A new 20-storey rental tower in downtown Victoria could be the first of its kind to be put forward through a new municipal policy that's designed to speed up construction for housing.
Victoria City Council's Committee of the Whole voted in favour of updating the city's patio bylaw Thursday.
Police in Victoria are asking the public to help identify two men after a teenage girl reported she was sexually assaulted in Topaz Park.
An impaired driver who struck two sisters, killing one and critically injuring the other, near Victoria in 2018, has been sentenced to three and a half years behind bars.
A cement barge that had washed up along the rocks of McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, B.C., during a windstorm last month has finally been towed from the area.
The Transportation Safety Board says a fatal helicopter crash near Campbell River, B.C., three years ago was caused by a failure in the main rotor blades.
Preparations are underway at 1420 Broad Street in Victoria where on Friday the Bell Media building will host the Miracle On Broad Street Radiothon, the major fundraising event for CFAX Santas Anonymous.
There's scant Canadian content in the first three episodes of Prince Harry and Meghan's Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” but they include brief glimpses of Meghan's one-time home in Toronto and the family's Vancouver Island retreat.
A senior driver who struck and killed a teenager last year in a marked crosswalk in Saanich, B.C., has been charged with a traffic offence in the crash.
The West Shore RCMP has launched a new, three-member unit dedicated to investigating sex crimes after the department handled more than 100 such cases last year.
When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she pulled from the sand looked nearly pristine.
Videos showing a baby bobcat outside a B.C. home earlier this week have since gone viral on social media — racking up a million views and thousands of "likes" on both Instagram and TikTok.
B.C.'s police watchdog says RCMP are not responsible for an alleged armed robber's death near Lake Cowichan, B.C., last month.
The number of people with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals declined slightly over the last week, as health-care facilities struggled to cope with other illnesses, particularly among children.
An injured humpback whale spotted in B.C. three months ago survived her more than 4,000-kilometre journey to Hawaii, but is unlikely to return to the Pacific Northwest, experts say.
While multiple levels of government scramble to fund and bring solutions to an overwhelmed primary healthcare system, BC Emergency Health Services' community paramedicine program has been quietly working to serve patients in their homes and prevent them from unnecessary trips to busy emergency departments.
It's back! Your guide to the best and brightest Christmas displays in Greater Victoria is here for another year.
Victoria residents are the most generous tippers in Canada, according to Uber Eats' year-end "cravings" report.
An exciting visit from an orca delighted onlookers near Victoria's Inner Harbour on Monday.
When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she pulled from the sand looked nearly pristine.
An injured humpback whale spotted in B.C. three months ago survived her more than 4,000-kilometre journey to Hawaii, but is unlikely to return to the Pacific Northwest, experts say.
An exciting visit from an orca delighted onlookers near Victoria's Inner Harbour on Monday.
While multiple levels of government scramble to fund and bring solutions to an overwhelmed primary healthcare system, BC Emergency Health Services' community paramedicine program has been quietly working to serve patients in their homes and prevent them from unnecessary trips to busy emergency departments.
It's back! Your guide to the best and brightest Christmas displays in Greater Victoria is here for another year.
A Nanaimo, B.C., couple has quite the story to tell after a mother bear and two cubs broke into their home and raided their kitchen last week.
More than 60 firefighters from five departments battled a blaze that destroyed an Esso gas station in Bowser, B.C., on Tuesday evening.
Eight cases of Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) have been confirmed in Victoria, Nanaimo and Parksville since late 2021. One case has been fatal, and the disease has spread most rapidly in the past two months, Island Health says.
A beloved pet that went missing in the Highlands area of Vancouver Island was found seven days later by an army of volunteers.
CTV's W5 has been shown never-before-seen surveillance footage of Punta Cana International Airport from the night before a Canadian airline crew was detained after discovering duffel bags stuffed with 210 kilograms of cocaine in their plane's avionics bay.
CTVNews.ca speaks with victims of stalking and harassment, and with advocates and legal experts who are calling on Canada to overhaul how it handles these cases from the police, to courts, and to the communities we live in.
Despite U.S. President Joe Biden's attempts to link WNBA star Brittney Griner's case to that of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested on espionage charges in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years in prison two years later, it became plain that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not budge.
A landfill north of Winnipeg where the remains of two victims of an alleged serial killer are believed to be located will pause operations.
Canadians sending parcels this holiday season may be surprised to see a steep surcharge on domestic shipping due to the high price of diesel.
Decades-high inflation and soaring interest rates have led many to take a closer look at their spending habits and, consequently, make some tough choices.
Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations voted Thursday to publicly oppose the Liberal government's proposed gun-control legislation and stand against sovereignty bills in Alberta and Saskatchewan's legislatures.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal Wednesday when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025. That goal, which would already mean protecting 1.2 million more square kilometres of land, is just the interim stop on the way to conserving 30 per cent by 2030.
Despite Jamaica’s prime minister recently declaring a widespread state of emergency following a surge in gang violence and murder on the island, a travel expert warns that Canadian travellers may not be granted cancellation claims for travel insurance policies.
When she first moved into the seniors community in Nanaimo, B.C., Angie Harvey was determined to keep being productive.
Although he’s not being pestered by paparazzi or fending off fans now, Bonnie Nicholls says the llama that she’s walking down the street with is just as leisurely in the limelight.
When Kody Bell went to get a Boston cream donut and a large milk at Tim Hortons all those years ago, he never expected to meet his newly elected MLA.
All the students in the school can take a paper form that's available available in every classroom, pen something positive about someone else, and deposit the note in a secret compartment underneath the rainbow bench.
After living in his downtown Victoria neighbourhood for more than 30 years, David Ferguson says this was a first.
Emma Robbins learned to play guitar at age eight, won regional singing competitions at 10, and by 16, was earning fame across the Maritimes, performing on TV every week. Motherhood took her away from music, however, until recently, when she released her first album at age 80.
When Melanie Vogel moved from Germany to Canada it was love at first sight.
Bob Curtis has been told he's the oldest competitive horseshoe league player in Canada. The game is part of the way the former Navy photographer keeps himself feeling "great."
Eric Brunt quit his job and drained his savings to self-fund a 13-month journey across the country to interview as many Second World War veterans as he could find.
A Quebec judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the maker of the popular online video game, Fortnite, after parents of three children who played it argued it was too 'addictive.'
An exciting visit from an orca delighted onlookers near Victoria's Inner Harbour on Monday.
A Winnipegger soon to appear with Woody Harrelson in an upcoming movie is looking forward to his silver screen debut, after the film’s trailer premiered this week.
A Nanaimo, B.C., couple has quite the story to tell after a mother bear and two cubs broke into their home and raided their kitchen last week.
It’s not often a family gets to celebrate a centenarian, let alone two, but that’s what one Maritime family is getting ready to do.
Ex-cop turned TikTok influencer breaks down the ins and outs of a gift card scam hitting Canadian stores during the holiday season.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down complains from a Fox News reporter that the Brittney Griner swap was 'a bad deal.'
