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Taking aim at misconduct

Taking aim at misconduct

Victoria Apr 27, 2016 / 4:08 pm

British Columbia is the latest province to introduce legislation requiring universities to have sexual misconduct policies in the wake of allegations that...

Blamed for shanty-town

Blamed for shanty-town

Victoria Apr 26, 2016 / 1:51 pm

Homeless campers living in tents outside of Victoria's courthouse say they blame British Columbia's provincial government for creating the shanty-town...

Fertilizing the ocean

Fertilizing the ocean

Haida Gwaii Apr 24, 2016 / 7:05 am

The federal government is still investigating an experiment off the West Coast almost four years ago aimed at boosting salmon stocks that sparked an...

Pot cop awarded cash

Pot cop awarded cash

Victoria Apr 23, 2016 / 6:34 am

A Victoria police officer who advocates for the legalization of drugs while off-duty has been awarded $20,000 in a human rights case that pitted the nine-year...

Death on Salt Spring

Death on Salt Spring

Salt Spring Island Apr 22, 2016 / 7:16 pm

Police are investigating the death of a man on Salt Spring Island. RCMP say officers responded to reports of a fight early Friday morning and found two men...

Pro-pot cop can talk

Pro-pot cop can talk

Victoria Apr 22, 2016 / 1:51 pm

A police officer who advocates for the legalization of drugs while off duty has been awarded $20,000 in a human rights case that pitted the officer against his...

Mom charged in kid's death

Mom charged in kid's death

Victoria Apr 20, 2016 / 12:12 pm

CTV Vancouver is reporting that the mother of a toddler found unresponsive in Victoria last year has been charged with murder. The 18-month-old could not be...

No pro-life club for UVic

No pro-life club for UVic

Victoria Apr 18, 2016 / 3:23 pm

A free-speech battle by opponents of abortion at the University of Victoria has been shut down by British Columbia's highest court. The university approved...

On a paw and a prayer

On a paw and a prayer

Vancouver Island Apr 16, 2016 / 7:31 pm

A couple of dogs have quite the tale after spending a ruff night trapped at the bottom of a cliff. Roo and Nicky got out of their Comox yard Friday, then...

Cops probed in officer death

Cops probed in officer death

Vancouver Island Apr 15, 2016 / 4:50 pm

The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia has been called to probe the crash that killed RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett. The civilian-led IIO is...

Island's dirty little secret

Island's dirty little secret

Vancouver Island Apr 15, 2016 / 4:24 pm

Three companies fighting to dump contaminated soil into a landfill on Vancouver Island have won a partial victory. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Pamela Kirkpatrick...

More injection sites needed

More injection sites needed

Victoria Apr 15, 2016 / 4:16 pm

A drug addiction expert says declaring a public heath emergency in British Columbia to tackle drug overdose deaths is a good first step towards opening more...

Ed minister wades in

Ed minister wades in

Victoria Apr 14, 2016 / 3:54 pm

UPDATE: 3:46 P.M. Education Minister Mike Bernier has issued a short statement over public outrage in the North Okanagan Shuswap school district. Calls for the...

Cop acquitted of assault

Cop acquitted of assault

Nanaimo Apr 14, 2016 / 11:03 am

An RCMP officer on Vancouver Island has been acquitted of aggravated assault at his second trial. A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Nanaimo acquitted Const. David...

Christy's catch of the day

Christy's catch of the day

Victoria Apr 13, 2016 / 5:07 pm

Premier Christy Clark expressed her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during a visit Wednesday to a fish market. Clark said the Finest at Sea...

Dead orcas endangered

Dead orcas endangered

Vancouver Island Apr 13, 2016 / 2:29 pm

Two dead killer whales found off the west coast of Vancouver Island were part of an endangered southern resident population, according to a recent initial...

Flights running, water isn't

Flights running, water isn't

Victoria Apr 13, 2016 / 9:56 am

Flights are running on time at Victoria International Airport, but water isn't running at all. A water main ruptured at the airport, just north of the city,...

3,000 honour fallen cop

3,000 honour fallen cop

Vancouver Island Apr 11, 2016 / 9:24 am

As many as three thousand people turned out last night in Langford, west of Victoria, for a candlelight march to remember Constable Sarah Beckett. Participants...

UVic invents smart cement

UVic invents smart cement

Victoria Apr 9, 2016 / 7:57 am

Scientists at the University of Victoria are working to cement their lead in making so-called smart concrete that heals and seals cracks, greatly reducing...

Procession for fallen officer

Procession for fallen officer

Vancouver Island Apr 8, 2016 / 10:01 am

A second sombre procession is scheduled to travel along the highways of southern Vancouver Island today as the body of RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett is returned to...