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• B.C. parents win battle to put son's Indigenous name on his birth certificate

  After 13 months of fighting, the parents of a Campbell River, B.C., boy have received a birth certificate that accurately reflects the spelling of his name.

  

• Victoria video store teaming up with island artist for movie portrait exhibit

  A Vancouver Island-based painter is partnering with a Victoria video store to stage an art exhibit showcasing iconic movie characters.

  

• RCMP arrest 5 while executing search warrant at Wet'suwet'en protest camp

  RCMP officers executed a search warrant at a protest camp on Wet'suwet'en traditional territory near the under-construction Coastal GasLink pipeline Wednesday.

  

• Victoria to lower speed limit to 30 km/h on neighbourhood streets

  Drivers in Victoria's Hillside-Quadra neighbourhood will be the first to experience the city's new default speed limit of 30km/h on residential streets starting this spring.

  

• Hundreds of workers may be moving from Victoria to Central Saanich

  An economic boost could be coming to the relatively small community of Central Saanich.

• B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care providers

  Foster families in British Columbia will get a monthly pay raise of hundreds of dollars starting April 1.

• Squamish Nation embarks on ambitious plan to become one of largest developers in Canada

  The Squamish Nation announced Wednesday it intends to undertake comprehensive developments on 350-acres of land spread on several parcels in North and West Vancouver, Squamish and on the Sunshine Coast.

• Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

  U.S. Indigenous leaders from the Pacific Northwest say they won't give up trying to convince Canada's federal government to agree to a bilateral investigation of toxic mining runoff from the B.C. Interior.

• Owl family drawing attention in Victoria park

  A family of great horned owls is nesting in a open area in Beacon Hill Park.

• Saanich ocean drone builder gets $1.7M boost from B.C

  The small solar-powered vessels are equipped with sensors, cameras and communication devices that can capture information from anywhere on the ocean and relay it to researchers instantly.

• Saanich couple decorate tree with dogs after aggressive pruning

  A few years after Marie and Derek got married, they bought a house and planted a tree in the front yard. Marie attached a large dog’s head mask to the tree trunk, along with a bright polka dot tie.

• More aid on its way to Ukraine from Langford

  A humanitarian team from Langford has now made two trips to the war-torn country of Ukraine. Those missions have brought much-needed supplies to the country and helped feed tens of thousands of displaced people.

• Victim of Vancouver stabbing had asked man not to vape near toddler, says grieving mom

  The family of a 37-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Vancouver last weekend says he was attacked after asking someone not to vape near his young daughter.

• Victoria landlord to pay tenant $30K for noise, asbestos exposure after judge strikes down challenge

  A Victoria landlord and property management company must pay more than $30,000 in damages and rental reduction to a tenant who complained of exposure to asbestos and excessive noise while their apartment building was renovated.

• 'Hard to keep in stock': Non-alcoholic beer and cocktails creating buzz on Vancouver Island

  They’ve been pulling plenty of pints of non-alcoholic beer at Oak Bay’s Penny Farthing pub since they started carrying it this past December.

• Lululemon shares up more than 10% after reporting Q4 revenue up 30% from year ago

  Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc. climbed more than 10 per cent in early trading after the company reported its net revenue for its fourth quarter rose 30 per cent compared with a year ago.