Victoria News
BC lawyer disciplined for suppressing information in Port Alberni murder case
A former deputy regional Crown prosecutor who suppressed information in a murder case that involved the death of a Port Alberni woman in 2006, has agreed not to...
Return of BC legislature to look different under pandemic
In a building where face-to-face debates between political opponents are normal activities, the British Columbia legislature will be a much different place when...
BC mother of daughter shot dead by police calls for justice
A grieving mother says she wants justice for her daughter, Chantel Moore, who was fatally shot by police in Edmundston, N.B., earlier this month during a check...
Rural residents escape injury after bullet rips through home
Two Quadra Island residents are lucky they weren’t injured or killed after a high-calibre bullet tore into their home Friday night, RCMP say. “They...
Escapees shouldn't have been at minimum-security prison: mayor
The mayor of a Vancouver Island community where two inmates are accused of murdering a man after they escaped from a minimum-security prison says they never...
Host parents not liable for fatal crash after party: B.C. Supreme Court
Two parents have been found not legally responsible for a fatal crash involving two teenagers who had been partying at the couple's home in British...
Vancouver Island First Nation calls for jail's closure, land return
Sc’ianew First Nation Chief Coun. Russ Chipps wants Vancouver Island's William Head prison closed and the land returned to First Nations following the...
Former regional Crown prosecutor disbarred for 5 years for failing to manage evidence in murder case
A former regional Crown prosecutor on Vancouver Island has been banned from practicing law for five years for failing to properly manage evidence in a homicide...
Americans sailing north to Alaska causing waves of worry on Vancouver Island
A small stream of Alaska-bound American pleasure boats continues to travel along the east coast of Vancouver Island, despite a border closure barring...
Car jumped median, slammed by oncoming SUV in Nanaimo
A fatal crash claimed the life of a woman in Nanaimo Sunday evening. A compact car and an SUV collided just after 7 p.m. on Highway 19A when the car jumped a...
Missing man presumed overboard off northern Vancouver Island
A Vancouver Island man is missing and presumed fallen overboard after his boat washed ashore on an island near Port McNeill. RCMP say 71-year-old Gary Ritchie...
Men who escaped prison last July have been charged with murder
Two inmates who escaped William Head prison almost a year ago have been charged in the killing of a Metchosin man. James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage have...
B.C. dad who campaigned for stem-cell donations dies
A Victoria father who fought for greater ethnic diversity in Canada’s stem-cell donor pool has died of leukemia after he was unable to find a donor match....
Nanaimo woman's racist Facebook post sparks online petition
A Nanaimo woman has come under fire for a series of racist, threatening comments on social media. In reference to the killing of George Floyd by a white...
Graffiti-hit Chinatown school in Victoria buoyed by paper hearts
Kileasa Wong has seen the best and worst of people in the past few days. The principal of the Victoria Chinese Public School was stunned last week to learn that...
Court rules conservation officer who refused to kill cubs was improperly dismissed
A former conservation officer who was fired for refusing to kill two bear cubs near Port Hardy in 2015 is feeling vindicated by a court decision that determined...
Defunding police - what would that look like?
Imagine a situation where, instead of calling 911, someone in mental-health distress calls a hotline which summons a mental-health professional. Imagine a harm...
'Devasting' season for whale watching amid COVID shutdown
As whale watching companies cautiously count down to a possible reopening July 1, many are saying the economic damage from the pandemic shutdown has already...
Climber seriously injured in fall near peak of Mount Arrowsmith
As a man lay seriously injured just below the summit of Mount Arrowsmith on Vancouver Island Saturday evening, three search and rescue teams raced against the...
Huge Victoria demonstration adds to rising voices against racism
Several thousand people gathered in downtown Victoria Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's death...