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Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 10, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBT bill
Gwyneth Paltrow sits in court, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is accused of injuring another skier, leaving him with a concussion and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial set for family testimony
Councillor Ken Herar shows off the Pride Progress Flag at council on June 6, 2022. The matter was revisited on Monday (March 20) with the council voting to move forward without flying the pride flag at municipal locations. /Screenshot from Mission council
B.C. city says no to flying pride flag at local facilities
A child plays the video game “Fortnite” in Chicago, Saturday, Oct.6, 2018. A Vancouver parent has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the makers of Fortnite, saying the popular video game is designed to be “as addictive as possible” for children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Martha Irvine
B.C. parent launches class-action lawsuit against makers of Fortnite video game
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The Christie Point Apartments on Craigowan Road currently offer a range of suites and configurations in a gated-style community built on the narrow strip of land jutting into Portage Inlet. The owners of the 1960s era development, which currently includes 161 rental homes, are proposing a complete redevelopment of the 15.8-acre property that calls for 473 rental units in seven building sections. (Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff)

Christie Point redevelopment clears another hurdle

Council votes 3-2 to move project forward

The Christie Point Apartments on Craigowan Road currently offer a range of suites and configurations in a gated-style community built on the narrow strip of land jutting into Portage Inlet. The owners of the 1960s era development, which currently includes 161 rental homes, are proposing a complete redevelopment of the 15.8-acre property that calls for 473 rental units in seven building sections. (Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff)
Overpayment scam making rounds on Vancouver Island

Overpayment scam making rounds on Vancouver Island

In reality, the credit card being used is likely stolen or fake

  • Jul 5, 2017
Overpayment scam making rounds on Vancouver Island
At 97, Patricia Stanlake has enjoyed Island View Beach for much longer than the CRD has been in existence. Her advice to the CRD is to leave the beach alone. (Tim Collins/News staff)

One 97-year-old’s advice to the CRD on the future Central Saanich park

When Patricia Stanlake was a girl, she used to run through the…

  • Jul 5, 2017
At 97, Patricia Stanlake has enjoyed Island View Beach for much longer than the CRD has been in existence. Her advice to the CRD is to leave the beach alone. (Tim Collins/News staff)
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FILE - New England Patriots backup quarterback Tom Brady warms up on the sidelines before the game against the Detroit Lions at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Friday, Aug. 4, 2000. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau arrive at Westminster Abbey ahead of the State Funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, in London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP
Trudeau stayed in $6,000 London hotel suite for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
Deputy Chief Devin Laforce speaks about the details of the shooting that killed two police officers during a press conference in Edmonton, Friday, March 17, 2023. Edmonton police say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers on March 16 had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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L-R: Regional District Hospital Board Chair Loyal Wooldridge, Interior Health Authority President and CEO Susan Brown, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
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Friends of Island View Beach vow not to give up the fight for Central Saanich park

Friends of Island View Beach vow not to give up the fight for Central Saanich park

Sand restoration is just a word, says CRD director

  • Jul 5, 2017
Friends of Island View Beach vow not to give up the fight for Central Saanich park
Falco Koehler, who has lived in this Langford house since last fall, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is in palliative care. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff)

Greater Victoria rental crisis hits Langford family

Man with brain cancer and family struggling to find affordable place

Falco Koehler, who has lived in this Langford house since last fall, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is in palliative care. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff)
Falco Koehler and his daughter Louise Newie play a game of cards under a tent in the family’s backyard in Langford. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff) Falco Koehler and his daughter Louise Newie play a game of cards under a tent in the family’s backyard in Langford. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff)

Greater Victoria rental crisis hits Langford family

Man with brain cancer and family struggling to find affordable place

Falco Koehler and his daughter Louise Newie play a game of cards under a tent in the family’s backyard in Langford. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff) Falco Koehler and his daughter Louise Newie play a game of cards under a tent in the family’s backyard in Langford. (Joel Tansey/News Gazette staff)
Things were quiet Friday afternoon outside the wastewater treatment construction site at McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, but site preparation work continues. Morgan Cross/Black Press

Construction on track in Esquimalt for CRD wastewater treatment plant

Completion of McLoughlin Point tertiary plant slated for 2020

  • Jul 4, 2017
Things were quiet Friday afternoon outside the wastewater treatment construction site at McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, but site preparation work continues. Morgan Cross/Black Press
Brothers Daniel and Kenneth Boylan will be shopping for real estate following their Scratch & Win success. (Submitted)

Cowichan brothers Scratch & Win

Pair claims $2.5 million prize

  • Jul 4, 2017
Brothers Daniel and Kenneth Boylan will be shopping for real estate following their Scratch & Win success. (Submitted)
Brothers Daniel and Kenneth Boylan will be shopping for real estate following their Scratch & Win success. (Submitted)

Cowichan brothers Scratch & Win

Pair claims $2.5 million prize

  • Jul 4, 2017
Brothers Daniel and Kenneth Boylan will be shopping for real estate following their Scratch & Win success. (Submitted)
VIDEO: Langley woman finds nest of bunnies in her backyard

VIDEO: Langley woman finds nest of bunnies in her backyard

Rebecca McKenzie is asking people to check their lawns before mowing the grass

VIDEO: Langley woman finds nest of bunnies in her backyard
David Giles, former vice-president of the Kelowna Hells Angels chapter, died Saturday at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.

High-ranking Hells Angel dies in Abbotsford hospital

David Giles was vice-president of Kelowna HA chapter

David Giles, former vice-president of the Kelowna Hells Angels chapter, died Saturday at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.
Police seek driver of white truck after Central Saanich farm vandalized

Police seek driver of white truck after Central Saanich farm vandalized

Tim Collins/News staff At about 8:30 p.m. on Canada Day, a vandal…

  • Jul 4, 2017
Police seek driver of white truck after Central Saanich farm vandalized
Pretzel Lake Cullen (9) and Ian (15) Oliphant, from the Oaklands neighbourhood, eat pretzels while sitting on an inflatable pretzel after a swim off the Whitehead Park dock of Prospect Lake. Travis Paterson/News Staff

Pretzel Lake: It’s summer time

Pretzel Lake Cullen (9) and Ian (15) Oliphant, from the Oaklands neighbourhood,…

Pretzel Lake Cullen (9) and Ian (15) Oliphant, from the Oaklands neighbourhood, eat pretzels while sitting on an inflatable pretzel after a swim off the Whitehead Park dock of Prospect Lake. Travis Paterson/News Staff
A Victoria mother says her son suffered serious blistering after applying a Banana Boat sunscreen spray during a class trip to the beach. (Facebook/Patrizia Fitch)

Victoria mother says child was burned by sunscreen

Says her son began to blister after using a spray-on sunscreen made by Banana Boat.

A Victoria mother says her son suffered serious blistering after applying a Banana Boat sunscreen spray during a class trip to the beach. (Facebook/Patrizia Fitch)
NDP leader John Horgan the night of B.C.’s provincial election. (Ashley Wadhwani/Black Press)

Housing affordability, transit, key issues in Victoria for new NDP government

There will be no summer vacation for Carole James and the NDP…

NDP leader John Horgan the night of B.C.’s provincial election. (Ashley Wadhwani/Black Press)
Bees at one of Sea Cider’s hives. (Steven Heywood/News staff file photo)

Native bees boost Central Saanich cidery

It’s getting harder to keep pollinating bees healthy, or even alive

  • Jul 3, 2017
Bees at one of Sea Cider’s hives. (Steven Heywood/News staff file photo)
Sidney’s Canada 150 fireworks show gets plenty of cheers

Sidney’s Canada 150 fireworks show gets plenty of cheers

Ok, that was much better! Friday night’s fireworks went off without a…

Sidney’s Canada 150 fireworks show gets plenty of cheers
Black Press owner David Black poses for a portrait in his Oak Bay office. (Black Press file photo)

Victoria bid to host 2022 Commonwealth Games goes in today

Next two months filled with refining as Commonwealth Games Foundation whittles down decision

Black Press owner David Black poses for a portrait in his Oak Bay office. (Black Press file photo)
Police officers say they simply can’t keep up with the amount of speeders on the Malaht. (Black Press file photo)

CRD traffic committee makes proposal to curb speeding on Malahat

Interval-based enforcement project to be presented to Capital Regional District

Police officers say they simply can’t keep up with the amount of speeders on the Malaht. (Black Press file photo)
An outfall pipe sign indicates where the almost 1.5 km pipe leaves the shore and runs out into the Salish Sea at Bazan Bay. (Steven Heywood/News staff)

People, pets, advised to avoid Bazan Bay area after waste discharge discovered

Testing found a small hole in effluent discharge pipe on the Saanich Peninsula

An outfall pipe sign indicates where the almost 1.5 km pipe leaves the shore and runs out into the Salish Sea at Bazan Bay. (Steven Heywood/News staff)
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