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Small quake off BC coast

Small quake off BC coast

Haida Gwaii May 9, 2016 / 10:03 am

A mild earthquake has left residents of Haida Gwaii rattled. According to Natural Resources Canada, the 4.1-magnitude quake shook the earth at 6:58 p.m. Sunday...

Call for law after injuries

Call for law after injuries

Victoria May 5, 2016 / 4:59 pm

British Columbia's representative for children and youth is calling on the province to urgently consider a law allowing youth to be involuntarily placed in...

Pot brownie bureaucracy

Pot brownie bureaucracy

Victoria May 5, 2016 / 3:42 pm

Victoria's mayor says it's not her job to regulate the quality and safety of the marijuana brownies sold at the city's medical pot dispensaries....

Christy critics mull review

Christy critics mull review

Victoria May 5, 2016 / 10:04 am

UPDATE: 10 a.m. A report from British Columbia's conflict commissioner clears the premier of alleged financial conflicts, but critics are already mulling a...

Min. wage up 40 cents

Min. wage up 40 cents

Victoria May 4, 2016 / 11:37 am

Minimum wage is going up by 40 cents an hour. The provincial government is increasing the minimum wage in two stages. The first increase will be 40 cents and...

Scathing critique of mining

Scathing critique of mining

Victoria May 3, 2016 / 3:48 pm

British Columbia's auditor general has delivered a scathing report that concludes the government is not properly prepared to protect the environment from...

Cut! film tax credit reduced

Cut! film tax credit reduced

Victoria May 2, 2016 / 2:32 pm

British Columbia's finance minister has yelled cut on film and TV industry tax credits. Mike de Jong announced that the subsidy will be chopped by five per...

Police chief suspended

Police chief suspended

Victoria Apr 30, 2016 / 5:34 am

Victoria's police chief has been suspended amid allegations stemming from reports that he sent inappropriate Twitter messages to the wife of one of his...

Another review of top cop

Another review of top cop

Victoria Apr 29, 2016 / 1:58 pm

Another investigation has been launched into the actions of Victoria's police chief amid new allegations that he attempted to influence witnesses and may...

Watchdog barks at review

Watchdog barks at review

Victoria Apr 29, 2016 / 9:46 am

British Columbia's representative for children and youth has released a scathing report in response to an independent review calling for major changes...

Crime won't pay anymore

Crime won't pay anymore

Victoria Apr 28, 2016 / 11:52 am

Serial killer Robert Pickton and other notorious criminals in British Columbia will no longer be able to profit from their crimes. Public Safety Minister Mike...

Girls stand for trans rights

Girls stand for trans rights

Victoria Apr 27, 2016 / 4:14 pm

Two transgender girls were in the legislature when the NDP introduced a private member's bill to include gender identity and expression in B.C.'s Human...

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...