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• Island Health searching for ways to improve health care with 'Code Hack' event

  Island Health is on the lookout for fresh ways to improve the health-care system with its 24-hour event, "Code Hack."

  

• Decades-old Vancouver Island school to be demolished

  A now vacant elementary school in Lake Cowichan, B.C., is slated for demolition this year after it was closed for safety reasons.

  

• B.C. reveals plan for decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal use

  British Columbia is taking a major step forward in its fight against the province’s deadly overdose crisis by decriminalizing the possession of a small amount of certain illicit drugs for personal use.

  

• UVic prof's 'Geographies of Surfing' course teaches students on the beach

  Chris Darimont is the instructor for a course in UVic's geography field program called "Geographies of Surfing."

  

• FortisBC Holdings Inc. signs agreement with First Nation over B.C. LNG project

  FortisBC Holdings Inc. says it has signed a deal with a First Nation in British Columbia over the Tilbury liquefied natural gas expansion projects.

• Victoria nurse reprimanded for drinking on the job, encouraging others to do so

  A Victoria nurse who drank alcohol at his workplace and encouraged subordinates to do the same has been reprimanded by his professional college.

• B.C. distillery first in Canada to join prestigious Scotch Malt Whisky Society

  A distillery on Vancouver Island is the first ever in Canada to be welcomed into the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

• Victoria council approves 'missing middle' initiative

  Victoria’s newest council has greenlit a contentious housing initiative that makes it easier to densify neighbourhoods, after a tumultuous and lengthy debate that’s gone on for years.

• Plush monkey inspires Olympic swimmer to write children's book

  Before we can appreciate the important role a plush toy named Monkey Guy has played in Elaine Tanner’s life, we need go back to when people started calling her Mighty Mouse.

• B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated?

  The chief of the Williams Lake First Nation says he would support excavating possible unmarked graves at the site of the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school if that's what elders and the community decide is best.

• Canucks winger Ilya Mikheyev to have season-ending knee surgery

  The Vancouver Canucks have shut down Ilya Mikheyev for the season, months after the right-winger suffered a serious knee injury.

• Downtown road closures planned for Victoria Chinese New Year parade

  Road closures are planned for downtown Victoria on Sunday as lion dancers take to the streets to celebrate Chinese New Year.

• Health Canada sticks with Evusheld despite U.S. FDA dropping the COVID drug

  Health Canada says it will continue to recommend COVID-19 prevention drug, Evulsheld, despite U.S. FDA pulling back its emergency use authorization due to concerns around its efficacy against Omicron subvariant 'Kraken.'

• Number of people leaving B.C. for Alberta reaches 20-year high

  The number of people moving from British Columbia to Alberta has reached a 20-year high, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

• 'Why not sign two years?:' Vancouver Canucks winger Kuzmenko happy with extension

  In a season marked by loss and frustration, the Russian forward with the dimpled grin, gravity defying hair and enthusiastic goal celebrations has been a rare bright spot both on and off the ice.

• Nanaimo grocery store robbed at knifepoint, suspect at large

  An armed robber remains at large after a small grocery in Nanaimo, B.C., was held up at knifepoint.