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Organizers hope for karma at Olympic qualifier by using floor Raptors won NBA title on

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Who needs a Lucky Loonie ­buried at centre when you can have the entire playing surface? The court at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, on which the Toronto Raptors won the 2019...

Victoria Mackenzie Tour stop moved from June to September

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime ousted in opening round of Monte Carlo Masters

Nuggets guard Jamal Murray suffers knee injury versus Golden State

Former Alouettes head coach Marv Levy tops 2021 Canadian Football Hall of Fame class

Higashioka and Cole help Yankees beat Blue Jays 3-1

Tkachuk has two goals, Brown scores again as Senators down Jets 4-2

Habs end three-game skid with 4-2 victory, halting Toronto's six-game win streak

Positive COVID-19 tests at world men's curling championship deemed "false positives"

Start of Humpty's Champions Cup pushed back a day in Calgary

Ten Canucks players back on ice after COVID-19 outbreak sweeps through team

Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games following police shooting

Calgary Flames deal Sam Bennett to Florida Panthers

Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson now part of England coaching setup

Canadian women's hockey team to open selection camp in Nova Scotia

Quarantine requirements make for uneven NHL trade deadline

Senators claim defenceman Victor Mete off waivers from Canadiens

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Langford father with terminal cancer has gift of 'absolutely magical' wedding

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A Langford couple facing a ­terminal cancer diagnosis ­married on Monday, after a dozen wedding vendors came together to give the pair a ­special ceremony with just three days of planning. After . . .

Homes

House Beautiful: Mutual love of houses leads to 1962 split-level redesign

Kim Pemberton / The Times Colonist

Self-admitted “house junkies” Julie and Robin Muir realized early in their relationship that they share an interest in residential architecture and design. In fact, when they first started dating. . .

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Jack Knox: Prince Philip: Over the Malahat and into 70 years in the spotlight

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Prince Philip, who died Friday, had several links to Vancouver Island. His friendship with North Saanich’s Campbell Stuart, a retired federal trade negotiator who had lost a leg in the Second . . .

Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Creamy lemon peppercorn sauce makes for gourmet chicken dinner

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

Over the years, I’ve learned that an ordinary-tasting chicken breast can be transformed into something quite gourmet if you prepare it with a bold and balanced mix of ingredients. And that’s . . .

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Teacher suspended for showing The Hobbit, To Kill a Mockingbird in class

Nicholas Johansen / Castanet

A Prince George elementary school teacher has been suspended for a single day for showing his Grade 6 and 7 students movies that were deemed not age appropriate, including The Hobbit and To Kill a . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: There's good reason to be wary of travelling on a plane during a pandemic

Deb Pearce / .

A commentary by a former Times Colonist columnist. A friend once had me doubled over with laughter by describing airplanes as “petri dishes with wings.” Another, risking her car on Victoria’s . . .

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Young women fighting for change in how hospital's psychiatric emergency service is run

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Advisory: This story mentions self-harm and suicide. Ella Hale and Emma Epp aren’t waiting for one of their friends to die. The two young women, who have struggled with mental health issues . . .

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Nanaimo woman shot in face while trying to help friend in distress

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

A Nanaimo woman was shot in the face and hand early Saturday morning when she intervened with a friend in distress at her family home. Friends say Regina Hampson intervened when her roommate . . .

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Two Waters in Colwood is on the market to pay off $25.4 million in debt

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The 26.5-acre Two Waters Colwood property is on the market to pay off a $25.4-million debt in a court-ordered sale. Colwood Mayor Rob Martin hopes a sale will finally lead to construction of . . .

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High prices for social housing defended by unlikely allies

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

The millions being spent during the pandemic by all levels of government to tackle the housing crisis is both money well spent and good value for taxpayers according to housing advocates and even . . .

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