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Trans ID Clinics provide folks with pro bono legal advice
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Westshore Town Centre rings in Christmas with a parade just for Santa this weekend
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Sooke Sailing Association sets course for the future
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Entertainment
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Shawn Mendes, Drake, Jessie Reyez pick up Grammy nominations
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We Are One! celebrates solidarity, inclusion with song and dance
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Michael Buble becomes latest Canadian star to get waxed at Madame Tussauds
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Victoria’s Belfry Theatre hosts its first ‘relaxed performance’ for a diverse audience
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Canadian women’s star Hayley Wickenheiser inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame
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‘Midget’ no more: Sweeping division name changes coming to minor hockey in Canada
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Two wins in one night for Vikes basketball
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Peninsula Panthers lose two straight for first time in season
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Oak Bay girls net senior volleyball Island championship
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Torstar to close StarMetro national free newspaper chain, lay off 73 employees
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B.C. pushes for greater industry ‘transparency’ in gasoline pricing
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Reader Poll
We’ve all seen the images. Shoppers rioting outside of a store in order to be the first to get their hands on some sale-priced item.
Black Friday (the day that follows American Thanksgiving, which will be Nov. 29 this year) has become the biggest shopping day of the year. The consumer craze sees retailers slash prices by up to 90 per cent, with the event even making its way north of the border here in Canada. Televisions, televisions, coffee makers and doodads of all sorts have been marked down in order to draw shoppers through the doors.
Here in Victoria, a half dozen business are trying to rise above the commercialism, promising to donate the day’s profits to the Surfrider Foundation.
READ MORE: Victoria businesses band together to make Black Friday more sustainable
Are you planning on hunting down some Black Friday deals. Take our poll and let us know your opinion.
