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Businesses propose alternate routes for Esquimalt bike lanes to preserve parking

Businesses propose alternate routes for Esquimalt bike lanes to preserve parking

One of the options Esquimalt is considering — a protected bike line on Esquimalt Road that would take away all street-side parking between Lampson Road and Canteen Road — is a “huge issue” for some businesses
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Les Leyne: Rights official endorses school police ban, teachers say safety plan directive 'outrageous'

Les Leyne: Rights official endorses school police ban, teachers say safety plan directive 'outrageous'

Kasari Govender validated the decision to shut down school police liaison programs
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Man who died on bus a longtime Munro's bookseller who helped launch Earth Week events

Man who died on bus a longtime Munro's bookseller who helped launch Earth Week events

Doug Koch, 66, had left the bookstore on Government Street Saturday morning, saying he felt unwell.
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Fifteen acres added to ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Park

Fifteen acres added to ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Park

The land, acquired by the B.C. Parks Foundation from a private landowner, includes some of the last old-growth Douglas fir and Garry oak stands on the Saanich Peninsula.
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Students not likely to return to Campbell River high school until Monday, after fire

Students not likely to return to Campbell River high school until Monday, after fire

About 30 per cent of the school’s students won’t have classrooms to return to, so other schools will temporarily house some of the students
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Search-and-rescue team joins effort to find man with dementia

Search-and-rescue team joins effort to find man with dementia

Police are asking residents south of PKOLS/Mount Douglas Park along Ash Road, Shelbourne Street and Cedar Hill Road to check any security-camera footage dating back to Saturday for any sign of Christian Dube
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North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP looking for man last seen in May

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP looking for man last seen in May

The 64-year-old was reported missing on Nov. 21 — six months after he was last seen.
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Man rescued after failing to get onto sailboat from raft made of branches

Man rescued after failing to get onto sailboat from raft made of branches

Oak Bay police responded about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report that someone was yelling from the water
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B.C. Premier Eby says Canada must negotiate from position of strength on U.S. tariff

B.C. Premier Eby says Canada must negotiate from position of strength on U.S. tariff

B.C. Premier David Eby says the tariff would devastate workers and their families on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
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Truck goes down embankment on Bamfield road, driver walks away.

Truck goes down embankment on Bamfield road, driver walks away.

The crash happened about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday around the 41-kilometre marker as the truck was headed toward Bamfield
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