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- Canadian WWII flying ace 'Stocky' Edwards dies
- Canadian national security concerns delay court battle over New Zealand warship upgrades
- 'A badge of honour': B.C. premier among dozens of Canadians sanctioned by Russia
- Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on police to investigate Victoria arson attack as hate crime
- Victoria arson investigation underway after gas poured into home while family of 5 slept
- Canada to send 4 warships, 800 military personnel to world's largest naval exercise
- Oak Bay police sergeant demoted after investigation into corruption, use of intoxicants
- Cables caught on fuel tank led to Nanoose Bay helicopter crash: TSB report
- B.C. Association of Police Boards calls for fees, limits on freedom-of-information requests
- Canadian warship intercepts, destroys shipment of cocaine off Central America
- B.C. ready to work with Ottawa on sanctions, refugees after Russian invasion of Ukraine: premier
- Canadian warships to renew drug-trafficking operation in South and Central America
- Notorious B.C. drug smuggler wins early release from U.S. prison, returns to Canada
- 'I have no idea what actually happened': Mother 'in shock' after son charged in Nanaimo coffee shop killing
- 'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island
- Former Canadian navy officer sentenced after pleading guilty to 9 sexual offences
- Canadian Olympic bobsled design revealed in partnership with Royal Canadian Navy
- Murder trial set for November for inmates who escaped Victoria-area prison
- B.C. museum was warned origin of 'Indigenous' artifact was in doubt before announcing finding, documents show
- Coast guard hovercraft damaged in collision with sailboat off B.C. coast
- Canadian soldier sentenced to jail in first-of-its-kind cannabis cupcake case
- Explosion at Vancouver Island military base injures 10
- 'Fridges, rain boots, shoes, toys': B.C. coast littered with debris from stricken cargo ship
- Crew members rescued as container ship burns off B.C. coast
- B.C. shipyard embroiled in legal battle over New Zealand warship upgrades
- Randy Bachman's guitar was stolen 45 years ago in Toronto. He just found it in Tokyo
- RCMP union responds to Fairy Creek decision, says officers 'embodied the thin blue line'
- Boaters rescued off Vancouver Island after fleeing burning vessel
- Canadian soldier found guilty of drugging colleagues with cannabis cupcakes during live-fire exercise
- Canadian soldier pleads not guilty to drugging artillery unit with cannabis during live-fire exercise
- Canadian warship joins multinational exercise off Australia
- Military airlifting supplies from Vancouver Island to fight wildfires in B.C. Interior
- Military hopeful new Arctic port will open in 2022, but 'significant' uncertainty remains
- Canadian navy aims to have 3 submarines at sea by end of 2021
- 'These are monumental steps': B.C. government approves old-growth logging deferral on Vancouver Island
- Mounties criticized for wearing 'thin blue line' patches at B.C. old-growth logging protests
- Canadian soldier charged with feeding cannabis cupcakes to artillery unit during live-fire exercise
- 'Go home and collect your welfare': Fight between B.C. anti-logging activists, forestry workers caught on video
- Historic home of notorious B.C. cult listed for $2.8M
- Canadian warship makes record-setting heroin seizure on Arabian Sea
- CAF pilot reprimanded for diverting training flight to Tofino in search of cellphone service
- 'I'm getting my money': Former biker, last people to see murder victim alive testify at Victoria trial
- Murder of Vancouver Island man followed fight with bikers at nightclub, Victoria court hears
- First COVID-19 vaccines arrive at B.C. naval base
- B.C.-based warships help U.S. authorities net $55M in drugs off Central America
- Military members isolating after another cluster of COVID-19 cases found at CFB Esquimalt
- U.S. salvage firm hired to assess shipwreck leaking oil off Vancouver Island
- Canadian navy sailor found dead after guilty verdict in child-luring trial
- Canadian navy sailor found guilty of child luring while deployed in Australia
- B.C. Supreme Court throws out Nanaimo man's 'scandalous' $32-trillion lawsuit
- Nearly 30 tonnes of oil recovered from leaking wreck off Vancouver Island
- 2nd Victoria restaurant closes in wake of sex abuse allegations
- 3 men who drowned in Sooke River were likely 'puddle-jumping' in their truck: coroner
- Rolex watch owned by former Vancouver Island octopus wrestler nets over $150K at auction
- COVID-19 cluster at Victoria, B.C. naval base grows to 5 cases
- B.C. appoints Carole James to board as racism allegations rock Royal BC Museum
- Vancouver Island man who murdered brother with sword found not criminally responsible
- Premier 'very concerned' by allegations of racism at Royal BC Museum
- COVID-19 outbreak declared at Victoria, B.C. naval base
- Navy exercise to include missile launches, return of Canadian submarine off B.C. coast
- 'I have no doubt it's mine': Authenticity of B.C. museum's 'Indigenous artifact' in dispute
- Victoria rental market grew more expensive even as pandemic spread: CMHC
- 'Good Samaritans' assisting in search for downed airplane off Victoria, B.C.
- Search underway for downed aircraft off Victoria
- Woman held in police custody gives Vancouver Island jail 4.5-star review in thank-you card
- Inmates at William Head prison near Victoria receive COVID-19 vaccines
- Search underway after emergency flares spotted off Victoria
- Canadian navy submarine docked extra year after leak found
- Navy frigate returns to B.C., ending deployment marred by loss of sailor
- 'Unimaginably difficult': Navy will launch inquiry into sailor’s disappearance at sea
- Oil continues to spill from sunken freighter off Vancouver Island; wildlife affected
- Missing Canadian navy sailor went overboard in rough seas off California
- High seas, gale-force winds force change of venue for B.C. navy exercise
- B.C. premier announces new NDP cabinet, replaces education minister
- B.C. announces new restrictions on social gatherings, travel provincewide
- B.C. premier calls on feds to discourage Canada-wide travel amid COVID-19
- B.C. announces new regional restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge
- Campbell River nurse falsified records, diverted 'significant' quantities of opiates from hospital
- Telephone voting allowed for B.C. sailors deployed to Pacific in provincial first
- Shipyard worker denied national security clearance due to Facebook friends with gang ties
- Judge rules B.C. Human Rights Tribunal erred in dismissing racism complaint against Island Health
- B.C. to hold snap election on Oct. 24
- Royal Canadian Navy to replace term 'seaman' with gender-neutral 'sailor'
- B.C. records deadliest month ever for fentanyl use
- U.S. Navy tests will put endangered B.C. orcas at risk, say experts
- 2 confirmed dead, one rescued after fishing boat sinks off Vancouver Island
- Is 2020 the worst year ever? Half of Canadians think so
- Military combat veteran avoids jail time on child porn conviction due to PTSD
- Investigation reveals final moments of fatal plane crash on Gabriola Island, B.C.
- Military to send Cyclone helicopters, downsized force to world's largest maritime exercise amid COVID-19
- B.C. records deadliest-ever month for drug overdoses, surpassing May record
- 9 inmates moved from B.C. minimum security facility where 2 escapees charged with murder
- Military to return Cyclone helicopters to service 'in the coming days'
- 'I can't go home to bury my brother': B.C. man mourns family members killed amid U.S. unrest
- Vancouver Island drug boat captain sentenced to 40 months, claims duress from Colombian cartel
- 3 navy sailors in hospital after crash at CFB Esquimalt
- Deployment of Canadian navy submarines on hold due to COVID-19
- Vancouver Island drug smuggler sues U.S. prison system for 'endangering life' over COVID-19 concerns
- 'I miss him beyond words': Nanaimo man among missing after RCAF helicopter crash off Greece
- 'Taking advantage of lessons learned': U.S. Navy aircraft carrier sails past Victoria post-quarantine
Todd Coyne
Todd Coyne is the senior digital news producer for CTV News Vancouver Island and a reporter covering national defence.
His journalism career has spanned the country in a variety of roles, including as an editor and reporter for the Toronto Star, the Vancouver Sun, the National Post, CBC News and several magazines.
Todd holds a philosophy degree from the University of Victoria and a master’s degree in journalism from Carleton University, where he published research on renewable energy and the United States military.