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• More than 100 B.C. First Nations participating in youth basketball tournament in Nanaimo

  More than 1,200 youth basketball players sang and danced their way into Frank Crane Arena on Sunday night for the opening ceremony of the Junior All Native Tournament.

  

• Police identify man in Victoria restaurant assault

  Police say they have identified a man who is accused of attacking a patron at a restaurant in downtown Victoria last week.

  

• Police seek help identifying Nanaimo shoplifting suspects

  Mounties in Nanaimo are asking the public for help identifying two women accused of shoplifting. The women were caught on a surveillance camera at Sally Beauty, located at 6894 Island Highway North, just before 4 p.m. on Jan. 21.

  

• Maxi Priest to headline Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival

  The Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival is returning in 2023 with headliner Maxi Priest. The five-day festival will be spread out over three venues – Ship Point, the Victoria Curling Club, and the Upstairs Cabaret – from June 21 to 25.

  

• Researchers: Inbreeding a big problem for endangered orcas

  With population numbers so low, researchers believe inbreeding may be an issue for the critically endangered southern resident killer whale.

• Langford assistant fire chief dies after battle with cancer

  Firefighters and city officials are mourning the death of Langford's assistant fire chief following his battle with cancer.

• Snowbirds returning to Vancouver Island next month

  The country's national aerobatics team, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, is returning to Vancouver Island in April to train for its upcoming season.

• B.C. parent launches class-action lawsuit against makers of Fortnite video game

  A Vancouver parent has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the makers of Fortnite, saying the popular video game is designed to be “as addictive as possible” for children.

• Life-sized driftwood sculpture exhibit to raise money for Vancouver Island wildlife centre

  A Victoria artist who builds life-sized sculptures of local wildlife entirely out of driftwood is bringing her works to downtown Victoria to help fundraise for Wild ARC, an animal rehabilitation centre in Metchosin, B.C.

• Port McNeill RCMP violated suspect's Charter rights during detention, judge rules

  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.

• Nanaimo students will not be sent to different high school amid capacity problem

  Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools announced it will take the proposed Nanaimo District Secondary School capacity scenario of sending Gabriola students entering Grade 8 in September to Cedar Secondary out of consideration.

• Man seriously injured in downtown Nanaimo shooting

  One man is in the hospital in serious condition after being shot in downtown Nanaimo this weekend, according to authorities.

• Fraser Valley commuters left in lurch as transit workers strike

  People who rely on transit to get around parts of the Fraser Valley are scrambling to find alternatives as more than 200 B.C. Transit workers begin what could be a lengthy strike.

• FortisBC bills set to drop starting April 1

  B.C. natural gas users will soon see their bills decrease.

• Victoria police seek help identifying suspect who punched restaurant patron

  Victoria police are asking the public for help identifying a man who punched a restaurant patron in the face earlier this week.

• People with schizophrenia were especially at risk during 2021 heat dome, BCCDC finds

  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.