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Two on motorcycle suffer minor injuries from line strung across road

Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist

Central Saanich police are still looking for leads on what happened to a couple on a motorcycle injured by some kind of cord or fishing line strung across a road Sunday ...

8200 block of Thomson Place in Central Saanich

Assisted dying no longer illegal, province seeks safeguards

British Columbia moved ahead today on helping competent adults seek a doctor’s assistance to end ...

Participark trails in Beban Park, Nanaimo

Police seek witnesses after lewd act in Nanaimo park

A lewd act at a popular Nanaimo fitness park last week has police looking for witnesses and the ...

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To stay cool, leave house windows closed or open?

The assumption here is that you want to keep your house as cool as possible in hot weather without ...

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Legislature bomb plot: clients were manipulated, lawyer says

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man found guilty of planning to bomb the British Columbia ...

Tires slashed on six vehicles in Camosun parking lot

Oak Bay police responded to reports of six vehicles with their tires slashed over the weekend in ...

Plane missing on B.C.'s south coast found, all three passengers safe

VANCOUVER - Rescue crews say a single-engine plane missing from British Columbia's south coast has ...

Traffic report: Road work in Saanich locations

Road work in Saanich will affect traffic beginning today. A section of Wilkinson Road is ...

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Victoria students mobilize to take stand on bus passes

High-school students are hoping a real-life lesson in civics will be the key to getting the B.C. ...

Metro Vancouver businessman gunned down in targeted hit

Amar Sandhu handed out food to the poor at Hastings and Main starting at noon Saturday as a ...

Cornelson spins new tour record in victory at Uplands

Adam Cornelson finished off what he started, wrapping up the Bayview Place Island Savings Open ...

What to do this summer: 24 festivals around the Island

This summer offers two dozen stop-the-presses events now through the end of September. Where to go?...

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High-risk offender arrested after fleeing Vancouver halfway house

Update: A 36-year-old man who Vancouver police deemed a high-risk offender has now been arrested....

Jury convicts Saskatchewan couple of conspiring to murder their spouses

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Two lovers who were accused of plotting to kill their spouses in ...

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Rural truck traffic riles Central Saanich

Tempers are still flaring in Central Saanich, where a dispute about commercial traffic on rural ...

Homelessness costs $1.6 million in 12 months for Victoria taxpayers

Dealing with homelessness has cost Victoria taxpayers more than $1.6 million in the past 12 ...

Oak Bay goes nuts for public art

Oak Bay is determined to be “the art capital of the capital city.”Now beginning its ...

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Jack Knox: It’s back to the future as debt clock rolls into town

Several years ago, there was this guy who would putter around town in a Volkswagen Beetle ...

Photo gallery: A sunny Saturday at the Oak Bay Tea Party

The Oak Bay Tea Party drew thousands to Willows Park on Saturday.

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Roy Henry Vickers’ quest to keep First Nation stories alive

It was an act of discrimination by a fellow Oak Bay High School student in the 1960s that in part...

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Firefighters scale Mt. Finlayson to rescue hiker with twisted ankle

Langford volunteer firefighters climbed Mount Finlayson Saturday afternoon to rescue a 57-...

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Les Leyne: Concert-ticket system rigged against us

The city, the province and the country spent much of Friday seething with frustration and resentment over the ...

Abducted and murdered children

In 40 years, 46 abducted and murdered children in B.C.

British Columbia has had more children abducted and murdered than any other province, averaging about one per year, ...

Jack Knox: Scores get $543 distracted-driving tickets on Day 1

Here’s the question nobody asked when hit with one of B.C.’s new phoning-while-driving penalties Wednesday: Why is ...

Why this house isn’t selling

Central Saanich’s Marc Tardif has been trying to sell his renovated two-storey house with four bedrooms and three ...

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Calendar, June 7: Kaki King, big bands and movie night

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 Kaki King at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca ...

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Jury hears love triangle led to shooting death of Salmon Arm, B.C., ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Kamloops, B.C., jury has heard that a volatile love triangle led to the death of a 22-year-old man ...

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Pricey produce turns shoppers to frozen food, survey suggests

Aleksandra SaganThe Canadian PressTORONTO — Some Canadians are snubbing expensive fruits and vegetables, instead ...

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Cornelson spins new tour record in victory at Uplands

Adam Cornelson finished off what he started, wrapping up the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times ...

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Big Picture: Ellen Page enjoys a happy return

When Ellen Page landed in Elk Falls Provincial Park two summers ago to shoot Into the Forest, her experience couldn’t...

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Ask Eric: The true nature of cinnamon

Dear Eric: We recently visited Sri Lanka and purchased a package of cinnamon. On returning home, we found the spice ...

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Editorial: Breach of trust is a grey area in law

Brian Bonney, a former communications director in the B.C. government, has been charged with breach of trust. He is ...

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Don’t want the fine? Don’t break the law

Re: “Motorists furious about new fines,” June 2. What is to be upset about? There are consequences for doing things...

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Ontario New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo to run for federal NDP leadership

Crews battle fire in Fort McMurray apartment building, flames under control

Ex Bank of Canada's Carney lauds Alberta plan linking resources with climate

Missing skull, leg bones of Yukon horse skeleton returned to newspaper

Lack of aid-in-dying law has left many MDs unsure how to proceed: doctors groups

Girl, 4, killed by dog in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut

Ontario cabinet minister stepping down for gender parity

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Last known living 9-11 search dog dies in Texas at age 16

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The last known living 9-11 search dog has died in a Houston suburb at age 16.A statement from ...

Man kills 2 in Phoenix motel lobby before killing himself

PHOENIX - A gunman shot three men in the lobby of a Phoenix motel, killing two of them, and then wounded two other ...

Eight years later, Clinton ready to break one glass ceiling

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Eight years to the day after conceding she was unable to "shatter that highest, hardest glass ...

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What to do this summer: 24 festivals around the Island

This summer offers two dozen stop-the-presses events now through the end of September. Where to go? Who to see? Our ...

Oak Bay goes nuts for public art

Oak Bay is determined to be “the art capital of the capital city.”Now beginning its third summer of public ...

Victoria’s Gettin’ Higher Choir model for singers around the globe

Victoria’s Gettin’ Higher Choir is well-known for having more than 300 singers and for raising hundreds of thousands ...

Roy Henry Vickers’ quest to keep First Nation stories alive

It was an act of discrimination by a fellow Oak Bay High School student in the 1960s that in part led Roy Henry ...

Our Community: Adventure racers raised $200,000

Supporters taking part in the Power to Play fundraiser last week raised more than $200,000 for Power to Be Victoria....

Nellie McClung: It’s amazing what women can achieve when we ...

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