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  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.

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  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.

• BoC holds key interest rate steady as speculation shifts to timing of rate cuts

  The Bank of Canada ended the year with another interest rate hold as the economy slows and forecasters speculate on the timing of rate cuts in 2024.

• Christine Sinclair calls time on international career in emotional farewell game

  Christine Sinclair went out the way she wanted to. With a win.

• Volunteers still needed for Nanaimo food bank this holiday season

  The Loaves and Fishes food bank in Nanaimo is looking for more volunteers to get through the holiday season.

• B.C. wrings out after being drenched by atmospheric river

  Parts of southwestern British Columbia remain under a rainfall warning as a potent atmospheric river made landfall along the province's coast Monday, bringing ample rain and high winds while disrupting roads and utilities.

• BBC series Planet Earth does deep dive on B.C. humpback whales

  Whale researcher Jackie Hildering and her colleagues never imagined their work on humpbacks would capture the attention of the globe's premier documentary series.

• B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher-value wood manufacturing

  British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in the province by requiring that certain types of lumber from the Interior undergo manufacturing first.

• Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms

  A salmon conservation group is raising concerns about reported increases in wild fish deaths, primarily herring, in British Columbia's open-net fish farms.

• Chilliwack RCMP serious crimes unit investigating man's death

  Mounties are investigating after a man was found in medical distress in downtown Chilliwack, B.C., and later died in hospital.

• B.C. homebuyer awarded more than $5K after seller failed to evict basement suite tenant

  The corporate seller of a B.C. home has been ordered to pay the buyer more than $5,000 for failing to evict a tenant who refused to leave.

• B.C. city prepares to stickhandle removal of world's largest hockey stick

  Vancouver Island's Cowichan Valley Regional District wants to know who is willing to take a shot at owning the world's largest hockey stick.

• Driver arrested after nearly hitting pro-Palestinian demonstrator in Victoria

  A driver was arrested in Victoria on Sunday after nearly hitting a protester with a car during a pro-Palestinian rally outside the B.C. legislature.