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Possible body at school

Possible body at school

Victoria Aug 23, 2017 / 10:55 am

Police surrounded a school in Victoria Tuesday evening after they received reports of a dead body. Investigators taped off S.J. Willis School and were still on...

From charity to tragedy

From charity to tragedy

Vancouver Island Aug 23, 2017 / 6:17 am

More than $20,000 has been raised for a Vancouver Island man who was struck in the head Saturday during a charity softball game. Chris Godfrey, 32, of Courtenay...

BC to intervene on pipeline

BC to intervene on pipeline

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 6:56 pm

The provincial government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The NDP government announced...

Ferry riders must butt out

Ferry riders must butt out

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 5:15 pm

BC Ferries is banning smoking on all its vessels and at all terminals starting on Jan. 22. The corporation says it's providing advance notice of the new...

Poverty amid wealth

Poverty amid wealth

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 5:14 pm

B.C.'s NDP government says poverty remains a reality for many people in the province despite a stronger-than-expected budget surplus in the last fiscal...

BC's $2.7B surplus

BC's $2.7B surplus

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 11:04 am

The B.C. government ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of $2.7 billion, largely in line with an unaudited financial picture released about two months ago...

Eclipse warnings ignored

Eclipse warnings ignored

Victoria Aug 21, 2017 / 7:05 pm

Eye doctors in Victoria, one of the best spots in Canada to view Monday's eclipse, say they're fielding calls from people who ignored advice and looked...

Suspicious blaze guts hall

Suspicious blaze guts hall

Vancouver Island Aug 21, 2017 / 6:50 pm

RCMP on Vancouver Island are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a First Nations community hall. The Nanoose Community Centre burned Saturday on...

Horgan condemns hate

Horgan condemns hate

Victoria Aug 18, 2017 / 4:03 pm

Premier John Horgan is denouncing hate speech ahead of a rally in Vancouver this weekend. In a statement, Horgan says the recent violence in Charlottesville,...

Girls rescued from trestle

Girls rescued from trestle

Parksville Aug 18, 2017 / 12:27 pm

Firefighters rescued two girls who were climbing a railway trestle near Parksville, Thursday. Firefighters from Parksville and Qualicum Beach were called to the...

Wilson suing for $5M

Wilson suing for $5M

Victoria Aug 18, 2017 / 5:55 am

B.C.'s former LNG advocate Gordon Wilson has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Premier John Horgan and two of his fellow NDP politicians. The...

Trick-or-treat deer rescue

Trick-or-treat deer rescue

Vancouver Island Aug 17, 2017 / 1:53 pm

Conservation officers have rescued a deer on Vancouver Island that had a plastic jack-o-lantern stuck on its muzzle. Officers in Sooke were able to sedate the...

Float plane flips in lake

Float plane flips in lake

Vancouver Island Aug 17, 2017 / 6:03 am

A float plane overturned Wednesday during a hard landing on Comox Lake on Vancouver Island. Witnesses say the small plane skipped hard off the water and flipped...

Headless bear on beach

Headless bear on beach

Haida Gwaii Aug 16, 2017 / 4:08 pm

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is investigating the discovery of a decapitated black bear on a Haida Gwaii beach. The bears body was dumped on the...

Pay hike for 100,000

Pay hike for 100,000

Victoria Aug 15, 2017 / 8:50 pm

UPDATE: 8:50 p.m. The B.C. government says it's planning to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. Labour Minister Harry Bains said...

BC ending trophy hunt

BC ending trophy hunt

Victoria Aug 14, 2017 / 3:23 pm

The B.C. government is putting an end to the grizzly bear trophy hunt. Starting Nov. 30, the province will end grizzly bear trophy hunting and will stop all...

Woman dies in house fire

Woman dies in house fire

Campbell River Aug 14, 2017 / 2:01 pm

A house fire claimed the life of a Campbell River woman, Monday. Flames broke out at the Alder Street home about 6 a.m. Witnesses say the victim was an older...

Female cyclist attacked

Female cyclist attacked

Vancouver Island Aug 12, 2017 / 9:32 pm

Police on Vancouver Island have made an arrest in a chilling incident in which a woman was approached by a knife-wielding man. On Friday morning, a man...

Apology for Gordon Wilson

Apology for Gordon Wilson

Victoria Aug 12, 2017 / 8:12 pm

British Columbia's jobs minister is taking back what he says were inaccurate statements about a former advocate for the province's liquefied natural gas...

Revolving door of parties

Revolving door of parties

Victoria Aug 12, 2017 / 6:53 am

As Victoria considers tightening the city's rules on short-term rentals, one resident says she's had enough of the "revolving door" of parties...

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