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    No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C. for second day

    Air Date: May 30, 2020
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    Film industry looks to Langford for future restart

    Film industry looks to Langford for future restart

    Air Date: May 29, 2020
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    UVic grads invent biodegradable sunglasses

    UVic grads invent biodegradable sunglasses

    Air Date: May 29, 2020
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    Some islanders calling for care home visitation

    Some islanders calling for care home visitation

    Air Date: May 29, 2020
  • Supporters from around the world have combined to raise more than $16,000 to save Jo's Place, but the restaurant still needs more help. (Save Jo's Place/Facebook)

    Struggling amid lack of tourism, Pender Island restaurant starts fundraiser to survive

    Supporters from around the world have combined to raise more than $16,000 to save Jo's Place, but the restaurant still needs more help.

  • Schools prepare for return of students

    COVID-19 transmission possible when schools reopen, but B.C. is prepared, Henry says

  • B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provides her daily COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, May 28, 2020.

    No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C. for second day in a row, Henry says

  • A student walks past St. John's College at UBC in Vancouver, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    International students worry about pandemic as decisions loom on travel to Canada

  • Two Vancouver Island groups are calling on the provincial government to ease visitation rules at care homes, as seniors face months of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic: (iStock)

    'We can't wait for a vaccine': Islanders call for controlled return to care-home visitation

  • The Greater Victoria Placemaking Network wants municipalities to rethink their streetscapes, sidewalks and boulevards to better accommodate the safe movement of people and supporting the needs of businesses as the city reopens.

    Placemaking network calls on municipalities to create safe spaces

  • The North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (NIWRA) will reopen its doors to the public starting Tuesday, June 2. (CTV)

    Island animal recovery centre reopening to the public next week

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    Sawatsky Sign-Off: Little Library Love

    Air Date: May 29, 2020
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    New grocery store set to open in Victoria

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    Island communities prepare to welcome tourists again

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    Woman speaks on Oak Bay attack

    Woman speaks on Oak Bay attack

    Air Date: May 28, 2020
    The Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue team is seen practicing water rescues: May 28, 2020 (CTV News)

    Island search and rescue asking people not to tube due to COVID-19

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    Island kayakers save injured vulture from drowning

    Island kayakers save injured vulture from drowning

    Air Date: May 28, 2020

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    Protesters gather Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day, May 25. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

    Protests continue across U.S. seeking justice for Floyd

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    Demonstrators take part in a rally protesting the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in downtown Toronto, Saturday May 30, 2020. Korchinski-Paquet, 29, fell from the balcony of a 24th-floor Toronto apartment while police were in the home. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to rally in the aftermath of high-profile, police-involved deaths in both Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

    Thousands rally in Toronto against anti-black racism

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    A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/David J. Philip)

    SpaceX rocket makes historic launch into space

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    "People chat us up and we chat with them and it's kinda neat!" Adam finds out the love story behind Victoria's 300th Little Free Library.

    Air Date: May 29, 2020

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    "Congratulations to our wonderful grandson Colton Gareau for his many incredible scholastic achievements which began in grade school and continued throughout his high school years. We look forward to your many successes in the future. Lots of love, Nana & Papa"

    Class of 2020: Celebrating this year's graduates

    While the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing high school graduates from enjoying official grad ceremonies, CTV News Vancouver Island wants to help celebrate this year's group. We've created a photo gallery of this year's class with messages from family members.

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    Air Date: May 26, 2020
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    Feb. 18, 2020: Long Beach (Photo: Leam Williams)

    Oh, Snap! Beauty shots from around Vancouver Island

     
    In light of the news that the lone wolf of Discovery Island was sighted in Victoria's James Bay neighbourhood Saturday, here's a look at some photos of the animal taken by Cheryl Alexander (Instagram: @cher_wildawake)

    Discovery Island's lone wolf

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A graduation decoration is shown in Tampa, Fla., on Friday, May 1, 2020. Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big question mark as schools and boards across Canada grapple with how to handle graduation ceremonies because of COVID-19 restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP

Class of 2020: Send your grad photos

While the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing high school graduates from enjoying official grad ceremonies, CTV News Vancouver Island wants to help celebrate this year's group.

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