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  Driver arrested after woman seriously injured in Port Alberni hit-and-run crash

  Mounties are searching for the driver of a white pickup truck after a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Port Alberni.

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  Lack of housing blamed for below-average nursing program enrolment

  A lack of affordable and available housing in the capital region is being blamed for keeping people away who are desperately needed in order to correct the ailing health-care system.

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  71-year-old cycling thousands of kilometres with three-legged cat

  Steven Telck never imagined he’d be spending his retirement travelling with a rescue cat named Miss Bunny.

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  Nanaimo parents awarded $328K for loss of support after teen killed in crosswalk

  The parents of a Nanaimo teenager who was struck in a crosswalk and later died in hospital have been awarded $327,635 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge recognized the Korean practice of hyodo, in which a child is expected to provide financial and domestic support to their parents.

• Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island

  The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island on Saturday.

• Small plane crash injures 2 on Vancouver Island

  Two people were airlifted to hospital with minor injuries after their small plane crashed Wednesday morning on northern Vancouver Island. A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada tells CTV News the privately owned de Havilland Beaver aircraft "collided with the terrain" approximately 18 kilometres southwest of Campbell River.

• B.C sheriff shortage leads to delays, cancellations of dozens of court hearings

  B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma is promising more money to fix a chronic shortage of sheriffs that has led to at least 86 court appearances being cancelled or delayed this year.

• Saunders Family Foundation looking to fix B.C.'s broken health-care system

  More than one million people in B.C. are unable to secure a family doctor, and access to primary-care clinics is becoming harder by the day. But a Vancouver Island foundation has created what it is calling a playbook to end the ailing system.

• RCMP seek suspect in Duncan bank break-in

  Mounties on Vancouver Island are asking the public to help identify a suspect who allegedly broke into bank in Duncan earlier this month.

• Protesters arrested on Vancouver Island as groups clash over 'gender ideology' in schools

  At least three people were arrested Wednesday as protesters and counter-protesters gathered in Nanaimo and Victoria to argue about the way schools teach sexuality and gender identity, and how teachers refer to transgender students.

• B.C. teacher banned for exploiting vulnerable student for 'sexual advantage'

  A former Vancouver Island gym teacher has permanently lost his teaching certificate after he started an intimate relationship with a vulnerable 15-year-old student and began dating the student shortly after graduation.

• Victoria supportive housing facility's opening delayed

  The opening of a supportive housing facility for 50 young people in Victoria has been delayed despite construction being complete, and outreach advocates say an extension may be needed to avoid displacing a dozen of the anticipated tenants.

• Missing Vancouver Island man found dead: RCMP

  A 65-year-old Vancouver Island man who was reported missing to police over the weekend has been found dead.

• Campbell River crash caused by driver asleep at the wheel: RCMP

  The Campbell River RCMP say a highway crash that sent a car into a power pole over the weekend was likely caused by another driver falling asleep at the wheel.