Island News
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Victoria police are asking for the public's help identifying a man accused of stealing from a store in Mayfair Mall and assaulting an employee on Thursday.
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Six people were taken into police custody after gunshots were reported in a Nanaimo neighbourhood on Monday.
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Fire crews made quick work of a barn fire just outside of Cumberland, B.C., on Sunday and are crediting a worker’s quick actions with helping save the structure.
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The Second World War-era plane was retrofitted from its role as a U.S navy patrol bomber into a water bomber in the 1960s.
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A group opposed to old-growth logging in British Columbia is planning to disrupt traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway in Nanaimo on Monday.
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British Columbia health officials will provide an update Monday on the latest COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations recorded over the weekend.
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RCMP Const. Gary O'Brien says the amount of cash discovered is between $1,000 and $7,000.
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Ladysmith is the latest town on Vancouver Island to announce it will implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy for its staff.
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Officials with the Courtenay Fire Department are reminding the public to double check electrical plugs and heaters associated with travel trailers, after one went up in flames Saturday evening.
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A BC Ferries spokesman is encouraging passengers to check online for possible service disruptions before heading to a terminal.
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After an enormous undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga on Saturday, photos and videos taken across the Pacific have captured the aftermath of the eruption, as well as the tsunami that followed.
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Some of the restrictions put in place in British Columbia as cases of the Omicron variant were confirmed in the province are set to expire on Tuesday, but health officials have hinted that some COVID-19 orders will be extended.
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A group representing truck drivers is calling on the B.C. government to ensure highways are cleared of snow and dangerous potholes are fixed or goods will no longer be transported.
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Three COVID-19 outbreaks in health-care facilities on Vancouver Island are now over, but five new ones have been declared, Island Health says.
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A Nanoose, B.C. woman who is considering a life of professional photography already has a head start on her plans after photographing a phenomenon rarely caught on camera – or even seen in person.
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It's been one week since students returned to the classroom for in-person learning since the extended three-week winter break, and already, there have been three schools forced to briefly shut down.
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Despite Omicron gaining a reputation as a 'mild' virus variant, doctors say Canadians can't afford to be so cavalier about Omicron. While the risks of infection seem lower to some individuals, abetting the variant's supercharged spread would have devastating consequences across society.
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A perfect storm that includes the pandemic and multiple natural disasters has led organizers to cancel the youth BC Winter Games.
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The District of Tofino closed all of its beaches and officials up and down Vancouver Island's west coast warned people to stay away from the water amid a tsunami advisory on Saturday.
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After a fire destroyed most of the pictures showing her children’s past, Mandy Lamarche discovered she could recall their priceless moments together through coin collecting. When her collection was stolen, her son
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B.C. saw a record number of new homes registered for construction in 2021, but data from the Bank of Canada suggests a significant share of them are likely to be purchased by investors.
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Police are on the lookout for a child-sized wooden canoe that was stolen from a daycare in Duncan last month.
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One man was taken into custody following a police incident Saturday morning at the Driftwood Mall in Courtenay.
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A tsunami advisory that was issued for parts of the B.C. coast, after an underwater volcano near Tonga erupted on Saturday, has been partially lifted.
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As people continue to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, stories about hope and resilience are in high demand at the Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL).
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Mounties in Nanaimo are looking to reunite an elderly man with a large sum of money found at a local mall on New Year's Eve.
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After Lisa Bishop’s rescue dog, Bebe, went missing last month, she is urging pet-owners to put tracking devices on their dogs so they don't have to go through the pain she has.
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With the B.C. Centre for Disease Control now saying if you have mild symptoms and are fully vaccinated, you don’t need to be tested for COVID-19, some workers face the prospect of being unable to prove they had the disease.
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B.C. health officials say six more COVID-19-related deaths have been confirmed in the province Friday.
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Tourism operators in British Columbia can apply for financial help from a $15-million relief fund to cover some of their losses due to COVID-19.
