Times Colonist - 2024-04-10

• Condo tower that will be tallest building in Esquimalt gets nod
• B.C. Ferries pushes prepaid fares, increases reservatio­n fee
• Motorcycle clubhouse in Langford for sale after search by police
• Kickback investigat­ion could shape carbon-tax fight in B.C.
• Quebec premier threatens ‘referendum’ on immigratio­n
• Mountie tells blockade trial of conversati­ons with accused
• Cyclist uses pool noodle to warn drivers
• Rules on hospital illicit-drug use must be enforced, nurses say
• One-time $430 rent relief benefit on way to low-income seniors
• Province sticks with Surrey police plan, council resists
• Detox and treatment beds to be available to Indigenous youth
• Developer cancels plan for office tower that was key to Vancouver project
• Stabilizat­ion work starts at Kelowna building site
• Boeing flight to B.C. makes emergency landing in Idaho
• Freeland doesn’t rule out new taxes on wealthy
• Dental associatio­ns in talks ahead of federal plan rollout
• Tories call for ‘emergency’ carbon price meeting
• First Nations say $349B needed for infrastruc­ture
• Arson suspected in Manitoba theatre fire
• There was no need to overturn Dong’s selection, Liberal official tells probe
• Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop
• Railway agrees to $600M US settlement in Ohio derailment; locals fear it’s not enough
• Man who fatally ran over his wife has conviction downgraded
• U.S. school shooter’s parents get at least 10 years in prison
• Serbia close to deal for French-made fighter jets
• Spanish MPs to consider bill granting residency to undocument­ed immigrants
• Ex-school official charged with neglect over shooting
• Saanich waste fee will have unintended consequenc­es
• Ask those who know about police in schools
• 5 years in prison for criticizin­g Morocco’s ties to Israel
• Physicist who proposed existence of ‘God particle’ dead at 94
• Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti’s capital
• Florida woman jailed a month for selling Biden’s daughter’s diary
• Switzerlan­d failed in its duty to combat climate change, court rules
• Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina leads to shortage of mosquito repellent
• Restaurant­s along eclipse’s path saw sales boom
• Telecoms tout eclipse plans after handling increased traffic
• B.C. sees credit rating downgraded
• Toronto index gains 100 points, U.S. stocks mixed
• Balanced Ravens taking f light in girls’ high school soccer
• Highlander­s withdraw from League1 B.C.
• Women’s NCAA basketball title game outdraws men’s final in TV viewership
• Matthews scores 66th to pace Leafs
• Injured Demko, Lindholm nearing return to Canucks
• Penalty shootout pain for Canadian women
• Woods hasn’t given up hope of adding another Masters green jacket
• Halifax latest city to sign up for women’s pro soccer league
• Bayern, Arsenal play to Champions League draw
• It’s hard to heal the family divide created by COVID
• Patient is diagnosed with COVID without being tested for it
• For healthy spring cleaning this year, think NEAT(and be sure to dust carefully)
• Civil War might be the most explosive movie of the year
• Cirque’s Beatles-themed Las Vegas show ending after 18-year run
• Homeless World Cup film a glossy crowd-pleaser with realness

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