Opinion

Comment: Bike lanes can work, and we need them

Comment: Blame game begins and ends in the legislature

Comment: Lanes on Wharf Street put cyclists at risk

Comment: A political party’s laughable, terrifying behaviour

Comment: Bicyclists need to be trained and licensed

Editorial: Finding ways to prevent overdose deaths

Editorial: A downtown intersection that fails in dangerous ways

Comment: North Cowichan forestry appointment makes sense

Editorial: Make these changes to help prevent drug shortages

Comment: ‘Passing’ as Canadian thanks to skin colour

Comment: We have more kinship with Seattle than Toronto

Comment: Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees

Comment: Conversations about the past can be tricky

Editorial: Why it’s so difficult to fire a misbehaving employee

Editorial: Conjecture about murder suspects is not helpful

Comment: Humans are behind those ‘computer errors’

Comment: Time to redefine priorities for B.C.’s forests

Comment: Give the Macdonald statue a good home as soon as possible

Editorial: Salaries for B.C. government’s top executives are ...

Comment: When killings lead to questions and theories

Comment: Many helped make the E&N Rail Trail a reality

Editorial: Responsibility belongs with the individuals

Comment: One year after death of orca calf, what is being done to ...

Comment: Plastic shopping bags are useful, not evil

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House Beautiful: Garden of Eden sprouts in Oak Bay

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Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: A satisfying experiment in small-space gardening

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MP asks: Why are high-risk inmates coming here?

Sidney/North Saanich RCMP find car associated with missing couple

Man arrested after fleeing scene of high-speed crash caught on camera

Playground honouring Const. Sarah Beckett opens in Langford

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Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before ...

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Sunshine Coast woman charged in husband’s death

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Life meets art in new novel by Colwood's Steven Price

'Angel Has Fallen' tops box office with $21.3 million debut

Victoria Fringe Festival: Dive in, see what you find

Fringe controversy: Performers weighing how to balance spontaneity with consent

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Quebec designer and partner say they were victims of homophobic attack

Company to remove pro-Maxime Bernier billboards that criticize 'mass immigration'

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New book assesses Trudeau government's record of living up to pledges

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Explore: Greek Fest in Saanich; boating in Oak Bay; Indigenous music and arts

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

Sample the flavours of Greece at Greek Fest Be prepared for food, music dance — and lots of cries of “Opa!” — as Greek Fest returns this weekend and next, at the Greek Community Hall, in front of. . .

Local

Reena Virk’s dad sees ‘same scenario’ in death of Langley teen

Times Colonist

Manjit Virk, whose daughter was killed in Victoria in 1997, says there are parallels between her death and that of a teenage boy this month in Langley. “It’s the same scenario, they were age 14,”. . .

Entertainment

Country star Kip Moore coming back to Island as ‘thanks’ for Sunfest fun

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Nashville country star Kip Moore is coming back to Vancouver Island for a trio of dates that will serve as a thank you for the raucous reception he received at Lake Cowichan’s Sunfest country music. . .

Local

Dad’s invention for disabled daughter gets recognition at national contest

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

A device developed by a Saanich father to keep his disabled daughter’s diaper dry has taken second prize in a Canadian national contest. The CareChanger, a sensory device that monitors for . . .

Local

A wheeler dealer's collection goes up for auction in Nanaimo

John Mackie / Vancouver Sun

The A-Aabaca Book Bin used to boast it was “the home of a million books” on its sign on Vancouver’s Granville Street. Owner Lloyd Cartwright might have still had that many when he died in . . .

Opinion

To stay cool, leave house windows closed or open?

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

The assumption here is that you want to keep your house as cool as possible in hot weather without resorting to air conditioning.

Islander

Why can't you find a doctor?

Lindsay Kines ,  Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Is there a “shortage” of doctors or are other factors at work? Why are young doctors opting out of family practice, where are they going and what’s the impact on patients when they’re unable to find a physician?

Local

Lifetime ban from Empress for pepperoni seagull fiasco has been lifted

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

After he inadvertently trashed one of its room with packs of pepperoni and a flock of seagulls, the Empress Hotel has granted a Nova Scotia man a pardon and lifted a lifetime ban. Seventeen years. . .

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