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• BC Ferries cancels multiple sailings ahead of busy Canada Day weekend

  BC Ferries is cancelling several sailings between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland ahead of the Canada Day long weekend.

  

• Saanich police search for suspicious men near site of – but unrelated to – BMO shootout

  Police in Saanich – including heavily armed Emergency Response Team officers – were called to search for two suspicious men near Mt. Tolmie Park Thursday afternoon.

  

• 273 in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. for 2nd week in a row

  The number of people with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals remained at 273 on Thursday, still slightly above the lowest total seen in 2022 so far.

  

• 'What were they waiting for?' Woman inside Saanich bank amid shootout describes 'calm' gunmen

  A woman who was trapped inside a bank during a robbery and fatal shootout with police near Victoria on Tuesday says there is one question still plaguing her a day later: Why didn't the gunmen just leave with the money?

  

• Victoria police searching for high-risk missing girl, 16

  Victoria police are asking the public to keep a lookout for a girl who was reported missing earlier this week.

• B.C.'s 'largest investment' in affordable housing on Vancouver Island begins in Saanich

  Construction of a large housing redevelopment in Saanich, B.C., has begun, and it's a project that the B.C. government is calling its "largest investment" into affordable housing on Vancouver Island.

• Canada Day celebrations in Victoria to mark 'new beginning' with First Nations

  The City of Victoria says this year's official Canada Day celebration will mark a "new beginning" in the city's relationship with local First Nations.

• Police investigating possibility of 3rd suspect in Saanich, B.C., shooting

  Police in Saanich, B.C., say they continue to investigate the possibility that a "third suspect" was involved in a fatal shooting at a bank that left two suspects dead and six officers injured Tuesday.

• Vancouver Island beach cracks list of top 50 beaches in the world

  Travel website Big 7 Travel has released its annual list of the top beaches in the world, and a familiar shoreline on Vancouver Island has made the list.

• Man transforms minivan into solar-powered office after layoff

  Robert is on a grateful journey that began after becoming a casualty of a major downsizing at work.

• RCMP clearing new logging protest encampment near Fairy Creek, B.C.

  Police say they arrested five people as they worked to clear a protest camp on Vancouver Island that's blocking access to a forestry operation in the Fairy Creek Watershed area Wednesday.

• Details of decapitation case, including adopted persona, body in suitcase, rehashed in B.C. court

  A man convicted of the gruesome murder of his roommate more than a decade ago was back in a British Columbia court recently, trying to argue he is not criminally responsible for the death.

• Just a 'fraction' of 911 dispatchers actually needed are working, B.C. union warns ahead of long weekend

  British Columbians are being warned that they may have to wait in the event of an emergency as the province's main 911 service operator has just a 'fraction of the dispatchers needed' working this weekend.

• Island pet owners benefit from Lower Mainland veterinary hospital featured in reality TV series

  A Lower Mainland animal hospital is turning to reality television to help raise funds so they can, in turn, help pet owners – including those on Vancouver Island – with costly major surgeries on animals.