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Stubborn Ottawa side earns CPL draw against first-place Pacific FC

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Hometown Victoria product Sean Young knew he would have to bide his time on a deep Pacific FC squad. He got a rare chance to start Sunday and made the most of it by being named PFC man...

Young Island players show promise for Canada in rugby sevens tourney

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DB Alford, LB Lawrence and QB Reilly all honoured as CFL's weekly top performers

Toronto Argonauts hire veteran CFL coach Chris Jones as a defensive consultant

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Veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence also an offensive threat for Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Forge FC resumes CONCACAF League journey, this time before a home crowd

Former Toronto FC skipper Jim Brennan returns to BMO Field with York United FC

Veteran quarterback Watford to make second straight start for Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Canadian women's hockey team to play B.C. Junior A men as part of Olympic prep

Leafs' Matthews, Marner focused on the present following another playoff disaster

England cricketers pull out of trip to Pakistan, angers PCB

University of Ottawa football player dies after game on the weekend

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Cautious optimism from scientists as endangered J-Pod orcas appear poised for a baby boom

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

A baby boom is coming to J-Pod. The endangered southern resident killer whales, down to 74 animals in three pods, could use the infusion of new life, but scientists and observers are cautiously . . .

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Ill seniors race to hospital, ambulance station after being put on hold with 911

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Months after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, Eileen Bell awoke in late August to a squeezing feeling in her chest, an aching jaw and a computerized watch indicating her heart rate was . . .

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Off-leash dogs to be banned at Gonzales Beach after city gets 'marching orders'

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Victoria councillors are moving forward with a bylaw change that will prohibit off-leash dogs on Gonzales Beach in order to align with federal regulations that supersede the city’s rules. In June. . .

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Catch and release: Bail changes mean more accused criminals sent back into community

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

A sex offender is released on bail after breaking into his neighbour’s home, leaving Esquimalt residents on edge. Business owners are forced to replace windows and doors shattered by a man . . .

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Mount Tolmie residents 'angry, fearful' over shelter in their midst

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

A senior who lives across from the former Mount Tolmie Hospital says she was initially open to the idea of allowing some of the region’s unsheltered population take up residence in the building. . . .

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Government offices, schools to close for Sept. 30 holiday, but businesses undecided

Darron Kloster,  Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Students won’t be in class and federal and some provincial employees will get a day off, but the new Sept. 30 holiday in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day won’t be mandatory in all . . .

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Billy the Goat visits Courtenay big-box stores while on the lam

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Billy the Goat likes to go shopping. He was seen checking out the specials inside the Courtenay Walmart, and apparently went looking for something to wear — or more likely eat — in Winners. The. . .

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With plenty of seals to eat, Bigg's orcas flooding Salish Sea; no longer regarded as 'transient'

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

She’s known as T37A, and was recently nicknamed Volker. But whale watchers in the Salish Sea fondly refer to the 27-year-old Bigg’s orca as the “baby machine.” Volker has produced five calves . . .

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It was not for nothing, says mother of fallen soldier who served in Afghanistan

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Maureen Eykelenboom is filled with sadness watching the ­Taliban capture parts of Afghanistan, but Canada’s presence there and her son’s death “was not for nothing,” she said. Cpl. Andrew (Boomer. . .

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Jack Knox: The mystery of the tombstone in the garden

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

“There’s a tombstone in my parents’ garden,” began the email from Kate Whyte. “My grandfather passed it down to my dad about 20 years ago, but it didn’t belong to him. In fact, it doesn’t belong to. . .

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