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May 11 - Mother's Day stories
What can provinces do about tariffs? Old Town hotel sent back. Bank robbery charges.
Capital Daily Team
May 11, 2025
Good morning !
We're wishing a happy day to all the mothers, the people celebrating their mothers, and also the people for whom this day is difficult.
Today we have a roundup of our stories over the years about Island mothers and grandmothers. In the full Insider edition we also cover a contentious Old Town redevelopment proposal and add another edition of our series of explainers on how Canadian governments work.
Another of today's perks in the full Sunday edition for Insider members: We went through our list of Mother's Day Sunday brunches last night, picked out the ones that had reservations still open, and included them below in Things To Do. Spots will go quickly this morning, and some will already have been snapped up, but if you're reading this fairly early then there should be a few still available.
— Cam
Today’s approx. read time: 3 / 7 minutes
🌡️ Weather Forecast
Today: 🌧 15 / 10
Tomorrow: ☁️ 16 / 9
Tuesday: ☀️ 17 / 9
NEWS
Our stories about Island mothers and grandmothers
Photos by Kat Mitchell, James MacDonald, and Zoe Ducklow
Over the past few years we’ve done many stories that cover the lives of Island mothers and grandmothers.
These stories cover connections with late mothers and with fellow grandmothers halfway across the world. They cover the ways local mothers care for their kids and the ways their kids care for them. They cover single mothers and those surrounded by four generations of family. They cover the joys and the challenges, the unique and the universal, and simply the reality of Islanders' lives and relationships.
We update this story collection every year for Mother's Day. Read those stories here.
If you'd like to share your own story of this Mother's Day or a past one, send it in and we will feature a few this week.
⚠️ Capital Bulletin
Mostly cloudy this week with some rain and highs around 15C.
Rollover crash on Malahat: 1 hospitalized, highway shut briefly. [CHEK]
Federal election: Recounts ongoing with Liberals currently at 170 seats. [CBC]
Lapu Lapu Day Festival victims’ identities confirmed. [Canadian Press]
Burnside Tillicum plan public engagement events this week. [Saanich]
Need downtown parking? Keep tabs on availability here.
