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  Remains of missing hiker Melissa McDevitt found on Vancouver Island

  The skeletal remains of a 39-year-old hiker who went missing in the southern Vancouver Island backcountry one year ago have been found.

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  B.C. COVID-19 data: Weekly update shows slight increase in hospital population

  The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in B.C. ticked up slightly this week, but remained well below the early-October high.

• Driver dead after single-vehicle crash in Nanaimo, RCMP say

  A driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Nanaimo Thursday.

• Victoria airport working to avoid winter storm chaos this holiday season

  The busy Christmas travel season is almost upon us and this year the Victoria International Airport says it’s been working hard to prevent a repeat of the days-long travel chaos that happened last year.

• Tofino man released from jail to appeal conviction for killing mother bear and cub

  A wildlife guide who was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $11,000 in fines for killing a black bear and her cub in Tofino, B.C., has been released on bail while he appeals his conviction and sentence.

• Men charged with assault with a weapon, forcible confinement in 'targeted' incident on Vancouver Island

  Mounties on Vancouver Island say two men are facing multiple charges after investigators found evidence that another man had been forcibly confined and assaulted with a weapon.

• Langford hockey coach inspires donations to Christmas charity that helped him as a child

  While not getting anything for Christmas was hard, Jim Knutsen says the hardest part was having to keep it a secret when he returned to school.

• Amanda Todd's mom urges more jail time for tormentor, as Dutch court mulls sentence

  The mother of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, who was bullied into suicide by a Dutch national, says she'll be “so angry” if a court in Amsterdam doesn't give him significant extra jail time on the basis of his Canadian conviction last year.

• B.C. landlord ordered to pay $5,400 for tenant's spitting, garbage-tossing, vandalism

  A B.C. landlord has been ordered to pay $5,400 in strata fines racked up by a former tenant who was accused of breaching the building's bylaws 75 times.

• 'Targeted' shooting in Prince George seriously injures 2

  An overnight shooting in Prince George Thursday left two people with serious injuries, according to authorities.

• 'Droids' deployed to study ocean depths off B.C.

  Inside Ocean Networks Canada’s warehouse in North Saanich is a tool that researchers say will bring us a better understanding of the waters deep in the Pacific Ocean. It’s called a deep-sea Argo float and it is capable of going where no piece of technology of its kind has gone before in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

• Victoria woman with broken, cracked teeth pleads for better dental care for seniors

  A Vancouver Island woman is speaking out about the state of dental care and coverage for seniors as she struggles with broken, cracked teeth and oral infections.

• Vancouver Island highway section to close for removal of rockslide debris

  A section of a major highway on Vancouver Island will be closed for four hours Thursday as workers clear rockslide debris that fell from the hillside amid heavy rains this week.

• Woman, 46, dead after minivan crashes into Saanich home

  A 46-year-old woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash at a home in Saanich on Wednesday.

• Political shift underway in B.C., says confident Conservative Leader John Rustad

  Premier David Eby and Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon are looking over their shoulders at the political gains being made by the new kid on the block, says British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad.

• New orca calf off B.C. bolsters record-breaking year for sightings

  A new transient orca calf has been spotted in the waters off British Columbia, adding to what's already been a record-breaking year for sightings of the Bigg's killer whales.

• Cat sitter who refused to leave owner's home ordered to pay $3,500 in damages

  A B.C. man whose cat sitter refused to leave his home has been awarded $3,500 as compensation for the 10-day ordeal – which only ended when the police got involved.

• B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, saddened by overdose crisis policy

  British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe has announced she is leaving her post after 13 years, deeply saddened the province has been unable to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic drugs on thousands of people.

• 'I'm so broken': Grieving family speaks out after B.C. cancer patient awaiting treatment chooses MAID

  A devastated family says long waits for cancer treatment led a beloved father and grandfather to choose medically assisted death 13 days ago.

• 'It has had a good run': Cowichan Valley residents are ready to part with the world's largest hockey stick

  As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. It’s estimated that a fix would cost $1.5 million to $2 million, therefore the Cowichan Valley Regional District began a lengthy public consultation process of what to do next.