Island News
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The Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to Tofino, B.C., to examine a crash last week between a floatplane and a water taxi.
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Conservation officers are asking residents of Vancouver Island's west coast to report bear sightings as soon as possible as the region deals with an unusually busy pre-hibernation season.
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The severity of a marine disaster off Vancouver Island is far worse than first reported, according to internal coast guard communications obtained by CTV News.
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There are currently 4,748 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 524 active cases in the Island Health region, according to the B.C. health ministry.
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RCMP in the Comox Valley continue to search for a vehicle allegedly involved in an Oct. 26 road rage incident in which a driver has been accused of taking a hatchet to another driver's side view mirror.
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A sharp rise in crime in Victoria's downtown core has stakeholders saying that public safety is in crisis.
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The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and local RCMP are investigating after a man was found dead in Ucluelet, B.C.
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Volunteers from the Friends of Bowker Creek Society say uncovering caddisfly larvae in the gravel beds of the stream show the water quality has improved to a level sufficient to sustain salmon and cutthroat trout.
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An independent group of researchers analyzing the course of COVID-19 in British Columbia says cases are declining at about two per cent a day but children under 10 could now be more at risk of contracting the virus because they are unvaccinated.
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Renowned guidebook Lonely Planet has named the island one of the 10 best regions to visit in 2022.
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A 32-year-old Victoria woman says she has no regrets about getting a COVID-19 vaccine, despite suffering an extremely rare allergic reaction after her first shot.
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Nearly one in 10 British Columbians decorates more for Halloween than for Christmas, according to a new survey conducted for BC Hydro.
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Mounties in Langford have arrested two men who police say are behind a string of recent break-and-enters on the West Shore.
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A new tourism collective known as the "Spirit Loop" is promoting the unique outdoor experiences of southwest Vancouver Island.
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Victoria's Blue Bridge Theatre is set to launch its new season with a classic love story.
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A woman and her son who were watching storm debris float past their Courtenay, B.C. home caught an unusual site on video on Monday as a large tree crashed into the city’s Fifth Street Bridge.
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More dispatchers will be hired to address the longer-than-usual wait times for those who need emergency aid in B.C.
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Across the province, 457 cases were identified over the past 24 hours, including the cases found in the island region.
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A trove of internal documents from B.C.'s biggest 911 dispatch service revealed senior executives tried to raise the alarm about paramedic shortages ahead of this summer's deadly heat dome.
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In Langford, work has begun on a quarter-billion-dollar project, creating what will be known as Langford Heights.
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The Canadian Coast Guard says it may be several days before fires can be put out inside containers on a cargo ship anchored off the Victoria coast.
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A real estate group says there's one thing the province can do to improve housing affordability in B.C.: offer incentives.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic well into its fourth wave in B.C., a survey of teachers in the province suggests nearly half don't feel safe at work.
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Five friends from Surrey, B.C., were presented with awards from the RCMP on Tuesday after a quick-thinking, creative rescue in a Metro Vancouver park earlier this month.
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A man has been arrested after he asked a pair of uniformed Victoria police officers to help him break into a bank machine to steal cash.
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Mounties in the Comox Valley are advising the public to be on the lookout for a car with Nova Scotia licence plates after a driver reportedly damaged other cars with an axe.
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The victims of a double homicide on Vancouver Island are being remembered as a loving and goofy father and son duo.
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One man is dead and three other people, including a child, were taken to hospital following a crash on a logging road near Bamfield, B.C.
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Three people are recovering from stab wounds after a pair of altercations in Victoria on Saturday.
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The B.C. government has announced that booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to several vulnerable groups before the end of the year, and to the broader population beginning in January.
