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  B.C. police watchdog gets $2M funding boost to hire staff, cut investigation times

  The province gave the IIO a $2 million budget lift for this fiscal year to fund 13 new positions, including seven in investigations.

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  Senior makes hundreds of wooden toys for children's charities despite debilitating condition

  To appreciate why Lynndon Franz wears a Santa hat in his workshop, we need to go back to that day he got a nail stuck in his eye.

• Special weather statement warns of high tides on B.C.'s South Coast

  Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of extremely high tides on British Columbia's South Coast this weekend.

• Nanaimo homeowner assaulted with baseball bat in home invasion attempt: RCMP

  A 20-year-old Nanaimo man is in police custody after Mounties were called to an attempted break-in at a home south of the city Friday.

• Vancouver Island residents charged in suspected drug-trafficking ring linked to Hells Angels

  Federal prosecutors have approved two dozen drug-trafficking charges against six people from Vancouver Island with suspected ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.

• No fan of the spotlight, Christine Sinclair tries to make the best of retirement attention

  As the clock counts down on Christine Sinclair's international career, her teammates and coach say their intensely private captain is trying to make the best of being squarely in the spotlight.

• B.C. crisis support workers welcome new 988 suicide helpline

  Canadians have a new mental-health support system as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launches 988, a suicide crisis helpline.

• Ocean noise strategy delayed, but whale report by military may sound out path forward

  Marine scientist Kieran Cox calls it "probably the most pervasive, unregulated pollutant in Canada and globally." It's not plastic, petrochemicals or another chemical toxin. It's underwater noise.

• B.C. humanitarian group vows to keep fundraising to support Ukraine

  For the past year and a half, Ruslan Tymcyk has been leading a tank brigade on the front lines in the east of Ukraine, defending his country against the Russian invasion.

• B.C. files application for Canada's first unexplained wealth order: minister

  The British Columbia government has filed the first-ever application to secure an unexplained wealth order in Canada, the province's solicitor general said, calling the orders a “powerful tool” to clamp down on the proceeds of criminal activity.

• With strong storm on the way, B.C. government warns public to prepare for flood risk

  B.C.'s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness has taken the unusual step of issuing a public warning several days before an upcoming storm.

• B.C. prosecutors consider charges against Victoria police officer after fatal shooting

  British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the B.C. Prosecution Service to consider charges against a Victoria police officer who shot and killed a man two years ago.

• Missing Nanaimo woman found 'very cold,' transported to hospital for assessment

  A 21-year-old Nanaimo woman who had been missing since Tuesday in the rugged woods southwest of the city has been found.

• East Sooke neighbourhood tap water unsafe for infants, authorities warn

  Health authorities are warning residents in a rural neighbourhood west of Victoria about high concentrations of manganese in their tap water, saying the mineral may pose health risks to infants.

• Thompson Rivers University volleyball player killed, two others injured in car crash

  One member of the Thompson Rivers University men's volleyball team is dead and two more are in critical condition following a car crash Wednesday in Kamloops.

• Man wearing Santa suit arrested after waving replica gun in Victoria, police say

  A man in a Santa suit was arrested after he was reportedly seen waving a gun in downtown Victoria Wednesday morning.

• Inquiry into involuntary detention of vulnerable adults launched in B.C.

  The British Columbia law that allows certain agencies to take over the affairs of abused, neglected or incapacitated adults is under scrutiny by the province's human rights commissioner and B.C.'s seven health agencies have been ordered to assist.

• 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.