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  Suspect at large after UVic student sexually assaulted on campus

  Saanich police are investigating after a student was sexually assaulted inside a washroom on the University of Victoria campus.

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  Malahat crash closes highway in both directions

  The Malahat highway was closed in both directions near Bamberton on Thursday afternoon due to a vehicle crash.

• Greater Victoria gas prices hit one-year high

  Gas prices hit a one-year high in Greater Victoria on Thursday, jumping by more than 12 cents per litre at many stations.

• Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns to B.C. from Scotland museum

  A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being returned Friday.

• Nanaimo RCMP searching for man, 36, missing since March

  Investigators say William Hall was reported missing by a family member in early September after he had not been seen for about six months.

• B.C. launching fall vaccination campaign for COVID, influenza on Oct. 10

  B.C.'s public vaccination campaign for the fall respiratory illness season will begin Oct. 10, health officials announced Thursday.

• Developers and advocates weigh in on B.C.'s housing targets

  B.C. cities aren’t in the business of building homes; that’s what private developers do. And those private developers are preparing to get to work.

• Bylaw change could allow physician assistants to work in B.C. emergency rooms

  The B.C. Ministry of Health says a proposed bylaw change by the body that regulates doctors could allow physician assistants to work in provincial emergency rooms.

• Vancouver Island water restrictions lifted after 'significant rainfall' helps restore fish habitat

  After significant rainfall in some regions of Vancouver Island, the British Columbia government is rescinding water restrictions for the Koksilah and Tsolum river watersheds.

• Victoria traffic disrupted for hours after dump truck flips on Pat Bay Highway

  Southbound traffic into downtown Victoria was disrupted for several hours Wednesday after a dump rolled onto its side on the Pat Bay Highway.

• Victoria police seek man wanted on Canada-wide warrant

  Victoria police are asking the public to help find a man who wandered away from a Victoria halfway house and is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

• B.C. fire bans lifting as cooler weather eases wildfire season

  The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the fire danger rating across most of the province has dropped to low or very low as cool, damp fall weather arrives.

• Comox Valley Search and Rescue celebrates 50 years, fundraising for new facility continues

  Dozens of times every year, volunteers with Comox Valley Search and Rescue (CVSAR) respond to calls, at all hours of the day, to look for people who are missing and rescue people who are injured or in distress.

• 'Continuous' masking returning to B.C. hospitals, clinics, care homes

  Some health-care workers in British Columbia have started receiving notification that they will once again be expected to wear masks in medical settings, but the language is ambiguous about what exactly will be required and for whom.

• Pulp workers to return to Crofton mill, but curtailment of paper operations continues

  There's good news and bad news for pulp and paper workers on Vancouver Island. More than 300 pulp workers at the Crofton, B.C. mill will return to their jobs next month, while their coworkers on the paper-making side will remain out of work.

• 'We can achieve these targets': Vancouver Island mayors address new B.C. housing requirements

  The B.C. government has revealed its housing targets for 10 municipalities that have landed on its so-called naughty list. Saanich is being asked to build 4,610 new units. Victoria is being asked to build 4,902 units, while Oak Bay needs to build 664.

• B.C.'s projected deficit grows to $6.7 billion for 2023-2024 fiscal year

  Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion.

• Homicide investigation underway in Victoria, risk to public 'considered low'

  Major crime investigators say the death of a man who was found injured in downtown Victoria earlier this month has been ruled a homicide.

• B.C. sets housing targets for 10 municipalities, including Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay

  British Columbia has announced its first set of targets for new homes to be built in 10 municipalities in a provincial strategy to tackle the ongoing housing crisis.

• Body found after woman, 26, swept off Washington state beach

  The body of a 26-year-old woman has been found after she was swept off a beach by strong ocean currents in northwestern Washington state Monday.