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When the first case of COVID-19 was announced in B.C. way back in January 2020, few would have believed mask mandates and vaccine passports would be the talk of the summer of 2021. Now, more than 18 months later, we’re left wondering if they’ll ever really go away.

Ready or not, here it comes. When Justin Trudeau walked out of the governor general’s residence at Rideau Hall this month it sounded the starting gun for an election race unlike any other in Canadian history.

Vaccination passports are becoming the new standard to travel internationally, but proof of vaccination might soon be needed for a night out just around the corner.

Some like it hot. And those that do will be right in their element around Greater Victoria this week.

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to lift, more and more Canadians are becoming infected by the travel bug.

Never mind the high cost of housing, many Greater Victorians are now saving up just to afford a tank of gas.

As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to drop across the province, the restrictions that have become part of our everyday lives are also beginning to disappear.

If you can’t stand the heat, you might want to get off the Island. That could be a familiar refrain around Greater Victoria this weekend, where temperatures are expected to soar into the 30s.

The films are again lighting the screens at local theatres, the wine is flowing on restaurant patios and inside restaurants and happy travellers are once again sailing across the Salish Sea.

The fight over the future of B.C.’s old-growth forests has thrust a hidden-away parcel of land northeast of Port Renfrew into the national spotlight.