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  Meaningful moment between father, son and whale caught on camera

  Finn Nelson will never forget that day his dad asked if he wanted to go see a whale in the wild.

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  267 in hospital with COVID-19 as BCCDC returns to biweekly data updates

  After publishing COVID-19 data just once a month over the summer, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control returned to biweekly updates this week.

• B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation practice

  Almost every day this summer, University of British Columbia master's student Megan Winand waded through wetlands with an antenna, following the beeping sounds to find Columbia spotted frogs.

• 'He was truly exceptional': Slain B.C. RCMP officer identified

  B.C. RCMP have identified the officer killed while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam Friday morning as Const. Rick O'Brien.

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  EXCLUSIVE | 'Shared intelligence' from Five Eyes informed Trudeau's India allegation: U.S. ambassador

  There was 'shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners' that informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public allegation of a potential link between the government of India and the murder of a Canadian citizen, United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen confirmed to CTV News.

• Environment Canada warns of 'significant fall storm' for Vancouver Island

  A fall windstorm is expected to hit Vancouver Island this weekend, according to forecasters. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement covering all of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast north of Saltery Bay.

• Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters

  The British Columbia government is providing more money to rural, First Nations and volunteer fire departments across the province.

• 1 RCMP officer killed, 2 seriously injured while executing search warrant in Coquitlam, B.C.

  One RCMP officer was killed and two others were seriously injured while police were executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam, B.C., Friday.

• Driver arrested after woman seriously injured in Port Alberni hit-and-run crash

  Mounties are searching for the driver of a white pickup truck after a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Port Alberni.

• Lack of housing blamed for below-average nursing program enrolment

  A lack of affordable and available housing in the capital region is being blamed for keeping people away who are desperately needed in order to correct the ailing health-care system.

• 71-year-old cycling thousands of kilometres with three-legged cat

  Steven Telck never imagined he’d be spending his retirement travelling with a rescue cat named Miss Bunny.

• Nanaimo parents awarded $328K for loss of support after teen killed in crosswalk

  The parents of a Nanaimo teenager who was struck in a crosswalk and later died in hospital have been awarded $327,635 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge recognized the Korean practice of hyodo, in which a child is expected to provide financial and domestic support to their parents.

• Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.