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Driver injured in 'horrific' crash is determined to return to work

Driver injured in 'horrific' crash is determined to return to work

Victoria Mar 23, 2024 / 10:00 am

A martial arts instructor whose truck was T-boned in a Victoria intersection with such force that it broke apart on impact with a city bus, has told friends and...

Coast Guard, Ahousaht remove dangerous boats

Coast Guard, Ahousaht remove dangerous boats

Tofino Mar 23, 2024 / 7:33 am

The Canadian Coast Guard and local First Nations continued cleaning up derelict vessels posing threats to the marine environment around Ahousaht Harbour off...

Man, woman arrested after crash in Sooke, B.C., led to 'explosive device,' police say

Man, woman arrested after crash in Sooke, B.C., led to 'explosive device,' police say

Vancouver Island Mar 22, 2024 / 1:20 pm

Police on Vancouver Island say a man and a woman are in custody after a crash that led to the discovery of an "explosive device." RCMP in Sooke, B.C.,...

Impaired driver in Victoria hits impaired driver sign, flees scene: police

Impaired driver in Victoria hits impaired driver sign, flees scene: police

Victoria Mar 22, 2024 / 1:05 pm

An impaired driver in Victoria crashed into a “Report Impaired Drivers” sign Thursday night, leaving behind a licence plate when they fled the...

B.C.'s Haida Nation to have title over all of Haida Gwaii

B.C.'s Haida Nation to have title over all of Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii Mar 22, 2024 / 10:07 am

Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada noted the Haida First Nation had a strong case for proving title over Haida Gwaii, which was then still officially...

Crash sends truck across Victoria intersection and into bus

Crash sends truck across Victoria intersection and into bus

Victoria Mar 22, 2024 / 9:29 am

A pickup truck was torn apart and a car burst into flames in a crash that involved a B.C. Transit bus and left one driver with serious injuries. Victoria police...

Police investigate violent play in B.C. youth hockey game

Police investigate violent play in B.C. youth hockey game

Vancouver Island Mar 20, 2024 / 5:45 pm

A violent incident in a hockey game for players under 15 last week in Courtenay has prompted a Comox Valley RCMP investigation, and has the president of...

Former police board member claims Victoria police face 'crisis of integrity'

Former police board member claims Victoria police face 'crisis of integrity'

Victoria Mar 20, 2024 / 1:53 pm

The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board says a complaint filed against the Victoria department by a former board member will be handled by investigators from...

B.C. to add 500 public electric vehicle charging stations to fill gaps in network

B.C. to add 500 public electric vehicle charging stations to fill gaps in network

Victoria Mar 20, 2024 / 1:29 pm

Drivers of electric vehicles in British Columbia can expect another 500 public charging stations to come online, adding to more than 5,000 available across the...

BC funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

BC funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

Victoria Mar 20, 2024 / 11:17 am

The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of...

Saanich man, 87, spent nine days in a hallway at Victoria General Hospital

Saanich man, 87, spent nine days in a hallway at Victoria General Hospital

Victoria Mar 20, 2024 / 5:45 am

Saanich resident Eric Roberts was one of many seniors in Victoria General Hospital this month — the only difference being he spent nine of his 10 days...

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,...