Sports

UVic’s Danielle Hanus shines in her home pool

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

The swimming pipeline out of Saanich Commonwealth Place — which included Olympic medallists Ryan Cochrane, Hilary Caldwell and Richard Weinberger — is about to dry up because of the ...

B.C. Games offers athletes a taste of the big occasion

Sunday's Games

Manitoba's Kerri Einarson wins Canadian women's curling championship

Flames start road trip with 4-2 win over Red Wings

Canadiens ship Ilya Kovalchuk to Capitals for third-round pick

Siakam has 21 points, Raptors rout Indiana 127-81 for ninth straight home win

Kyle Okposo scores 2 in Sabres' 2-1 win over Winnipeg Jets

Toronto Blue Jays erase 4-0 deficit, settle for tie against Minnesota Twins

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid set to return from injury vs Kings

Six-time Canadian curling champion Jennifer Jones denied a seventh

Toronto Arrows defeat Seattle 39-17 to remain unbeaten in Major League Rugby

Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayres to Raleigh for game

Raptors Uprising GC offer second chance to gamer suspended for 2019 season

Opelka claims semifinal win over Raonic at Delray Beach Open event

Felix Auger-Aliassime loses to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Open 13 Provence final

Saturday's Games

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UVic’s Danielle Hanus shines in her home pool

B.C. Games offers athletes a taste of the big occasion

Victoria Royals down Kelowna Rockets in shootout

Vikes lose to Bisons in conference quarter-final

Victoria Grizzlies wait to see who they get in playoffs

Pacific FC welcomes weekend-heavy CPL schedule

Powell River Kings power past Victoria Grizzlies

Kelowna Rockets take off against Victoria Royals

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Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread

China postpones key political meetings because of virus

Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from new virus in city of Qom

S. Korea reports 161 new virus cases, bringing total to 763

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Electric vehicle options growing, but profitability challenges limit growth

Kevin Greenard: Financial considerations when ending a marriage: After the ...

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Cruise line adds Victoria stops, exits Asia over coronavirus fears

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Stage Left: Pacific Opera Victoria’s delightful Flight achieves liftoff

'Schitt's Creek,' 'Anne with an E' big winners at ACTRA Awards in Toronto

Lizzo, Nyong'o, Eddie Murphy vying for NAACP Image Awards

Unscripted 'Friends' reunion special to launch with HBO Max

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Eric Akis: Pork belly, with a French flair

Victoria Beer Week takes delicious dive into food pairing

B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70

Discover the Wonders of Cowichan

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Charla Huber: The happy truth behind being annoyingly optimistic

Comment: Keep sewage sludge off farms, fields and forests

Les Leyne: Ferry arguments raise doubts about plans

Susan Delacourt: A divided Commons, a fractured country

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The blockade stays put and Teck withdraws; In The News for Feb. 24

Rail blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk remains after police deadline passes

Statistics Canada set to reveal new data on poverty rates

Alberta Court of Appeal to rule on whether federal carbon tax should stand

BC

Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — An attempt to steal a float plane in Vancouver's harbour didn't make it out of the water, but three planes were damaged in the botched theft.Vancouver police Const. Tanya Visintin says . . .

Real Estate

Greater Victoria housing market ‘vulnerable’: CMHC

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

For the second consecutive fiscal quarter, Victoria has bucked a national trend when it comes to the vulnerability of its housing market, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and . . .

Local

Jack Knox: For 66th birthday, Chris Coleman wants you to fill cup with kindness

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Chris Coleman has made a habit out of turning his birthdays into do-goodery. Six years ago, when he hit 60, he raised $10,000 in cash and books for children’s literacy. At 45, he celebrated . . .

Editorials

Les Leyne: Ferry arguments raise doubts about plans

Les Leyne / Times Colonist

There’s a certain amount of friction behind the scenes among B.C. Ferries, the NDP government and the independent ferries commissioner. It leaves the impression B.C. Ferries will have to trim its. . .

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

Son a ‘hero’ for safely landing plane without propeller

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

The father of a 26-year-old pilot who safely landed a small plane in a blueberry patch in Saanich after the engine quit and the propeller fell off calls his son a hero. “He did every single thing. . .

Local

Say hello to Island Aurora and Island Discovery, new hybrid ferries

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The first bottle of See Ya Later bubbly smashed against the hull of the Island Discovery to christen B.C. Ferries’ brand-new hybrid-electric vessel. A second bottle was then let loose to explode . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Whose land? Whose laws? B.C. needs to change its name

Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton,  John Price / Times Colonist

In his amazing 2016 exhibit “Unceded Territories,” Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun called for the renaming of British Columbia (#RenameBC). Almost all of the province is unceded, he said at the time: “. . .

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

Jack Knox: Want to change my mind? Don’t punch me in the head

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Just for a second, put aside your feelings — for or against — about the natural gas pipeline opposed by Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in northern B.C. Ask yourself instead: What if it were . . .

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