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• 6 arrested after standoff with police at Campbell River home

  An hours-long standoff between heavily armed police and the occupants of a home in Campbell River has ended with six arrests, Mounties say.

  

• U.S. authorities working to keep orcas away from 'pollution incident' off Vancouver Island

  The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a sunken vessel leaking fuel in Haro Strait, between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island.

  

• 'It's really exciting': Rare white orca spotted on northern Vancouver Island

  Orca sightings on Vancouver Island aren't rare, but they're always thrilling, and that was especially true for a group of aquaculture workers on the North Island this week.

• B.C. couple can't use bankruptcy to get out of paying $19M to regulator, appeal court rules

  For the second time in a year, British Columbia's highest court has dismissed an appeal from a couple attempting to use bankruptcy to rid themselves of millions of dollars in penalties imposed by the province's financial markets regulator.

• Feds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings

  The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily allowing fully vaccinated travellers a one-time exemption to not be penalized if they were unaware of the health documents required through ArriveCAN.

• Experts weigh in on what tech companies can do to grow amid downturn

  One of the best-performing sectors during the pandemic, the technology sector is now facing a challenging time as a reversal in fortunes has companies tightening their belts.

• 'It's a bit shocking': Video of legal old-growth harvesting draws frustration on Vancouver Island

  As the B.C. government promises deferrals of old-growth logging and protesters push for the end of the practice entirely, videos recently recorded on northern Vancouver Island put the old-growth fight into perspective for the man who shot them.

• B.C. seniors keep love alive with romantic rides on wheelchair

  Since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Peter Foran takes his wife Janice for romantic rides on his wheelchair. They travel along Vancouver's bike lanes and waterfront paths, with her sitting sideways across his lap.

• Victoria police investigating 'sudden death' downtown

  Police in Victoria are investigating what they call a "sudden death" in the city Saturday morning.

• Pistol shooting competition comes to Vancouver Island as feds work to tighten handgun laws

  More than 200 of Canada's top action pistol shooters will compete in a B.C. qualifying event sanctioned by the International Practical Shooting Confederation at the Malahat range this weekend.

• Sky-high fundraising for Tour de Rock this Weekend at the Malahat Skywalk

  The Malahat Skywalk is hosting a fundraising event Saturday for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock (TDR).

• 140 lightning-caused wildfires detected in B.C. over last 3 days, service says

  Lightning has sparked more than 100 new wildfires in British Columbia since Wednesday, as thunderstorms rolled through the provincial Interior.

• Surrey South byelection set for Sept. 10

  The B.C. government has called a byelection for the Surrey South seat left vacant this spring when former Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux was appointed Canada's chief accessibility officer.

• Hundreds of animals in SPCA's care as adoptions slow down for 1st time since pandemic began

  With pet adoptions slowing down for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the B.C. SPCA says it has hundreds of animals in its care.

• 'A dream come true': B.C. team to represent Canada at Little League World Series

  A team from British Columbia will be representing Canada at the Little League World Series this year.

• Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser River slide zone

  Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia.

• Health-care worker says man's death while waiting in Nanaimo ER could have been prevented

  A health-care worker says they believe a man's recent death while waiting for care in the emergency room at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital could have been prevented.

• BC Ferries cancels 2 sailings between Nanaimo, Vancouver due to staff shortage

  Two BC Ferries sailings between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland have been cancelled Friday evening due to a staff shortage.

• Overnight emergency room closures extended at Island Health-area hospital

  Island Health says that overnight closures at the only emergency room on Cormorant Island will continue until the end of August due to a staffing shortage.

• Victoria police searching for man missing for nearly a month

  Victoria police are asking the public for help finding a 51-year-old man missing for nearly a month.