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  Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island

  The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island on Saturday.

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  Small plane crash injures 2 on Vancouver Island

  Two people were airlifted to hospital with minor injuries after their small plane crashed Wednesday morning on northern Vancouver Island. A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada tells CTV News the privately owned de Havilland Beaver aircraft "collided with the terrain" approximately 18 kilometres southwest of Campbell River.

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  B.C sheriff shortage leads to delays, cancellations of dozens of court hearings

  B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma is promising more money to fix a chronic shortage of sheriffs that has led to at least 86 court appearances being cancelled or delayed this year.

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  Saunders Family Foundation looking to fix B.C.'s broken health-care system

  More than one million people in B.C. are unable to secure a family doctor, and access to primary-care clinics is becoming harder by the day. But a Vancouver Island foundation has created what it is calling a playbook to end the ailing system.

• RCMP seek suspect in Duncan bank break-in

  Mounties on Vancouver Island are asking the public to help identify a suspect who allegedly broke into bank in Duncan earlier this month.

• Protesters arrested on Vancouver Island as groups clash over 'gender ideology' in schools

  At least three people were arrested Wednesday as protesters and counter-protesters gathered in Nanaimo and Victoria to argue about the way schools teach sexuality and gender identity, and how teachers refer to transgender students.

• B.C. teacher banned for exploiting vulnerable student for 'sexual advantage'

  A former Vancouver Island gym teacher has permanently lost his teaching certificate after he started an intimate relationship with a vulnerable 15-year-old student and began dating the student shortly after graduation.

• Victoria supportive housing facility's opening delayed

  The opening of a supportive housing facility for 50 young people in Victoria has been delayed despite construction being complete, and outreach advocates say an extension may be needed to avoid displacing a dozen of the anticipated tenants.

• Missing Vancouver Island man found dead: RCMP

  A 65-year-old Vancouver Island man who was reported missing to police over the weekend has been found dead.

• Campbell River crash caused by driver asleep at the wheel: RCMP

  The Campbell River RCMP say a highway crash that sent a car into a power pole over the weekend was likely caused by another driver falling asleep at the wheel.

• Anti-LGBTQ rallies will be met with counter protests in Victoria, across Canada

  Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday. British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, called the anti-LGBTQ marches "hate-fuelled" and said while peaceful demonstration protects democracy and generates debate, the human rights of the trans and LGBTQ community "is not up for debate."

• Man drowns trying to swim to boat in Saanich Inlet

  A man is dead after he drowned while trying to swim to his drifting boat in the Saanich Inlet on Monday evening. Two RCMP officers and several bystanders entered the water and swam out to the man in an attempt to rescue him.

• New report suggests B.C. renters paying 'Airbnb tax' due to market pressures

  A team of researchers has crunched the numbers and estimates that British Columbia’s renters are paying roughly 20 per cent more than they otherwise would have due to the impact of short-term rentals.

• Vancouver Island man earns global fame on TikTok with tap-testing videos

  Travis Stock is grateful to have grown up from a shy boy to a fearless man — who was inspired by his big sister to overcome adversity through giving back — by finding a creative way to spread joy and positivity.

• After fire repairs, Mustard Seed Street Church welcomes community back inside

  On Tuesday, the Mustard Seed Street Church and Food Bank in Victoria was showing off the results of its rebuild after a devastating fire damaged the premises in March.

• Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar? Slain B.C. Sikh leader at heart of diplomatic crisis

  Hardeep Singh Nijjar is being remembered by family and supporters as a giving community activist. But in India, he was a wanted man, after authorities labelled him a terrorist in 2020.