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Apology for gang speech

Apology for gang speech

Victoria May 10, 2019 / 3:28 pm

The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says a speech he gave this week about leadership went sideways and he is apologizing for offending people....

Still missing in wake of fire

Still missing in wake of fire

Victoria May 10, 2019 / 11:26 am

Victoria police say a caretaker of a vacant 109-year-old heritage building is still missing, five days after a blaze tore through the former Plaza Hotel. Police...

Giant gnome on the roam

Giant gnome on the roam

Vancouver Island May 10, 2019 / 6:18 am

The world’s tallest garden gnome is on the roam on Vancouver Island. "Howard" the giant gnome statue was dismantled in Nanoose Bay, Thursday,...

Rescued on whale tour

Rescued on whale tour

Victoria May 9, 2019 / 4:35 pm

UPDATE: 4:35 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard says dozens of passengers have been rescued from a B.C. whale-watching boat off the coast of Washington state. The coast...

Giant balloon protests ICBC

Giant balloon protests ICBC

Victoria May 9, 2019 / 6:44 am

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a massive balloon outside the B.C. legislature on Wednesday to protest the province's ICBC monopoly. The giant...

Crime in real estate report

Crime in real estate report

Victoria May 9, 2019 / 5:29 am

Two independent reports commissioned by British Columbia's government to probe money laundering in the province's real estate sector are set to be...

The other Archie Windsor

The other Archie Windsor

Vancouver Island May 8, 2019 / 3:41 pm

At first, Archie Windsor of Duncan, B.C., says he was shocked to learn he had the same last name as the newest royal, but then he saw the humour. "My...

Victoria hotel fire smoulders

Victoria hotel fire smoulders

Victoria May 8, 2019 / 1:34 pm

Firefighters are working for a third-straight day to douse hotspots after a massive blaze tore through an empty hotel in Victoria on Monday. Smoke is still...

You're off the Island!

You're off the Island!

Nanaimo May 7, 2019 / 1:30 pm

An alleged bike thief has been banned from Vancouver Island. The 38-year-old was handed a one-way ferry ticket and told to stay away unless he's there to...

Luxury cars used as laundry

Luxury cars used as laundry

Victoria May 7, 2019 / 1:11 pm

A new report indicates B.C.'s luxury car market is being used to launder money, including the proceeds of crime. Former RCMP commissioner Peter...

Horgan calls for gas probe

Horgan calls for gas probe

Victoria May 7, 2019 / 12:05 pm

Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more...

Lumber spills across hwy

Lumber spills across hwy

Vancouver Island May 7, 2019 / 11:33 am

A crashed lumber truck has spilled its load on the Trans-Canada Highway north of Victoria. The incident spilled lumber across the highway in Mill Bay on...

Hotel 'gutted' by fire

Hotel 'gutted' by fire

Victoria May 7, 2019 / 9:37 am

An abandoned hotel in downtown Victoria has been gutted by flames and firefighters continue to battle hotspot flare-ups. Caretaker, Mike Draeger remains...

Green win sends message

Green win sends message

Nanaimo May 7, 2019 / 5:16 am

British Columbia voters sent a message that Canadians are deeply concerned about the environment and climate issues will be at the forefront in October's...

Fight turns into murder

Fight turns into murder

Duncan May 6, 2019 / 3:03 pm

One man is dead and another is charged with murder after a weekend fight escalated on Vancouver Island. Duncan RCMP responded to a fight in progress in the...

$30K drug raid on Island

$30K drug raid on Island

Victoria May 6, 2019 / 2:54 pm

Police in Victoria seized more than $30,000 worth of illegal drugs in a raid linked to organized crime in the Lower Mainland. A vehicle was also seized in the...

Unaccounted for in inferno

Unaccounted for in inferno

Victoria May 6, 2019 / 12:56 pm

UPDATE: 12:55 p.m. A caretaker is unaccounted for following a major blaze at a vacant downtown Victoria hotel. "I'd hate to speculate on what the cause...

Byelection indicator

Byelection indicator

Nanaimo May 6, 2019 / 5:31 am

Voters are heading to the polls to elect a member of Parliament in the British Columbia riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith today in what could be an indicator of the...

Going to the polls - again

Going to the polls - again

Nanaimo May 5, 2019 / 8:12 am

Voters are going to the polls for the third time in eight months in Nanaimo with Monday's byelection contest in the federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith,...

Mr. & Mrs. Snowbird pilots

Mr. & Mrs. Snowbird pilots

Vancouver Island May 4, 2019 / 7:40 am

Call them Mr. and Mrs. Snowbird. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team has husband and wife pilots among its members for the first time ever, CTV News...