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Oak Bay residents face 9.68% property tax increase: That increase on a median residential property in Oak Bay equates to $357, according to the municipality’s ...
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Oak Bay residents face 9.68% property tax increase
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After three hospital stays in hallways, he fears going back: Between December and March, the Sooke resident had three lengthy stays — spending 10 to 14 days in ...
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After three hospital stays in hallways, he fears going back
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Police respond to stabbing in downtown Victoria: Officers were working to locate the suspect in the stabbing, which saw one man taken to hospital.
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Police respond to stabbing in downtown Victoria
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Boys and Girls Club blocked from selling Metchosin property: In early 2021, the non-profit organization said there was not enough demand for its programs in ...
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Boys and Girls Club blocked from selling Metchosin property
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How Wild Animals Actually Responded to Our COVID Lockdowns: The COVID lockdowns and the subsequent reemergence of humans had some surprising effects ...
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How Wild Animals Actually Responded to Our COVID Lockdowns
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Victoria signals to province: invoice is in the mail: Council has approved $100,000 in stop-gap funding for Our Place to cover operations and a storage facility ...
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Victoria signals to province: invoice is in the mail
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Saanich to charge for yard waste disposal: A flat fee for garden waste drop off, a new curbside 360-litre organics recycling container option ...
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Saanich to charge for yard waste disposal
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Hermann's Upstairs to close this month as operators end lease: Hermann’s Upstairs, along with Hermann’s Lounge, will cease operations on March 31 ...
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Hermann's Upstairs to close this month as operators end lease
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Two B.C. Ferries sailings cancelled as wind warning issued: Gusts of up to 90 kilometres an hour are expected around Greater Victoria and the southern Gulf ...
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Two B.C. Ferries sailings cancelled as wind warning issued
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Avoid Wallace Drive near West Saanich Road due to damaged gas line: Brewskys Taphouse said it would be closed on Tuesday evening
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Avoid Wallace Drive near West Saanich Road due to damaged gas line
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Police want to speak to victim of downtown Victoria assault: The suspect is alleged to have assaulted two people.
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Police want to speak to victim of downtown Victoria assault
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New bus fee will fund student tracking system in Saanich School District: Students will swipe their cards when they board and leave a bus.
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New bus fee will fund student tracking system in Saanich School District
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Man says 2023 Victoria police incident left him injured; watchdog investigating: The man says he sustained a serious but non-life-threatening injury while being ...
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Man says 2023 Victoria police incident left him injured; watchdog ...
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Saanich shooting was on private property, not the Galloping Goose: police: Saanich police also confirmed that the shooting was an isolated event and reiterated ...
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Saanich shooting was on private property, not the Galloping Goose: police
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Missing 23-year-old was last seen leaving residence: Saanich police: Police have confirmed a sighting of Kielan Hall leaving a residence near Cooper and Admirals ...
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Missing 23-year-old was last seen leaving residence: Saanich police
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Authorities try to track down mysterious late-night loud bangs in Esquimalt, some point to construction site
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Authorities try to track down mysterious late-night loud bangs in ...
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Cyclist has life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in View Royal: Drug and alcohol impairment have been ruled out as contributing factors in the ...
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Cyclist has life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in View ...
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Section of Patricia Bay Highway down to one lane going south due to crash: The Sidney Fire Department, Sidney/North Saanich RCMP and paramedics are at the scene.
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Section of Patricia Bay Highway down to one lane going south due to crash
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Bananas deserve an appeal: With the zeal of a convert, and many years of being allergic, I am now bananas for bananas
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Bananas deserve an appeal
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Biosolids pile up in capital region with few short-term disposal options: CRD is talking with Nanaimo-area private quarry about taking more biosolids ...
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Biosolids pile up in capital region with few short-term disposal options
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View Royal gives grant to help group recruit a doctor: The $30,000 goes to the Westshore Primary Care Society to help with recruiting a foreign-trained doctor ...
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View Royal gives grant to help group recruit a doctor
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Affordable housing project in Saanich to serve 'intergenerational' clientele: The 95-unit project will be geared to students, older adults and families as part ...
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Affordable housing project in Saanich to serve 'intergenerational' ...
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BC Transit bus involved in multi-vehicle crash in Victoria: The crash Wednesday night involved a bus and two other vehicles.
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BC Transit bus involved in multi-vehicle crash in Victoria
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Company behind CRD biosolids sued in Texas over health issues, animal deaths: Synagro Technologies is a majority owner in the residual treatment facility at ...
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Company behind CRD biosolids sued in Texas over health issues ...
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Two proposed Esquimalt towers to be combined into single project: The developer of a proposed 314-unit Esquimalt complex says it will dedicate part of the lot ...
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Two proposed Esquimalt towers to be combined into single project
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Saanich finding rays of hope amid housing clouds: Mayor Dean Murdock noted there is a change in the housing landscape.
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Saanich finding rays of hope amid housing clouds
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IIO looking for witnesses to 2020 arrest in Victoria: The civilian police-oversight agency says it wasn’t notified about the arrest on Sept. 26, 2020 ...
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IIO looking for witnesses to 2020 arrest in Victoria
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Fire inspectors on scene of early morning fire in Colwood: During the course of extinguishing the blaze, a firefighter fell through the main floor into a ...
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Fire inspectors on scene of early morning fire in Colwood
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Saanich tweaks housing priority policy to favour affordable projects: The previous policy allowed almost anyone with a rental project to be considered a priority ...
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Saanich tweaks housing priority policy to favour affordable projects
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Female police chief in Oak Bay a first for Greater Victoria: Julie Chanin, who was the region’s first female deputy chief in April 2022, takes over as chief on ...
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Female police chief in Oak Bay a first for Greater Victoria
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B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought: DELTA, B.C. — Rancher Werner Stump said spring is usually a "season of optimism" for farmers in ...
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B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
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Sooke man charged with manslaughter in 2023 death: Adam John Steenbergen has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Michael Leier, a 42-year-old father.
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Sooke man charged with manslaughter in 2023 death
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Megan Thee Stallion To Make Headlining Return At DC’s Broccoli City Festival — Joins Line Up Featuring Victoria Monét And PARTYNEXTDOOR
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Megan Thee Stallion To Make Headlining Return At DC’s Broccoli City ...
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Rock-throwing suspect nabbed in Oak Bay: When the man was told he was under arrest, he threw a rock at an officer and at a police vehicle.
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Rock-throwing suspect nabbed in Oak Bay
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Major crime detectives among those looking for missing Saanich man: Saanich police are asking the public to help locate a 24-year-old man who hasn’t been seen ...
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Major crime detectives among those looking for missing Saanich man
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Lebanese community marks 136 years in B.C. with celebration in Victoria: Lebanese diplomatic staff from Argentina and Colombia were in Victoria to commemorate ...
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Lebanese community marks 136 years in B.C. with celebration in Victoria
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Liaison officer helps replace stolen bikes: The Metchosin Fire Department has a program to refurbish abandoned or stolen bikes that are found by police.
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Liaison officer helps replace stolen bikes
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B.C. 911 dispatch service 'functioning as normal' following unplanned outage: VANCOUVER — The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls ...
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B.C. 911 dispatch service 'functioning as normal' following unplanned ...
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Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus: An FDA advisory committee has recommended that the United States switch from a quadrivalent to ...
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Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus
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Galloping Goose near McKenzie interchange reopens after police investigation: Saanich police had closed the trail from McKenzie Avenue to Grange Road and asked ...
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Galloping Goose near McKenzie interchange reopens after police ...
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Shooting led to temporary Galloping Goose closure, police say: Saanich police said the shooting was targeted, and after an extensive search by officers and a ...
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Shooting led to temporary Galloping Goose closure, police say
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NDP's Singh caps off Island tour with housing acquisition fund pitch: Singh said that for every new affordable unit that’s being built, 11 existing affordable ...
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NDP's Singh caps off Island tour with housing acquisition fund pitch
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Oak Bay police chief to retire in May: Mark Fisher is set to leave May 31, ending his second stint as chief of the force
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Oak Bay police chief to retire in May
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Saanich residents lose $27,000 to grandparent scam: The scam targets seniors, with callers claiming to be a grandchild or other relative who is in trouble and ...
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Saanich residents lose $27,000 to grandparent scam
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Native housing society buying Esquimalt building to protect rentals: Lu’ma Native Housing Society is buying the 16-unit apartment with help from the provincial ...
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Native housing society buying Esquimalt building to protect rentals
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Pop culture curators: London museum seeks Taylor Swift superfan: The Victoria and Albert Museum is a hotbed of pop culture. In order to understand the fan ...
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Pop culture curators: London museum seeks Taylor Swift superfan
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Police say missing 18-year-old has been located: Skylar Thiele has been located
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Police say missing 18-year-old has been located
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Tofino Bus intercity bus service to resume Easter weekend: The intercity bus service connects Victoria, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino
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Tofino Bus intercity bus service to resume Easter weekend
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Ukrainians and supporters gather in Victoria as war rolls into third year: Hundreds attend rally at Centennial Square to mark two years of Ukrainians fighting ...
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Ukrainians and supporters gather in Victoria as war rolls into third year
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B.C. has longest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada: The average wait time in Victoria was 107 minutes, or one hour and 47 minutes.
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B.C. has longest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada
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Enter Esquimalt municipal hall through back door for now, township says: The township says it is having ’tech issues’ with the front door.
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Enter Esquimalt municipal hall through back door for now, township says
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Greater Victoria unemployment rate sees slight drop: Job increases were seen in construction and wholesale and retail trade, while jobs in health care and social ...
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Greater Victoria unemployment rate sees slight drop
Quick Glance: Slower, but strong US job growth expected
  • Forecast: Nonfarm payrolls to increase by 200,000 in February

  • Unemployment rate expected unchanged at 3.7%

  • Average hourly earnings to rise 4.4% year-on-year

  • Labor market remains strong despite potential rate cuts
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Saanich residents face 7.91 per cent tax hike for 2024: The increase translates to about an extra $300 for the average homeowner; it's about $373 when higher ...
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Saanich residents face 7.91 per cent tax hike for 2024
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Large quantity of contraband cigarettes and cash seized in Esquimalt: The search followed the late-February arrest of a suspect after police conducting covert ...
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Large quantity of contraband cigarettes and cash seized in Esquimalt
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Victoria will allow e-kick scooters in bike lanes, low-speed roads; ‘The reality is we’re already there’
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Victoria will allow e-kick scooters in bike lanes, low-speed roads; ‘The ...
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Work on Esquimalt public-safety building set to begin — minus police station: The Esquimalt division of the Victoria police will continue to occupy space on the ...
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Work on Esquimalt public-safety building set to begin — minus police ...
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Woman missing from Saanich has been found: police: Saanich police say the 40-year-old, who was captured on video on Yale Road in Chilliwack on Feb. 21 ...
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Woman missing from Saanich has been found: police
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Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant last seen in downtown Victoria: Victoria police are asking for help locating Ken Munroe, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant ...
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Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant last seen in downtown Victoria
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Mix of snow and rain expected Wednesday, with sub-zero overnight temperatures: Snowfall was reported by residents throughout the capital region ...
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Mix of snow and rain expected Wednesday, with sub-zero overnight ...
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Board mulls reinstating fees for students riding Sooke School District buses: The district stopped charging for the bus when the province created a fund in 2017 ...
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Board mulls reinstating fees for students riding Sooke School District ...
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Staff, customers put out small fire at 17 Mile House Pub in Sooke: Owner says damage was confined to patio area.
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Staff, customers put out small fire at 17 Mile House Pub in Sooke
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From the north to Ottawa and Victoria, Wally Firth left a legacy of music: Wally Firth was the north’s first Indigenous MP, a pilot and a fur trader ...
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From the north to Ottawa and Victoria, Wally Firth left a legacy of music
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CRD committee wants province to let mobility scooters in bike lanes: The province has amended the Motor Vehicle Act to allow mobility aids in bike lanes but it ...
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CRD committee wants province to let mobility scooters in bike lanes
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Health officer recommends $1.1 billion regional water filtration plant: Medical health officers are the designated “drinking water officers” who approve and ...
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Health officer recommends $1.1 billion regional water filtration plant
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Victoria man arrested in connection with Sidney stabbing: RCMP: “We would like Sidney residents to know this was not a random act.”
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Victoria man arrested in connection with Sidney stabbing