Susie Henderson

Oak Bay police seek public’s help to locate missing 16-year-old Oak Bay Police are asking for the public’s assistance to help locate a 16-year-old reported missing from his home earlier this week.

Oak Bay Police are asking for the public’s assistance to help locate a 16-year-old reported missing from his home earlier this week.

Every time I book with BC Ferries, I feel irritated that kids over 12 are considered adults. If the provincial government wanted to make life more affordable for families, they could start with a half-price fare for all K to 12 kids.

Tickets for Pacific Opera here in Victoria start at $35. I think that's pretty good value, considering the cost of putting on a production. They also run community previews for school groups, which are cheaper. And they have half-price tickets if you're 30 or under: pacificopera.ca/30-younger-p...

Good luck!

I have given up and will try my luck with the provincial campgrounds instead!

I think it should be more like the BC Parks system, where sites only open 3 months in advance, so there are new sites available every day. Better than everyone landing on the website at the same time, and the entire summer getting booked up within half an hour!

Another year, another camping reservations debacle. One year there's a queuing system, the next there isn't. This year the Parks Canada reservations page won't even load. Surely they are prepared for tons of traffic at 8am on the day bookings open?

Not just you!

The hill I will die on: Decorative cushions and throws on hotel beds should be banned, immediately | Annabel Lee Why spoil perfectly crisp, clean bedding with dusty old accessories that have been used by hundreds of strangers? Yuck, says writer Annabel Lee

Yes! Ditch those cushions and the annoying bedspread!

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The 40 most exciting books to look forward to in 2026 From big-name authors Colson Whitehead, George Saunders and Maggie O'Farrell to debuts and non-fiction, these are the titles you'll want to add to your reading pile this year.

The BBC's top reads for 2026! Super excited about new novels from Matt Haig, Ann Patchett, Maggie O'Farrell and Emily St. John Mandel! #booksky

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Anyone with teens in #yyj (City of Victoria specifically) still waiting for their 2026 youth bus passes? Wondering if there's been a delay this year in getting them out, or maybe they've been impacted by the Canada Post strikes. (Have emailed to chase, just curious if others are also waiting.)

Hard to digest: we still live in Fast Food Nation | Eric Schlosser The long read: Twenty-five years after I revealed the practices of the industrial food giants, the profits – and dangers – of mass producing meat and milk have only grown

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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

Great news for UK students! I spent a year in Spain and France as part of the Erasmus scheme, and it was a highlight of my degree.

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Got excited for a minute when I received an email from BC's Health Connect Registry.

Was I actually going to get a GP?

Don't be silly! Still waiting.

It did say I could contact them if I want to be removed from the registry e.g. if I'd found a family doctor. Hahahaha.

Oof - tough group for Scotland!

Carney, Sheinbaum and Trump lined up like game show contestants at this world cup draw!

This world cup draw show is so awful I'm now laughing.

Bakery staffed by adults with disabilities finds success on Vancouver Island | CBC News Four Vancouver Island grocery stores are selling cookies made by the Mindful Mouthful bakery in the Cowichan Valley, which is run out of the Clements Centre for people with developmental disabilities.

Vancouver Islanders- look out for these cookies at Country Grocer stores!

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Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown Touts – and ordinary consumers – will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they purchased ticket

This is good news for British concert-goers/sports fans. Would love to see Canada follow suit.

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Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

'Despite AI’s widespread use, 62% of the students said it has had a negative impact on their skills and development at school, while one in four of the students agreed that AI “makes it too easy for me to find the answers without doing the work myself”.'

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A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

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Polish climber makes history skiing down Everest without bottled oxygen Poland’s PM hails Andrzej Bargiel’s completion of the challenge after two previous failed attempts

An incredible feat!

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‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair Many Afghan women and girls can no longer communicate or study online after the internet is cut off in 12 provinces

‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair

B.C. rescuers use helicopter-mounted cell tower to find missing man | CBC News A B.C. search-and-rescue team says a new piece of technology allows them to search for missing people's cell phones in areas where there would otherwise be no signal.

This new tech is impressive!
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How do Britons feel about the 2025 Trump state visit? | YouGov Almost half say it was wrong to issue the invitation, and only a quarter think it will improve UK-US relations

New UK polling out on Trump's state visit:
- 45% think it was wrong to invite him for a state visit vs 30% who think it's the right move
- only 26% think the visit will help improve UK-US relations
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Endangered female southern resident killer whale found pushing dead baby calf | CBC News Whale researchers say that an endangered southern resident killer whale was found pushing a deceased calf in the Rosario Strait, Wash., on Friday.

'But Weiss said that "low reproductive success in this population" is tied to high levels of pollutants — particularly industrial chemicals known as PCBs — that inhibit immune and reproductive function, as well as a lack of prey, especially Chinook salmon.'

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A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s

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Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102 Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second time

Wow!

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Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations

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The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World.

I wrote essays about both of those books in high school.

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