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Candidate profiles: B.C. United's Meagan Brame is running for Esquimalt-Colwood

Candidate profiles: B.C. United's Meagan Brame is running for Esquimalt-Colwood

The former Esquimalt councillor hopes to enact positive change
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Victoria charity aims to provide affordable prosthetics to developing countries

Victoria charity aims to provide affordable prosthetics to developing countries

The Victoria Hand Project works in over 10 countries
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Groups invoke charter rights in criticizing new Victoria park sheltering bans

Groups invoke charter rights in criticizing new Victoria park sheltering bans

Council demands plan showing clear path to no more public sheltering by 2026
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Sooke mayor says wildfire held to ground and surface blazes

Sooke mayor says wildfire held to ground and surface blazes

230-hectare Old Man Lake fire to still require sustained action
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Oak Bay bike shop celebrates 9 decades with anniversary BBQ

Oak Bay bike shop celebrates 9 decades with anniversary BBQ

Current owner Karl Ullrich purchased the store in 1988
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Heat warning for Okanagan, air quality statement for Revelstoke in effect

Heat warning for Okanagan, air quality statement for Revelstoke in effect

The heat warning and special air quality statement are in effect for the entire weekend
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Scheme to smuggle drugs to Vancouver Island on jet ski will end in U.S. prison

Scheme to smuggle drugs to Vancouver Island on jet ski will end in U.S. prison

A U.S. court in Seattle has found John Michael Sherwood guilty of trying to smuggle roughly 180 kilos of meth and one kilo of fentanyl into Canada
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Victoria council heeds task force calls after pay raise backlash

Victoria council heeds task force calls after pay raise backlash

Independent panel found councillor compensation doesn't reflect value of their work
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Increased cougar attacks in Metchosin sparks letter to province

Increased cougar attacks in Metchosin sparks letter to province

WIldlife-livestock conflicts significantly impact small farmers operating on tight margins
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Vancouver Island U19 rowers to represent Canada at World Rowing Championships

Vancouver Island U19 rowers to represent Canada at World Rowing Championships

The championships will take place between Aug. 18 and 24 in St. Catharines, Ontario
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