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Low-cost housing aimed at enticing health-care workers to Campbell River

Low-cost housing aimed at enticing health-care workers to Campbell River

Campbell River May 27, 2023 / 7:05 am

A new housing program aims to tackle the shortage of health professionals in Campbell River by offering low-cost temporary accommodation and a friendly welcome....

Rally for justice in Duncan after Indigenous girl's death

Rally for justice in Duncan after Indigenous girl's death

Vancouver Island May 26, 2023 / 5:35 pm

Community members gathered outside the RCMP detachment in Duncan on Friday to demand better from police in cases involving Indigenous people after the death of...

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier

Nanaimo May 26, 2023 / 12:16 pm

The city of Nanaimo on central Vancouver Island is the latest British Columbia community to receive government approval for a cancer care centre, Premier David...

'Someone put her there': Mother wants answers in daughter's death

'Someone put her there': Mother wants answers in daughter's death

Vancouver Island May 26, 2023 / 7:44 am

RCMP are investigating after a 15-year-old girl died last week in Duncan under what police are calling “suspicious circumstances.” North...

Eby close to calling byelections in ridings once held by former premier, minister

Eby close to calling byelections in ridings once held by former premier, minister

Vancouver Island May 25, 2023 / 5:15 pm

Premier David Eby says British Columbia's legislature will have two new members this fall after he calls byelections in vacant ridings once held by former...

Stranded man rescued from cliff face near Parksville

Stranded man rescued from cliff face near Parksville

Vancouver Island May 25, 2023 / 9:44 am

Arrowsmith Search and Rescue saved a man stuck on a cliff face on Little Mountain, just outside of Parksville, on Tuesday night. The man had contacted his...

'Heroic' pair pulled woman from burning car at Comox gas station

'Heroic' pair pulled woman from burning car at Comox gas station

Vancouver Island May 24, 2023 / 5:10 pm

Two people were “heroic” when they pulled a woman out of her burning car seconds before it was engulfed in flames on Saturday at a Comox gas...

Orange water in Vancouver Island bay likely harmless phytoplankton bloom

Orange water in Vancouver Island bay likely harmless phytoplankton bloom

Duncan May 24, 2023 / 9:15 am

Water the colour of cream of tomato soup on the shore near Duncan is catching the attention of visitors to the waterfront. Sarah Merriam shared images to social...

Harm-reduction material 'not appropriate' for students, says Cowichan district

Harm-reduction material 'not appropriate' for students, says Cowichan district

Cowichan May 24, 2023 / 6:52 am

The Cowichan Valley School District is investigating after material it does not consider “school or age appropriate” was left at a school after a...

3.1-magnitude earthquake in Washington felt in Victoria

3.1-magnitude earthquake in Washington felt in Victoria

Victoria May 24, 2023 / 6:48 am

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit early Tuesday about 65 kilometres southeast of Victoria. The quake struck near Oak Harbor, Washington, between Victoria and...

Fire-spitting monster truck puts on a wheel-y good show at BC Ferries terminal

Fire-spitting monster truck puts on a wheel-y good show at BC Ferries terminal

Vancouver Island May 23, 2023 / 4:39 pm

People travelling during long weekends in B.C. are used to ferry sailing waits, but it’s not every day there's an entertaining show while waiting at...

Greater Victoria man convicted of repeatedly strangling, confining girlfriend

Greater Victoria man convicted of repeatedly strangling, confining girlfriend

Vancouver Island May 20, 2023 / 6:50 am

Warning: This story has ­descriptions of violence. A Greater Victoria man has been convicted of strangling, ­assaulting and confining his...

Vancouver developer transfers former village site to Nanaimo First Nation

Vancouver developer transfers former village site to Nanaimo First Nation

Vancouver Island May 18, 2023 / 6:18 pm

Lands lost in the 1800s — including an ancient village site — were restored to Snuneymuxw First Nation Thursday when a Vancouver-based developer...

B.C. food bank gets $7M for warehouse as it struggles with abundance, not scarcity

B.C. food bank gets $7M for warehouse as it struggles with abundance, not scarcity

Vancouver Island May 18, 2023 / 2:45 pm

The head of a Vancouver Island food bank says the problem it's been grappling with in recent years isn't scarcity — it's abundance. Peter...

Port McNeill landmark burl burns

Port McNeill landmark burl burns

Vancouver Island May 18, 2023 / 1:43 pm

Port McNeill’s pride and joy — the world’s largest preserved tree burl — burned through the night, keeping firefighters on the scene...

BC mortgage broker given deadline to co-operate with receiver

BC mortgage broker given deadline to co-operate with receiver

Victoria May 18, 2023 / 10:08 am

Victoria mortgage broker Gregory Martel has been given until May 26 to co-operate with a court-appointed receiver trying to determine where millions of...

Day parole continued for killer of Reena Virk

Day parole continued for killer of Reena Virk

Victoria May 18, 2023 / 10:06 am

Convicted killer Kelly Ellard has had her day parole continued for another six months. Ellard, who now goes by the name Kerry Marie Sim, was convicted of...

B.C. municipal employee dies on the job after being hit by vehicle

B.C. municipal employee dies on the job after being hit by vehicle

Vancouver Island May 17, 2023 / 4:59 pm

A municipal worker on Vancouver Island has died on the job after being hit by a vehicle. Police in Oak Bay, a suburban community outside Victoria, confirm the...

Body found near Lake Cowichan, criminality suspected

Body found near Lake Cowichan, criminality suspected

Vancouver Island May 17, 2023 / 9:35 am

The discovery of a body in a forested area west of Lake Cowichan is being treated as suspicious. Lake Cowichan RCMP were notified Sunday by someone who came...

Tofino cracks down on unlicensed short-term rentals

Tofino cracks down on unlicensed short-term rentals

Tofino May 13, 2023 / 7:00 am

The tourist town of Tofino is stepping up pressure on unlicensed short-term rentals as home prices climb out of reach of many residents, who can’t find...