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Port Alberni woman sentenced to four years for manslaughter in shooting death of son

Port Alberni woman sentenced to four years for manslaughter in shooting death of son

Vancouver Island Feb 16, 2024 / 7:05 pm

A Port Alberni woman convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of her adult son two years ago has been sentenced to four years in prison. Samantha...

Fraudster offered for rent housing that wasn't his, took thousands from victims

Fraudster offered for rent housing that wasn't his, took thousands from victims

Victoria Feb 16, 2024 / 6:57 am

A man convicted of seven counts of fraud for “sophisticated” rental scams has been sentenced to 42 months in jail. Brandon Wildman, 43, defrauded...

Missing teens took ferry to Quadra Island and could be camping in woods: police

Missing teens took ferry to Quadra Island and could be camping in woods: police

Quadra Island Feb 15, 2024 / 6:00 pm

Two Campbell River teens reported missing on Monday arrived together on Quadra Island the same day and are apparently “attempting to evade police,”...

Union protests firing of Victoria airport security screeners; agency alleges 'incomplete screening'

Union protests firing of Victoria airport security screeners; agency alleges 'incomplete screening'

Victoria Feb 15, 2024 / 11:40 am

The union representing 27 Victoria International Airport security screeners who were fired last week says the Crown corporation responsible for passenger and...

In B.C., inflation threatens local government's climate plans

In B.C., inflation threatens local government's climate plans

Vancouver Island Feb 14, 2024 / 6:59 am

Inflation is threatening to derail the climate plans of one of the most ambitious municipalities in British Columbia, prompting fears cities across the province...

Drug dealer lured to Humpback Road and shot, murder trial hears

Drug dealer lured to Humpback Road and shot, murder trial hears

Vancouver Island Feb 13, 2024 / 6:26 am

Late on Jan. 20, 2020, a West Shore man lured a known drug dealer to Humpback Road outside Langford, B.C. and shot him 12 times with a Ruger rifle, a Supreme...

IIO investigating after man injured in dirt bike crash in Campbell River

IIO investigating after man injured in dirt bike crash in Campbell River

Vancouver Island Feb 12, 2024 / 6:33 pm

B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was seriously injured in a dirt bike crash in Campbell River on Sunday. Campbell River RCMP told the...

Man charged with first-degree murder in B.C. hit-and-run

Man charged with first-degree murder in B.C. hit-and-run

Vancouver Island Feb 12, 2024 / 11:37 am

Police on Vancouver Island have arrested and charged a man with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a cyclist last week. Comox Valley RCMP say that...

B.C. woman convicted of COVID assault acquitted on appeal

B.C. woman convicted of COVID assault acquitted on appeal

Campbell River Feb 10, 2024 / 11:15 am

B.C.’s Court of Appeal has acquitted a woman convicted of assault for coughing on a man and pushing a shopping cart into another person during the...

Protest at Bonnie Henry film part of alarming trend, police chief says

Protest at Bonnie Henry film part of alarming trend, police chief says

Victoria Feb 10, 2024 / 8:00 am

A protest at the screening of a ­documentary about Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday is part of a concerning trend toward aggressive, anti-social ­behaviour,...

Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker

Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker

Vancouver Island Feb 9, 2024 / 4:56 pm

A British Columbia woman who was accused of deliberately coughing in the direction of a grocery store worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic has had her...

B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, premier says

B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, premier says

Victoria Feb 9, 2024 / 8:58 am

British Columbia's premier says Selina Robinson, who resigned as post-secondary education minister recently over Mideast comments, has received a death...

Day parole extended for Saanich man who arranged killing of mother and grandmother

Day parole extended for Saanich man who arranged killing of mother and grandmother

Vancouver Island Feb 9, 2024 / 7:20 am

A Saanich man who arranged for his Mount Douglas Secondary School classmates to murder his mother and grandmother in 1990 for a $4-million inheritance has been...

'It's dire:' Low snowpack raises drought fears on Island

'It's dire:' Low snowpack raises drought fears on Island

Vancouver Island Feb 9, 2024 / 6:06 am

Mountain snowpacks that act as slow-melting water reservoirs and help feed drinking-water supplies, wells and rivers through the spring and summer are getting...

Game-camera footage leads police to stolen travel trailer in Nanaimo

Game-camera footage leads police to stolen travel trailer in Nanaimo

Nanaimo Feb 8, 2024 / 11:17 am

A game camera helped Oceanside RCMP track down a travel trailer stolen from a property in the Horne Lake area. Police said they received a report from the owner...

Tobacco firm 'disappointed' in B.C. restriction on flavoured nicotine pouch sales

Tobacco firm 'disappointed' in B.C. restriction on flavoured nicotine pouch sales

Victoria Feb 8, 2024 / 10:11 am

A major Canadian tobacco company says it is "extremely disappointed" by British Columbia's decision to move the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches...

Safer supply too weak for most street-drug users, says Island Health doctor

Safer supply too weak for most street-drug users, says Island Health doctor

Vancouver Island Feb 8, 2024 / 6:03 am

Expanding prescribed safer-supply drugs to include injectable heroin and smokeable fentanyl — as recommended by the provincial health officer — may...

Starbucks pulls cake pops after Courtenay mom reports finding pill inside

Starbucks pulls cake pops after Courtenay mom reports finding pill inside

Vancouver Island Feb 7, 2024 / 5:07 pm

Starbucks has pulled “cake pops” — balls of cake on a stick — off its shelves across Canada after a Courtenay mother discovered a pill...

Sea turtle found at Pedder Bay only second ever found in B.C. waters

Sea turtle found at Pedder Bay only second ever found in B.C. waters

Vancouver Island Feb 7, 2024 / 5:58 am

A wayward loggerhead sea turtle found languishing in bull kelp at Pedder Bay near Metchosin is an incredibly rare find in British Columbia waters, according to...

MP to take petition calling for $1B investment in Island rail to Ottawa

MP to take petition calling for $1B investment in Island rail to Ottawa

Vancouver Island Feb 6, 2024 / 5:59 am

A Shawnigan Lake resident has persuaded a Vancouver Island MP to present a petition to the House of Commons calling for a $1 billion investment to create a...