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Province antes up for rail study

The provincial government is hopping onboard rail on Vancouver Island, announcing Thursday it will fund a $500,000 study on boosting freight and passenger train service. The study is slated to determi… more
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Langford drug house burns

What police and Peatt Road neighbours call a notorious Langford drug house was gutted by fire Wednesday morning. Black smoke billowed from the rancher-style home at 2747 Peatt Rd. for much of the mor… more
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Hunting the bomb makers

When Charlie Savard touched down on the dusty earth from a medivac helicopter, it was into a scene of death and fear and tension, all under the boil of the Afghanistan sun. It was his job to ignore t… more
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Esquimalt man struck on Trans-Canada Highway

Northbound traffic was at a standstill Wednesday after a pedestrian was struck and killed on the Trans-Canada Highway du… more
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Colwood delays repair for aging Coburg bridge

Work to fix the ailing bridge at Esquimalt Lagoon will have to wait. Colwood council voted to nix plans already in place… more
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VR lime kiln marked for protection

A piece of the province’s history is tucked away in View Royal. Believed to have been built in the early 1900s and stand… more
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Island rail made gov’t priority

A bipartisan provincial finance committee has recommended the government support creating commuter and freight rail on V… more
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The long road to self-governance

About every two weeks Wendy Drummond makes the long drive from Victoria to the end of a logging road 80 clicks north of … more
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Colwood’s affordable housing policy under fire

After crunching the numbers, two Colwood developers are saying they can’t afford to comply with the City’s attainable ho… more
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Keeping the copper flowing

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