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The four black and white shorthairs were perhaps 10 days old when they were found in a cardboard box under the city’s Darrell Priede Bridge in late September, according to Anne Hawes, now fostering the kittens on behalf of the Boundary Helping Hands Feline Rescue Society . Whoever abandoned the little ones could have brought […]

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“Even though it was rainy, the feeling was so good,” she said. …Read the full story

I remember in the ’40s when there was a car ferry from the docks at the foot of Beacon Avenue that ran from Sidney to Steveston near the mouth off the Fraser River. …Read the full story

The recreational league began play in September. He has also found that if local female athletes didn’t play in the Camosun or UVic basketball programs after high school, they had few organized opportunities to play. There is a strong global movement in sport to provide girls and women with support, opportunity and rewards equal to […]

Efforts to tackle containers lost overboard is a relatively new area and is in earlier stages, however, must receive a higher priority. While it may take time to implement regulations – these things always do – immediate actions can occur, such as improving container checks and systems for positioning dangerous goods to prevent fires. …Read […]

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After travelling thousands of kilometres, female salmon dig nests along the stream bottom to lay around 3,000 eggs, which are then fertilized by a male. One of the most well-known spot to watch spawning salmon is Goldstream River in Goldstream Provincial Park, 25 minutes northwest of downtown Victoria. Coho and chinook salmon can be found […]

Tootoo was in Campbell River on Oct. He grew up in Rankin Inlet in Nunavut, a community that he says is much like the rural and remote communities around Campbell River. “There are a lot of similarities with our Indigenous communities with the dysfunction in our homes, substance abuse, addiction, everything that I’ve been exposed […]

About one-quarter of those decorations will be electronic, which includes electric lights, electric jack-o-lantern and plug in inflatables. The utility said research shows that spending on Halloween decorations could reach an all-time high, spurred on by British Columbians who feel like they missed out during last year’s pandemic-dampened holiday season. …Read the full story

This is the type of weather windsurfers in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area long for. “This is the best windsurfing spot on the Island in the water,” said the French Creek resident. “You connect with the water, the waves and the wind and also feel your surrounding as well as the temperature. One you’re connected […]

Canadian Olympians and Paralympians gather on stage at the Team Canada x Lululemon Athlete Kit Reveal in Toronto on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. “The opening and the podium gear is super-fiery and intense,” said ski cross racer Brady Leman. Lululemon takes the lead after Hudson’s Bay’s 16-year run as Canadian outfitter recently came to an […]

Poppy Drive: Royal Canadian Legion member Marlene Ferguson helps Peggy Lucas with her poppy at the No Frills grocery story in Ponoka Oct. …Read the full story

Guillaume Taillon-Chretien said his eight-year-old daughter came home one evening this month visibly shaken up, afraid to return to school. He said the series is “absolutely not suited” for young children, but one girl in the school was playing the role of a doll who determines which characters die. Several school boards in the province […]

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