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An Air Canada flight from Toronto is the third Victoria-bound flight to be added this week to the BCCDC’s list of flights with known COVID-19 cases on board.
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RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout after several valuable items were stolen from a Nanaimo home including the homeowner’s wedding rings.
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The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leadership victory.
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British Columbia has added 203 cases of COVID-19 to its total over the last 24 hours, the first time the daily case count in the province has grown by more than 200.
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The death of a well-known owl has sparked renewed calls for a ban on rodenticides.
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B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says he's feeling confident and optimistic as British Columbia's provincial election campaign enters its final days.
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It’s a photo taken by Washington State resident Brittany Philbin that is bringing hope and optimism to those close to our southern resident killer whale population.
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The proposed redevelopment of commercial property on the edge of Victoria’s iconic Chinatown may loosen a tight rental market by adding 274 purpose-built rental suites to the city’s stock.
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This Remembrance Day, Canadians will have the option of picking up a poppy and donating to the Royal Canadian Legion through a new tap-enabled donation box.
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Seismic upgrades at a popular Colwood swimming hole on Triangle Mountain are nearing completion and are expected to come in well under budget.
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New Democrat Leader John Horgan is campaigning in ridings traditionally held by the B.C. Liberals in the waning days of the provincial election.
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The Victoria Police Department released its 2020 community survey Wednesday, providing insights into residents’ opinions of the city and its police services.
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After a day of nail-biting tension and accusations of partisan brinkmanship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberal minority government have survived a confidence vote. By securing the backing needed to defeat a Conservative push create a new committee to probe alleged Liberal corruption, Trudeau has avoided plunging the country into a snap pandemic election.
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A Greater Victoria animal rescue centre recently saved a group of young squirrels that were found with their tails entangled in tree sap.
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Multiple drivers across the South Island had their vehicles impounded for excessive speeding this week, both in school zones and along highways.
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The B.C. College of Family Physicians has issued its report card on the election platforms of the province's three main political parties -- and it gives the highest marks to New Democrat proposals.
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The B.C. Liberals and NDP are squabbling over how the COVID-19 pandemic might affect voter turnout in Saturday's election.
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The shelves are much fuller now and cannabis store owner Sheila Rivers says that's just one of the positives that her business has experienced over the past year.
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One more person has died of COVID-19 in British Columbia as health officials identified another 167 cases of the virus Tuesday.
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Police and workplace safety investigators were at the scene of a fatal tree-pruning incident in Oak Bay on Tuesday.
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An experimental treatment is helping Canadian veteran Trevor Greene recover from a severe head wound that he suffered while on a tour of Afghanistan in 2006.
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It was an adorable moment, captured on video in a remote location on B.C.’s coast: a pack of wolf pups, howling into the sky in their natural environment. Now those images are being used to help promote a fundraising campaign to stop the practice of trophy hunting wolves on our coast.
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A future oil spill response base will soon begin construction in the Sooke area of Vancouver Island.
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Vancouver Island RCMP are searching for a man who is wanted on nearly a dozen warrants in the South Island.
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Mounties on the West Shore are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in an alleged sexual assault.
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Saanich police are warning residents to protect their pets and livestock after a bear reportedly killed a llama Monday evening.
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Another 127 people were killed by suspected drug overdoses last month, the latest data from BC Coroners Service shows.
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In just one day, Nanaimo RCMP responded to four separate break-and-enters in the city.
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Vancouver Island health officials identified eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past week, but active cases on the island are declining.
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The British Columbia Liberals are accusing the NDP of taking advantage of the pandemic to suppress votes in the dying days of the election, while the Green leader is urging residents not to vote out of fear.
