Sports

Langford-based sevens players boycott Rugby Canada training

Neil Davidson / The Canadian Press

Rugby Canada’s plan to have one centralized pool of men’s players rather than having separate 15s and sevens training squads is off to a rocky start. A source said 13 of the sevens...

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Stevenson-Gvozdyk title bout set for Dec. 1 in Quebec City

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Nanaimo’s Howard Johnson hotel closing after 56 years

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Federal lawyer asks B.C. judge to toss experts' reports on medical marijuana

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LeBron James says in Kaepernick reference: I stand with Nike

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Les Leyne: Sasquatch gets the last laugh

Comment: Annual prostate-cancer screening has little benefit

Editorial: Put parking underground for Crystal Pool

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Life

Grant McKenzie: If life hands you cancer, drive a convertible

Grant McKenzie / Times Colonist

First, the bad news: I have cancer. When I was told the news, my first reaction was anger. I was angry because I wasn’t negligent in my health. I wasn’t one of those guys who feared the doctor . . .

Local

$1-million gift music to Victoria Symphony’s ears

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Dallas and Len Chapple were married 37 years, more than half of which they spent in Victoria supporting various arts and community organizations — the Victoria Symphony in particular. Now Len, . . .

Islander

Righting a historical wrong, by rebuilding Japanese teahouse in Esquimalt

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

The Township of Esquimalt is being presented with an opportunity to right a historical wrong and create something new to serve the present. Historical researchers and a Japanese cultural . . .

Islander

Should golf courses be exempted from the ALR?

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Owners of the Royal Oak Golf Course are asking to remove its greens and fairways from the Agricultural Land Reserve, part of what some see as a new threat to farmland in B.C. Within the 27 acres . . .

Blogs

How to travel between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit, 2018 ed.

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

Travelling between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit is straightforward, but it is multi-step, requires at least three types of fares, and is not suited for the impatient and the easily . . .

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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