Nanaimo driver dead after multi-vehicle crash on Trans-Canada Highway
A 73-year-old man is dead after suffering a medical emergency while driving on the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo on Friday.

A 73-year-old man is dead after suffering a medical emergency while driving on the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo on Friday.
After a soft opening in March, the Courtyard by Mariott hotel has officially opened its doors in the Harbour City.
A young B.C. woman has quite the story to tell, or at least the parts she can remember, after winning a cheese wheel race in England, even after being knocked unconscious.
Huge masses of tent caterpillars are being seen among trees and hedges across Vancouver Island.
Those looking to escape the heat on the Mid-Island can go to any of Nanaimo's four public water parks this summer.
The Nanaimo RCMP are seeking witnesses to a "vicious" assault that left a man with life-threatening injuries.
For the first time in more than 50 years, a hockey player from Nanaimo is expected to be a first round pick in this year's NHL draft.
According to a press release issued by the GNWT, Vancouver Island University has applied to deliver a remote Bachelor of Education program within the Northwest Territories this fall.
Compostable takeout containers and foodservice packaging may seem like a great way to reduce waste, but local governments like the Regional District of Nanaimo say what is, and isn't, accepted in the green bin isn't so easy to communicate.
Stage 2 outdoor water restrictions have begun in the Regional District of Nanaimo as warm spring weather arrives on the island.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is not ruling out finding ways to achieve net zero sooner than the existing 2050 goal, but would not say whether there would be a definitive commitment to move up the target.
Huda Mukbil, Canada's first Black Arab-Canadian Muslim spy, opens up in her new book about life in the world of espionage and the discrimination she faced within the CSIS.
Mosquitoes have always been pesky, but this spring it seems the bloodsuckers are thirstier than ever, a trend one expert says is increasing.
A fishing excursion ended in tragedy on Saturday when four children died in a village in northeastern Quebec, provincial police said.
The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.
Alexei Navalny voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held pickets and demonstrations to mark the imprisoned opposition leader's 47th birthday on Sunday.
Prince Harry is set to testify in the first of his five pending legal cases largely centred around battles with British tabloids. Opening statements are scheduled Monday in his case.
China's military rebuked the United States and Canada for 'deliberately provoking risk' after the countries' navies staged a rare joint sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
The arrival of June brings on the start of summer. So what can Vancouver Island expect for summer 2023?
There was outrage on the streets of Campbell River on Thursday as more than 100 fish farm workers gathered to raise concerns about the closure of open net pen fish farms in the area.
The RCMP's B.C. Highway Patrol says an Alberta woman was ticketed and had her Ferrari impounded after speeding on the Malahat highway earlier this month.
British Columbia wildfire officials say crews are making progress in their efforts to suppress a large forest fire on northern Vancouver Island, though the 160-hectare blaze was still burning out of control Thursday.
The Greater Victoria School District (SD61) board is following through with is controversial decision to end the school police liaison program.
A 62-metre superyacht has made B.C.'s capital its latest port of call.
The B.C. government will set housing targets for 10 major communities on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland in an effort to combat the province's housing shortage.
A young B.C. woman has quite the story to tell, or at least the parts she can remember, after winning a cheese wheel race in England, even after being knocked unconscious.
A former security guard in Campbell River is outraged after the man suspected of stabbing him during a shoplifting incident in 2021 was cleared of all charges.
A burnt metal frame of a trampoline offers a tiny trace of the young family who until Sunday, lived on Jenna Lane.
Gangs of killer whales have been causing chaos off the coast of Spain for the past few years, ramming into hundreds of boats, causing expensive damage to some and even sinking three since 2020. And UBC researchers have a theory why.
A Guelph man is gaining online popularity for scratching and sampling during his walks around the Royal City.
Ontario referees will be outfitted with body cameras this summer in an effort to stop aggressive abuse at soccer games across the province.
Pictures from across Nova Scotia highlight the destruction brought on by two wildfires that are burning out of control in the province.