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New & Notable

Mayfair Shopping Centre marks the opening of the IslandB次元官网网址檚 first Banana Republic store with a weekend-long celebration May 24 to 27.  The store most requested by Mayfair shoppers, at more than 6,000-square-feet, it will be one of the largest retail spaces at the centre. Watch for the Mayfair Street Team for a special give-away leading up to the opening and be one of the first 200 people to line up at the new store by 10 a.m. May 26 to receive a $20 Banana Republic gift card.

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In time for the Victoria Day weekend, Black Ball Ferry Line has launched its spring M.V. Coho schedule with six 90-minute sailings each day between Victoria and Port Angeles. The Coho will depart Victoria at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and from Port Angeles at 8:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m.

Building Victoria

The regionB次元官网网址檚 newest mixed-use development, Union, has broken ground in Chinatown.

Anthem Properties, which owns and operates 痴颈肠迟辞谤颈补B次元官网网址檚 historic Market Square, has taken over the site formerly intended for the Bamboo development.

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