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  Search underway for 2 missing in Vancouver Island backcountry

  A search is underway on Vancouver Island after two people disappeared on logging roads in the Mount Benson area, west of Nanaimo.

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  A 'predator' at CSIS: B.C. officers allege rape, harassment and a toxic workplace culture

  Four officers with the B.C. CSIS physical surveillance unit who say it was a toxic workplace where bullying, harassment and worse went unchecked, and where young female officers were victimized.

• B.C. attorney general, premier under fire for comments on justice system

  B.C.'s attorney general recently made comments in the media and online that "risk undermining the public’s confidence in the criminal justice system," according to a letter published by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

• Climate activists to unveil 'massive' ice sculpture at B.C. legislature to coincide with COP28 summit

  Climate activists in Victoria say they will deliver a "massive" ice sculpture to the B.C. legislature Thursday as part of a protest against the province's liquefied natural gas industry.

• Vancouver Island volunteer group helps students in Ukraine

  Ukraine has now been at war with Russia for more than 640 days. “It’s so stressful,” said Anna Terbiak, a Grade 11 student in the west of Ukraine.

• Victoria to host B.C. Lions for regular-season game against Ottawa Redblacks

  The B.C. Lions will host the Ottawa Redblacks in a regular-season CFL game in Victoria next season. The game, dubbed "Touchdown Pacific" by the league, will be played Saturday Aug. 31 at Royal Athletic Park.

• Coastal Renaissance return to service delayed again, BC Ferries says

  BC Ferries expects to serve more than 900,000 passengers during the upcoming holiday season, and says it will be able to do so without one of its largest vessels, which remains out of service for repairs.

• Indigenous signage aims to make B.C. legislature more inclusive, accepting

  The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says the unveiling of Indigenous-themed signs outside the building is a necessary step toward opening doors that have been historically closed.

• Campbell River RCMP seek suspect after assault, shooting

  Mounties in Campbell River, B.C., are appealing to the public to help identify a suspect after a shooting and assault in a wooded area last week.

• U.S. says alleged murder plotter was directed by India and mentioned B.C. killing

  U.S. officials have charged an Indian national in a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil – in a case they say is connected to the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

• Langford humanitarian team delivers thousands in medical aid to Ukrainian hospitals

  A humanitarian team from the West Shore has returned home from Ukraine after bringing much-needed aid to the war-torn country.

• Canada's top admiral says navy staff, resource needs in 'critical state'

  Canada's understaffed and resource-stretched navy is in 'a critical state' and might not be able to carry out its basic duties next year, the top admiral said in a YouTube video released this week.

• Charges laid after deadly hit-and-run in Squamish

  A man is facing several charges of dangerous driving in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman and left another woman with life-altering injuries last year in Squamish, B.C.

• 'Glaring failure': 6 months in, critics slam B.C. plan to send cancer patients to U.S.

  Leah Rowntree was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in April, shortly before B.C. announced it would send patients like her to Bellingham, Wash., for radiation therapy. On Tuesday, Rowntree had her first radiation treatment. But she chose to pay for it in Houston, Texas, not trusting the B.C. system to get her into treatment in the province—or in Bellingham—in time.

• B.C. teacher who sent 'sexually explicit photos' to former student fired

  A high school teacher from Nanaimo, B.C., who was fired after sending sexual selfies to a former student has also been banned from teaching for five years.

• Boeser scores twice as Canucks beat Ducks 3-1

  A year ago, Brock Boeser was nearly a healthy scratch on the night the Vancouver Canucks honoured those fighting cancer.

• Charges pending after 44 dogs, cats seized from 'shockingly unsanitary' B.C. home

  Animal welfare workers in British Columbia will be recommending animal cruelty charges after 44 neglected dogs and cats were seized from a derelict and garbage-filled home on a small, southern Gulf Island near Nanaimo.

• Victoria couple's $5M lottery win means 'beers, pizza and champagne' for the family

  The Vancouver Canucks might be having a winning season, but when Stacey Donison heard her husband shouting joyfully from the kitchen, it had nothing to do with the hockey game he was watching.

• Fog advisory reissued for B.C.'s South Coast, Vancouver Island

  A fog advisory was reissued for much of B.C.’s South Coast and Vancouver Island Tuesday afternoon, with Environment Canada warning of "near-zero visibility" throughout the region.

• Auditor general raises concerns about B.C.'s bookkeeping for 16th time

  British Columbia's auditor general is repeating himself over concerns about the way the provincial government keeps its books, just as the Ministry of Finance's quarterly report projects a $5.6-billion deficit.