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Cancer patients won't need to leave B.C. for new immunotherapy treatment

Cancer patients won't need to leave B.C. for new immunotherapy treatment

Victoria Mar 17, 2024 / 7:00 am

A Victoria researcher leading an immunotherapy clinical trial that’s saving the lives of late-stage leukemia and ­lymphoma patients says the...

Plane crash survivor recounts moments before aircraft went down

Plane crash survivor recounts moments before aircraft went down

Vancouver Island Mar 17, 2024 / 6:45 am

Kelsy Wurzinger was taking a video as the twin-engine plane she was travelling in took off for Port Hardy when she heard everything go quiet. Less than a minute...

Victoria police notebook left in possession of suspected criminal for eight days

Victoria police notebook left in possession of suspected criminal for eight days

Victoria Mar 15, 2024 / 4:32 pm

Police in Victoria say they are looking into digital alternatives after another lost notebook resulted in a privacy breach affecting 54 people. The latest case...

Man convicted of murdering UVic student 37 years ago gets day parole

Man convicted of murdering UVic student 37 years ago gets day parole

Victoria Mar 15, 2024 / 6:53 am

A man serving a life sentence for murdering a University of Victoria student 37 years ago has been granted day parole. Scott Ian MacKay, 62, was convicted of...

Proposal for 'noise cameras' in Saanich temporarily shelved

Proposal for 'noise cameras' in Saanich temporarily shelved

Vancouver Island Mar 14, 2024 / 5:51 am

Loud vehicles in Saanich were given a reprieve this week after Saanich council opted not to direct staff to look into the possibility of launching a...

VicPD issues warning after another police notebook ends up in hands of 'criminal element'

VicPD issues warning after another police notebook ends up in hands of 'criminal element'

Victoria Mar 13, 2024 / 11:52 am

Victoria police are warning people whose personal information was in an officer’s notebook that was lost for eight days last month that they should...

Vancouver Island Resident to set sail after winning $18-Million Lotto Max Jackpot

Vancouver Island Resident to set sail after winning $18-Million Lotto Max Jackpot

Ucluelet Mar 12, 2024 / 1:30 pm

British Columbia's newest millionaire hopes to make her dreams come true after win. Sharon Fraser was eating breakfast and remembered to check her...

Samaritan, 80, who died after pushing woman from path of vehicle always helpful: son

Samaritan, 80, who died after pushing woman from path of vehicle always helpful: son

Vancouver Island Mar 12, 2024 / 1:22 pm

The son of an 80-year-old Alberta man who died on Vancouver Island after helping a woman involved in a crash says it was in his dad's nature to help others...

Man sentenced to four years for strangling and confining girlfriend

Man sentenced to four years for strangling and confining girlfriend

Victoria Mar 12, 2024 / 5:53 am

Advisory: This story contains ­descriptions of ­violence. A Greater Victoria man convicted of repeatedly confining and strangling his girlfriend,...

Deepsea eruption expected off Vancouver Island after 200 earthquakes in an hour

Deepsea eruption expected off Vancouver Island after 200 earthquakes in an hour

Vancouver Island Mar 11, 2024 / 1:18 pm

Scientists believe hot magma will erupt under the Pacific Ocean floor in deep waters off Vancouver Island after they detected up to 200 small earthquakes per...

$162M highway project through Goldstream park faces objections from First Nations

$162M highway project through Goldstream park faces objections from First Nations

Victoria Mar 10, 2024 / 8:30 am

Every Tuesday for a year now, 76-year-old Carl Olsen has stood on the Trans-Canada Highway at Vancouver Island's Goldstream Provincial Park protesting the...

B.C. Ferries cancels some Victoria-Vancouver sailings as high winds sweep the Strait of Georgia

B.C. Ferries cancels some Victoria-Vancouver sailings as high winds sweep the Strait of Georgia

Vancouver Island Mar 9, 2024 / 12:50 pm

High winds in the Strait of Georgia have caused B.C. Ferries to cancel four Saturday sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay. Affected sailings include the...

Fourteen more lawsuits filed against owners accused of abusing condo program

Fourteen more lawsuits filed against owners accused of abusing condo program

Victoria Mar 9, 2024 / 7:10 am

B.C. Housing has filed an ­additional 14 lawsuits against owners of c condos. It claims the owners took improper advantage of an affordable-housing program...

Nanaimo search-and-rescue group loses thousands of dollars in equipment in break-in

Nanaimo search-and-rescue group loses thousands of dollars in equipment in break-in

Nanaimo Mar 7, 2024 / 6:02 am

Nanaimo Search and Rescue says it will have to “shuffle some equipment around” until it can replace thousands of dollars worth of equipment stolen...

Woman sues Victoria Golf Club, saying ball flew through car window and hit her face

Woman sues Victoria Golf Club, saying ball flew through car window and hit her face

Victoria Mar 6, 2024 / 5:52 am

A woman has filed a lawsuit saying she was injured by a golf ball that flew through her car window and hit her face while she was driving along Beach Drive next...

Child hospitalized after ingesting poisonous hemlock at Langford school

Child hospitalized after ingesting poisonous hemlock at Langford school

Vancouver Island Mar 5, 2024 / 6:58 pm

A child who had to be hospitalized after ingesting poison hemlock at a Langford elementary school last week had mistaken it for an edible plant, says the school...

Victoria man arrested in connection with Sidney stabbing

Victoria man arrested in connection with Sidney stabbing

Victoria Mar 2, 2024 / 5:08 pm

A Victoria man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in downtown Sidney. The late night stabbing at the corner of Beacon Avenue and Fifth Street at...

'You always think I'll never get caught': Crofton senior tells how she was conned

'You always think I'll never get caught': Crofton senior tells how she was conned

Vancouver Island Mar 2, 2024 / 7:25 am

Crofton senior Marlaine ­Williams considers herself pretty aware when it comes to money matters, having spent many years working in the financial field. But...

Parents of boy who died in care say apprehensions need more oversight

Parents of boy who died in care say apprehensions need more oversight

Victoria Mar 2, 2024 / 7:15 am

The parents of a six-year-old boy who died in foster care this week just days after being removed from his home are demanding better support for families and...

Two arrested at Vancouver airport in connection with Saanich scam cases

Two arrested at Vancouver airport in connection with Saanich scam cases

Vancouver Island Mar 1, 2024 / 1:07 pm

Two people from Quebec have been arrested in connection with the “grandparent scam” that cost two Saanich residents a total of $27,000 this week and...

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