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• Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study

  The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what its findings mean for public health.

  

• Victoria police searching for missing woman, 19

  Victoria police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing woman.

  

• Catholic order that staffed Kamloops residential school signs agreement to share records: Royal BC Museum

  The Royal BC Museum and the order of Catholic nuns who staffed the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide researchers access to private archives of photographs, financial records and accounts of daily life at the school.

• Car with wrong licence plates leads to discovery of 'significant' drug trafficking operation in Saanich

  Police say a vehicle that was displaying the wrong licence plates led to the discovery of a "significant drug trafficking operation" in Saanich.

• Casinos and nightclubs poised to reopen next week as B.C. heads towards next step of restart

  British Columbians are just eight days away from the date pegged for Step 3 of the province's reopening plan, when most remaining restrictions will be lifted. On Tuesday, B.C.’s top doctor, Dr. Bonnie Henry, indicated that the province looks to be on track for that to happen.

• RCMP investigating suspicious fire at Nanaimo rec centre

  Another suspicious fire is under investigation in Nanaimo, where more than 20 have been reported over the past three months.

• 10-storey office building pitched for downtown Victoria movie theatre site

  Local development company Jawl Properties is hoping to redevelop the Capitol 6 theatre site in downtown Victoria into a 10-storey office building.

• RCMP nab alleged drunk drivers within minutes of starting road check in Tofino

  Dozens of driving tickets were handed out, and more than 12 vehicles were impounded, after RCMP set up driving road checks in the Tofino and Ucluelet area.

• Island Health announces expansion of Salt Spring Island hospital

  The only hospital on Salt Spring Island is expanding its emergency department, doubling the number of acute and primary care patients that can be treated at one time.

• RCMP arrest 11 people at blockades against old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

  RCMP arrested another 11 people at blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.

• 99-year-old from Gabriola Island skydives in Father's Day tradition

  Patrick wasn’t joking when he first invited Mike to go skydiving on Father’s Day a few years ago.

• Gas prices jump 11 cents in Greater Victoria, more price hikes expected

  If you are planning on hopping in your car and travelling this summer, it’s going to cost you a lot more than it would have on Monday. The price at the pump has jumped by 11 cents a litre in Greater Victoria.

• 'Summer of hope': Vancouver Island adds 3 COVID-19 cases

  B.C. health officials identified three new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Tuesday.

• Don't get AstraZeneca for 2nd dose if mRNA was your first, B.C. health officials say

  B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry did not explain her reasoning behind the one-directional approach with the AstraZeneca vaccine.