McFarlane: Promoting 'equity' means championing discrimination

Trevor Hancock: Creating well-being, from the personal to the ...

Charla Huber: Before we criticize Dr. Henry, let's acknowledge her ...

Les Leyne: Warnings better than roadblocks when it comes to travel ...

Adrian Raeside cartoon: A lesson in real estate

Comment: Wilderness parks are not the place for mountain biking

Les Leyne: B.C. set back again in Alberta pipeline argument

Comment: Stop dreaming about returning trains to E&N corridor

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Travel restrictions

Editorial: Our travel restrictions are too little, too late

Les Leyne: Head of new investment fund legally protected from ...

Adrian Raeside cartoon: A highway sign with feelings

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Ask Ellie: 'Work wife' not a threat to secure relationship

Your Good Health: Benefit of COVID vaccine outweighs risk

Ask Ellie: Get clarity from spouse before reacting to social media post

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North Vancouver driver fined for non-essential travel on the Malahat

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British Columbia to use remaining AstraZeneca vaccine for second ...

Vancouver mayor says there's no time for drug decriminalization redo

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Olympic rower Douglas Vandor pens children’s book about perseverance

Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85

Phylicia Rashad to lead Howard College of Fine Arts

Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85

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Canadian Forces member charged in death of army reservist during training exercise

U.K. study says expect more reactions from mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines

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Local

Mom says overdose death of 12-year-old daughter shows how lethal drug supply is

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

The overdose death of a 12-year-old Greater Victoria student is an example for children and ­parents of how lethal illicit street drugs are and the reach of the overdose crisis, says the girl’s . . .

Local

Eight more years in prison for trafficker who introduced ‘countless new people to addiction’

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

A persistent drug dealer was handed an eight-year prison sentence Monday after being convicted of possession of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking in . . .

Business

Video-game giant acquires Victoria studio behind Super Mega Baseball games

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

A small Victoria gaming studio that has quietly carved out a well-respected spot in the game-design space has just jumped to the big leagues in a deal with video-game giant Electronic Arts Sports.. . .

Local

'The best night ever': shelter resident grateful to be indoors

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Monday night was one of the best sleeps in a long time for Nancy, one of the first people to move into a new Vic West ­shelter. Nancy said she was grateful to move out of a tent in a nearby park . . .

Local

Qualicum Beach swamped by surge in freedom of information requests

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The Town of Qualicum Beach is experiencing such an ­“astronomical” jump in the ­number of freedom of ­information requests that at times, some ­senior staff work on nothing else, according to its . . .

Local

Jack Knox: It may be battered, but beach bench is back

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

The beach bench is back. Again. Not only that, but it has magically appeared in the perfect spot, on the gravel just below the broad new concrete walkway along Ross Bay. The bench, fashioned from. . .

Local

Artist Richard Hunt strikes gold with $200 coin design

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Whatever the future has in store for Kwakiutl artist Richard Hunt, the world-renowned Victoria carver and painter will always have at least $200 close at hand, thanks to a recent ­commission. As . . .

Local

Emaciated grey whale spotted off Ogden Point could be part of 'mortality event': researcher

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

A rare sighting of an emaciated grey whale in the waters off the Ogden Point Breakwater last week and the discovery of a dead grey whale on a northwest Vancouver Island beach over the weekend might. . .

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Jack Knox: Sooke clocks slow just as we want them to speed up

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Everything is back to normal, so Sooke residents can relax now. Or, rather, they can’t. Time has sped up again. For a week in late April, some people from Sooke to Port Renfrew detected a . . .

Entertainment

Obituary: Orbison tribute was career highlight for Victoria’s Mike Demers

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Mike Demers fronted a variety of musical projects during his 33 years in Victoria, including a tribute to Roy Orbison that will stand as a career highlight for the singer-songwriter. Demers, 63, . . .

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