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Double-dog motorcycle sidecar brings smiles to Sooke Road commuters

Brian Korzenowski rides with Athena, left, and Venus who are safely strapped in and goggled up with the wind in their fur. (Zoe Ducklow - Sooke News Mirror)

Athena and Venus are all teeth and smiles from their Harley-Davidson sidecar

by Zoe Ducklow
32 mins ago

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People line up to get their COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Vaccines, low COVID case counts increase Father’s Day hope, but risk is still there
- updated 1h ago
Camper the dog found safe after fleeing violent van attack in Victoria
- updated 2h ago
Esquimalt’s borrowing plan authorized for new public safety building
- 5h ago
Revisions to tree protection bylaw in North Saanich face cutting criticism
- 4h ago
Rolling show and shine ready to cruise Sidney through Saanich
- 4h ago

A float plane crashed into the waters near Painters Lodge in Campbell River on Thursday morning. Photo by Alistair Taylor / Campbell River Mirror

Float plane crashes into water near Campbell River

by Alistair Taylor

35 mins ago

John Kromhoff with some of the many birthday cards he received from ‘pretty near every place in the world’ after the family of the Langley centenarian let it be known that he wasn’t expecting many cards for his 100th birthday. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Cards from all over the world flood in for B.C. man’s 100th birthday

by Dan Ferguson

updated 33 mins ago

Driver ticketed for speeding near B.C. school crashes into playground fence days later

by Sarah Grochowski

updated 41 mins ago

Dr. Réka Gustafson, who is British Columbia’s deputy provincial health officer, speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on April 8, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. public health officials prepare to manage COVID-19 differently in the future

by The Canadian Press

2h ago

Maxwell Johnson is seen in Bella Bella, B.C., in an undated photo. The Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he and his granddaughter were handcuffed when they tried to open a bank account. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heiltsuk Nation, Damien Gillis, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

VIDEO: Chiefs join human rights case of Indigenous man handcuffed by police in B.C. bank

by Katya Slepian

updated 1h ago
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VIDEO: Western premiers call for clarity, timelines on international travel, reopening rules

People watch a car burn during a riot following game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver, B.C., in this June 15, 2011 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe

10 years ago: Where were you during the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots?

The BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin saw 16 fawns come through in May, with another four in the first four days of June. (Courtesy Wild ARC)

An abandoned fawn doesn’t mean it’s orphaned, reminds Greater Victoria wildlife expert

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a plenary session at the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay, England on Friday June 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada donating 13M surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to poor countries

Human rights groups say those in Canada’s immigration detention system treated poorly

Some handcuffed, shackled and held with little to no contact with the outside world

by The Canadian Press

2h ago

FILE – Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement makes an announcement regarding vaccine procurement, in Toronto, on Wed., Aug., 5, 2020. Canada has informed a global vaccine procurement program that it wants to be part of the entire process and the financial commitment to make it official is coming hopefully by the end of the week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Canada to receive 1 million Moderna vaccine doses from the U.S.

Vaccine doses are expected to come on the evening of June 17

by Katya Slepian

updated 60 mins ago

Bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples clears Senate
- 2h ago
Tories to force House of Commons vote on motion to censure the defence minister
- 2h ago
Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? Researchers gathering data
- updated 2h ago
Discovery Island fish farms not allowed to restock
- updated 2h ago
Saanich calls for opening of marine borders by summer 2022
- 4h ago

Sooke forum tackles community growth

To Grow or Not to Grow online town hall meeting set for June 26

by Sooke News Staff

The stretch of trail north of Royal Bay Secondary connecting to Painters Trail at Murray’s Pond will be closed temporarily this week for invasive species removal. (Black Press Media file photo)

Colwood trail behind Royal Bay Secondary temporarily closed for invasive species removal

Cloure in effect from 9 a.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Friday this week

by Evert Lindquist

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