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• New ocean plastics recycling centre on Vancouver Island just 1 of 4 in B.C.

  A new recycling centre designed to collect wayward plastics from the ocean has opened on northern Vancouver Island.

  

• ICBC cancels driving knowledge tests due to system outage

  Anyone looking to get their learner driver's licence in B.C. will have to wait for another day.

  

• Nanaimo high school seeks donations of audio-video equipment

  A group of high school students in Nanaimo, B.C., are seeking donations of some much-needed equipment for their digital media class.

  

• B.C. drug users say 'fight continues' during decriminalization, repeat call for safe supply

  Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the start of decriminalization in British Columbia and discuss how they will "fight back" against any efforts to seize illicit substances that meet the 2.5-gram threshold allowed under the first such policy in Canada.

  

• Victoria property taxes could increase by 9% this year

  Property taxes in Victoria could rise sharply this year as the city grapples with inflation.

• B.C. man facing extradition to U.S. for alleged sex crimes against stepdaughter

  A Vancouver Island man is awaiting possible extradition to the United States on charges of sexual assault against his 13-year-old stepdaughter.

• Victoria's Rich Harden to join Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

  Victoria man Rich Harden, a former major league starting pitcher with the Oakland A’s, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers, will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this year.

• Neighbours armed with 'garden tools' stop break-in suspect in Cedar, B.C., police say

  Residents of a neighbourhood near Nanaimo armed themselves with "garden tools" to confront a break-in suspect last week, according to local police.

• Flair Airlines adding new Winnipeg routes

  Flair Airlines is adding three new Canadian cities to its Winnipeg routes.

• B.C. teacher suspended for racist comments toward Black colleagues, scaring students

  A teacher from Northern B.C. who was fired from his job for making racist comments to his coworkers and scaring his students has had his certificate of qualification suspended for four weeks.

• 'Get a f***ing hotel room': Anti-gay tirade in downtown Vancouver under investigation

  Disturbing video of a man berating a young couple with homophobic slurs in downtown Vancouver has triggered a police investigation – and prompted an outpouring of support for the victims.

• First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor

  The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” nearly seven years after the province first declared a public health emergency.

• Employment agency breaking barriers for marginalized people on Vancouver Island

  A temp agency on Vancouver Island is taking a compassionate crack at the labour shortage.

• B.C. health-care workers at 'breaking point' seeking mental help in growing numbers

  The ongoing toxic drug crisis, waves of COVID-19 and other mass casualty events have B.C. healthcare workers pleading for faster access to mental health care as more of them find themselves distressed and despairing.

• Nanaimo RCMP seek man who threw coffee at McDonald’s employee

  Mounties are asking the public for help identifying a man who allegedly threw a cup of coffee at a McDonald's employee in Nanaimo, B.C.

• Saanich appoints new CAO after former staffer abruptly dismissed

  The District of Saanich has announced that its interim chief administrative officer (CAO) will officially fill the role for the next five years.