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Dies working at wildfire

Dies working at wildfire

Nanaimo Aug 8, 2018 / 8:10 pm

A logging company employee has died while working at a wildfire in the Nanaimo Lakes area on Vancouver Island. The province's workplace safety authority...

Sir John A gets the boot

Sir John A gets the boot

Victoria Aug 8, 2018 / 1:34 pm

The mayor of Victoria says a statue of Prime Minister John A. MacDonald will be removed from the front entrance to city hall as a gesture of reconciliation with...

Humpbacks put on show

Humpbacks put on show

Port Hardy Aug 8, 2018 / 6:36 am

Tourists staying at a lodge on a Vancouver Island were treated to a spectacular show when a group of humpback whales visited for breakfast. Marg Leehane,...

Missing orca spotted

Missing orca spotted

Vancouver Island Aug 8, 2018 / 6:20 am

The search for an emaciated killer whale has spotted the orca off the coast of Vancouver Island. Rescuers from NOAA, the Vancouver Aquarium, the DFO and the...

Arrest in arson fires

Arrest in arson fires

Victoria Aug 7, 2018 / 7:14 pm

Charges have been laid in two suburban Victoria arson fires. A 25-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the Oak Bay fires that were set on July...

Whale rescue hits snag

Whale rescue hits snag

Vancouver Island Aug 7, 2018 / 2:28 pm

An endangered killer whale that has prompted an international rescue effort won't receive antibiotics by dart or by fish if it's found in Canadian...

Fire evacs near Nanaimo

Fire evacs near Nanaimo

Vancouver Island Aug 7, 2018 / 9:02 am

A wildfire has flared on Vancouver Island, prompting evacuation orders and alerts for properties in a rural area southwest of Nanaimo. The Regional District of...

Wildfires flare on Island

Wildfires flare on Island

Nanaimo Aug 7, 2018 / 7:57 am

A wildfire has flared on Vancouver Island, prompting evacuation orders and alerts for properties in a rural area southwest of Nanaimo. The Regional District of...

Crucial orca has days to live

Crucial orca has days to live

Vancouver Island Aug 6, 2018 / 5:43 pm

An international effort to save an important orca from an endangered killer whale population has hit rough waters. About a half dozen vessels are scouring the...

PM visits City of Totems

PM visits City of Totems

Duncan Aug 4, 2018 / 3:50 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to a British Columbia farmer's market today, thrilling vendors and customers. Trudeau's unannounced...

BC's highest honour

BC's highest honour

Victoria Aug 4, 2018 / 8:03 am

Fourteen British Columbians will receive the province's highest honour. "I am so pleased to share congratulations with the inspiring individuals...

Body retrieved from falls

Body retrieved from falls

Campbell River Aug 3, 2018 / 6:27 am

The body of a Dutch tourist was recovered Thursday near Campbell River after she fell into the water at Elk Falls. Police were called to Elk Falls Provincial...

Rescue at Elk Falls

Rescue at Elk Falls

Campbell River Aug 2, 2018 / 4:26 pm

A rescue is being performed near Elk Falls Suspension Bridge after a person fell into the water. CTV News is reporting that the RCMP are responding with all...

Granny chases off bear

Granny chases off bear

Vancouver Island Aug 1, 2018 / 7:03 pm

A plucky 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman chased a black bear out of her house. Twice. Anna Stady was watching television in her Union Bay home on Friday when...

Body may be missing senior

Body may be missing senior

Vancouver Island Aug 1, 2018 / 2:53 pm

A body has been discovered just a few kilometres from where a missing Vancouver Island senior's car was found last month. Police won't yet say if the...

Orca still pushing dead calf

Orca still pushing dead calf

Victoria Aug 1, 2018 / 2:18 pm

A killer whale that has been pushing the body of her newborn calf since it died last week is getting help from members of her pod, including her son who is...

Death by garbage truck

Death by garbage truck

Victoria Aug 1, 2018 / 10:38 am

Victoria police are investigating how a man was killed by a garbage truck Wednesday morning. VicPD were called to a dumpster in the 1300 -block of Vancouver...

BC cancer breakthrough

BC cancer breakthrough

Victoria Aug 1, 2018 / 6:45 am

A deadly mushroom found on Vancouver Island is being studied as a potential cure for cancer. University of British Columbia researchers are studying the death...

Missing man's body ID'd

Missing man's body ID'd

Tofino Aug 1, 2018 / 6:19 am

A missing fisherman's body has been identified after it was recovered off the coast of Tofino. The man was one of three believed to have drowned after their...

Not so happy meal

Not so happy meal

Victoria Jul 30, 2018 / 3:50 pm

Police were called to a Victoria McDonald's after a customer flipped out over missing tomato on her burger. Officers responded to the Hillside Avenue...