Victoria News
Rescuers plan helicopter airlift of orca calf stranded in B.C. lagoon
UPDATE 5 p.m. Plans are now underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite...
'People are scared to come:' Nanaimo thrift store owners closing shop, citing social disorder
Madeline and Cory Crane have been running the Friends of Haven Thrift Shop, a fixture in downtown Nanaimo, for almost two decades, and have built up a loyal...
'It didn't seem real': Orca swims beside paddle boarder in mouth of Jordan River
A B.C. man was paddling near Vancouver Island when an orca swam just metres from him. Brad Carr was heading out to the Juan de Fuca Strait from Jordan River on...
North Saanich De Havilland plant expands as orders ramp up for firefighting planes
A manufacturing plant in North Saanich will be busy building parts for Europe’s next generation of firefighting planes until the next decade. Neil...
Human poop pollution targeted in new B.C. early warning system
A group of B.C. scientists is moving to create an early warning system to pinpoint the source of human and animal fecal pollution — a poop contamination...
Stranded orca calf remains in B.C. lagoon, breaching at regular intervals
A stranded killer whale calf is showing signs of regular activity as it breaches every seven to 10 minutes in a lagoon near the northern Vancouver Island...
Man fatally stabbed in Victoria, second person injured, police say
Police in Victoria are investigating after one person was killed in an alleged stabbing and a second was seriously injured. They say officers were called to the...
'A disaster': Judge scolds B.C. fentanyl delivery driver sentenced to two years in prison
A Victoria man who was caught by police delivering fentanyl has been sentenced to a federal prison for two years plus one day by B.C. Supreme...
Bidding process starts for world's largest hockey stick
Anyone game for the world’s largest hockey stick? The District of North Cowichan opened a bidding process this week to take the Expo 86 relic off its...
Killer whale rescue team puts boats back in lagoon in effort to entice calf to ocean
The effort to coax a young orca back to the open ocean following the death of its mother on northern Vancouver Island has included the use of killer whale...
B.C. Conservatives drop doctor whose medical licence was suspended for COVID response
The Conservative Party of B.C. has dropped a Denman Island doctor, whose licence was suspended for allegedly signing falsified vaccine and mask exemption forms,...
Parksville property owners get exemption from short-term rental rules
Many Parksville property owners are breathing a sigh of relief after the B.C. government granted an exemption for the popular resort community just over a month...
Police watchdog investigating after man found dead near Parksville trail
B.C.’s civilian-led police watchdog is investigating after police located man’s body near Parksville on Monday — a day after they first tried...
Indigenous nation gives stranded B.C. killer whale calf name: Brave Little Hunter
A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue...
Man says 2023 police incident left him injured; watchdog investigating
B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office is looking into an incident last August in which a man says he was injured by Victoria police. The man said that...
Stranded orca was pregnant, while efforts to save her other calf turns on rising tide
A necropsy on the killer whale that died after being stranded off northern Vancouver Island shows she was pregnant with another calf. Marine scientist Jared...
Former Victoria lawyer disbarred, ordered to pay $49,075
A former Victoria lawyer has been disbarred and ordered to pay $49,075 after a Law Society of B.C. tribunal found he misappropriated trust funds, misled...
Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod
Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern...
Stranded orca dies, now there's an effort to save calf, B.C. marine group
A British Columbia marine research group says a female killer whale died Saturday after being stranded in shallow water near the Village of Zeballos on the west...
Beached orca near Zeballos has died
An orca beached near Zeballos on Saturday morning has died. In a widely-shared video of the incident, a dozen people were seen mounting a rescue effort of a...