Mounties in Port McNeill violated a suspect's Charter rights by failing to allow him to contact a lawyer promptly after his 2019 drug trafficking arrest, a judge has ruled.
B.C. natural gas users will soon see their bills decrease.
One man is in the hospital in serious condition after being shot in downtown Nanaimo this weekend, according to authorities.
New research from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control suggests people with schizophrenia were particularly susceptible to the deadly heat dome that struck the province in June 2021.
Victoria police are asking the public for help identifying a man who punched a restaurant patron in the face earlier this week.
It all began after Robin Jones bought a pair of yellow, zebra-striped shoes. He now has outfits in eight different colours, so he can wear a different one every day.
Construction on a new, 480-seat elementary school is underway in South Langford, an area consisting of mainly residential homes.
Some 1.75 million bees from New Zealand are acclimatizing to Canada's climate on a farm in North Oyster, Vancouver Island.
UBC's law school has launched a first-of-its-kind-in-Canada program aimed at helping Afghan women judges who were forced to flee their country.
A B.C. health authority is investigating after a complaint from a Merritt man who said he was stunned to find hurtful and derogatory comments made about him in a medical file.
More than 40,000 school support staff in British Columbia have ratified new contracts.
A new poll conducted by Research Co. has found that the majority of Canadians support reinstating the death penalty for murder.
The U.S. Ambassador to Canada says the question of whether or not foreign election interference is happening is less important than whether it's been successful, and he hasn't seen any proof that alleged interference attempts by China in Canada's elections have managed to affect the results.
A Vancouver Island woman has managed to get out of an abusive home, but fears she’ll soon be right back where she started.
Residents of B.C.'s capital will be paying slightly less in property taxes this year than expected.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria (JRCC) and the Comox Valley RCMP are searching for a missing 37-year-old man and the rowboat he was reported to have taken.
Victoria police say they seized handguns, drugs, cash and a stolen bicycle worth $10,000 in a pair of searches earlier this week.
The City of Nanaimo is warning drivers of overnight closures on one of its busiest streets.
Victoria police are investigating after electrical panels were damaged at Royal Athletic Park last week.
A man who died under what police are calling suspicious circumstances near Victoria this week has been identified as a 42-year-old father of two young boys.
The former president of a motorcycle club in Campbell River has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of Saanich man John Dillon Brown.
A popular music festival on Vancouver Island has announced the lineup for its three-day 2023 event.
More than six years after the body of a 72-year-old man was discovered near a highway rest stop on southern Vancouver Island, a Victoria man is facing charges of first-degree murder and indignity to human remains
A Quadra Island group has teamed up with the island's two grocery stores and a local health food business to launch the Quadra food recovery program, which aims to keep edible food from being sent to garbage dumps.
Vancouver Island has been named one of the most beautiful places in the world, according to U.S.-based news network CNN.
A hospital in Nanaimo is preparing to introduce washroom motion-detection devices that health authorities say can save a life in the event of a drug overdose.
Cory Hinds owns Westshore Spring & 4x4 in View Royal. On Wednesday, he was checking over one of his vehicles: an extreme off-road buggy he will be driving in the upcoming 4x4 Island Cup Championships on May 12 through 14.
After spending more than four months in hospital, Sanjeeve Seeburn and his wife Sandy were thinking back on that “magical” summer day they spent at a rural lavender farm – and the pizza they were served there.
One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday.
An Ontario woman has launched a lawsuit seeking $500,000 from Tim Hortons after she suffered major burns from an alleged ‘superheated’ tea. The company has denied all allegations and said she was ‘the author of her own misfortune.'
Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery early morning crash Sunday on a New York highway, police said.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a national standardized testing process to be created in order to speed up the licensing process for doctors and nurses who are either immigrants or were trained abroad.
Even at one of the tallest natural peaks on Earth, humans have left their mark in a trail of bacteria as researchers have found germs from coughing and sneezing that have been potentially preserved for centuries on Mount Everest.
President Vladimir Putin always relished his global outings, burnishing his image as one of the big guns running the world but with the International Criminal Court's war crimes charges against him, Putin's world just got smaller.
The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 campaign is garnering sympathy for the Republican former president, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said on Sunday.
A Ukrainian charity tells CTVNews.ca how women on the front lines of the war in Ukraine do not have proper equipment and are struggling with the realities of being in a conflict zone. Here are their stories.
North Korea said Monday it simulated a nuclear attack on South Korea with a ballistic missile launch over the weekend that was its fifth missile demonstration this month to protest the largest joint military exercises in years between the U.S. and South Korea.
After spending more than four months in hospital, Sanjeeve Seeburn and his wife Sandy were thinking back on that “magical” summer day they spent at a rural lavender farm – and the pizza they were served there.
"What he does is amazing!" The story behind a Nanaimo barber who was inspired to help thousands of children-in-need get new back-to-school clothes and supplies.
Katie Thorne's cat Otis loves to hug, so naturally that's how he greeted her new, two-legged dog named Mama Roo.
Before she experienced the worst year of her life, Debbie Barnswell simply sang for fun. It wasn't until she lost her husband of 32 years and diabetes stole her sight that Debbie found singing could also provide comfort.
"I was crying laughing!" Adam finds out how a Victoria woman's childhood haircut inspired a surprise birthday video that's been viewed by millions.
When Tom Kile retired, he made a commitment to maintain his physical and mental health. Now, his daily walks help keep his neighbourhood clean.
When Beth Doman arrived home that night, she was greeted by a peculiar sound coming from her fireplace.
Kathy and Mike are constructing a big Lego set together, which is similar to assembling a great love story. Although they were doing everything right, it felt like things were going heartbreakingly wrong.
Gareth Gaudin and his mom Linda are on an unexpected journey after she was diagnosed with dementia.
The topless woman who crashed Monday's Juno Awards ceremony while Avril Lavigne was presenting is a B.C. environmental activist who has made headlines before for other attention-grabbing demonstrations.
An Alberta man who once won the grand prize from the STARS Lottery is sharing the story of how the helicopter rescue service saved his life almost a decade later.
Eagle-eyed movie fans who got a first glimpse of the upcoming film 'BlackBerry' in its debut trailer may have spotted some Winnipeg-grown talent.
After decades of decline, the ocean's apex predator appears to be making a recovery. Great white sharks were one of the first species listed as threatened in both Canadian and international waters.
The first season of HBO's 'The Last of Us' aired its finale on March 12 and the show has been taking the world by storm since its premiere.
Peggy, a small hairless pug with a lopsided tongue, was recently crowned Britain’s ugliest dog. Melanie Nagy reports.
Putin thumbs nose at the International Criminal Court and tours Mariupol; new witness testifying before Grand Jury over Trump allegations.
