Travel

Rick Steves: Vienna trip with dad sparked lifelong love of Europe

Rick Steves / Times Colonist

Back in the summer of 1969, I took my first trip to Europe. My father, a piano importer, brought me to Vienna’s Bösendorfer piano factory. Together, my dad and I watched the world’...

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'No answers:' Canadians react to Sri Lanka bombings that killed hundreds

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Mayan Train’s fast track raising concerns in Mexico

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Burkina Faso minister says missing Quebec woman is alive, removed from territory

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Rick Steves: Historic Glasgow great for sights and sounds

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North Island whale tours lure thousands

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Travel: Remote ‘craggy fort’ might look familiar to Game of Thrones fans

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Thieves make off with popular tourist attraction from Peggy's Cove

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JetBlue to offer flights to London from NY and Boston

Canadian killed in Mexico, consular officials assisting family: Global Affairs

Construction underway on $1.6M adventure park near Omaha

Porter Airlines founder, Robert Deluce, hands over CEO duties to his son

Hawaii closer to forcing Airbnb to collect taxes on rentals

Sunwing ordered to compensate 16,255 passengers after delays during 2018 ice storm

Hidden for nearly a century, Massey Hall's stained glass windows find new life

Looters likely scouring sunken treasures off Nova Scotia, experts warn

200 rarely seen works by Toulouse-Lautrec on show in Boston

Rick Steves: Souvenir shopping in Europe? Keep it light

WestJet, regional pilots land tentative collective bargaining agreement

Canadian couple safe after witnessing kidnapping of American tourist in Uganda

Rick Steves: Sightseeing high and low in Lyon, France

Local

Steve McKerrell: Victoria Hospitals Foundation making magic, with your support

Steve McKerrell / Times Colonist

When our community unites, we make extraordinary magic happen. We are stronger when we work together, and together we have achieved our goal for our You Are Vital campaign! Your commitment, . . .

Islander

Trip to doctor for 'cold' led to discovery of cancer in lung

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

In some ways, it’s fortunate that Pete Kenyon caught that cold back in 2008; it might just have saved his life.

Islander

Heart attack a timely wake-up call

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

It all started with a strange sensation in his chest. Heartburn. Or so Matt Oliver thought. He was 44 at the time. Fit. Watched what he ate. Owned a business — Bike Tours of Victoria — that allowed him to stay active. No way it was anything too serious.

Islander

When the doctor becomes the patient

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Dr. Paul Whelan, a urologist and executive medical director of the Island Health Surgical Program, has treated countless patients in a stellar career. Becoming a patient himself isn’t something he was planning for.

Islander

Putting moms and newborns first at Victoria General Hospital

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Rachel Leff had been through it all before when she went into the hospital to give birth to child No. 3. This time, doctors decided to induce her at 36 weeks, meaning she would have a pre-term pregnancy. The Jan. 17 delivery of her son, Jasper, went well, but the baby was born with jaundice, a liver condition that causes yellowing of the skin and can lead to other issues — meaning Jasper would have to spend time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Islander

Artist Robert Bateman takes hospital’s care to heart

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Robert Bateman’s emergency flight from Salt Spring Island to Royal Jubilee Hospital wasn’t all bad. “A helicopter ride always has an element of ‘fun,’ ” quipped the internationally acclaimed artist, recalling his 2016 trip to Victoria for emergency treatment.

Islander

Royal Jubilee lung tests prove a lifesaver for asthma sufferer

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

Todd Wells is the first to admit that he didn’t always make the best choices when he was younger. Despite battling asthma from the age of five — he ended up in hospital for nearly three months at one point — he still took up smoking at the age of 11.

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Vital campaign aims to raise $3.5M for hospital equipment

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

The patient was only a mannequin, but the state-of-the-art monitor attached to it was the real thing. With the specially designed faux-patient exhibiting symptoms that mimicked heart trouble, . . .

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