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  Victoria police appeal for information in pellet gun shooting

  A suspect has been arrested after allegedly shooting a pellet gun at someone in a Victoria parking lot last week, according to authorities.

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  Five seals released after rehab at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

  It was a special day for five rescued harbour seals and the people who helped prepare them for their return to life in the wild.

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  Police in B.C. say they seized fentanyl 'moulded into dinosaurs, Lego bricks and other shapes'

  Mounties on Vancouver Island say they made an unusual seizure during a recent drug trafficking investigation.

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  B.C. man sentenced for Indigenous woman's murder after court rejects 'rough sex' defence

  A B.C. man was found guilty and sentenced for murder after failing to convince a judge that the woman he killed and dismembered consented to the strangulation that caused her death.

• Ottawa announces $4.9M oil recovery operation on B.C. shipwreck from 1946

  The federal government is spending $4.9 million to remove a load of heavy oil from a United States military ship that sank off the coast of British Columbia nearly 80 years ago but now poses "significant risk" of a major spill due to deterioration.

• B.C. candidate apologizes for 'unacceptable' comments about Muslims, Palestinians

  One of the B.C. Conservative candidates running in the province's second-largest city has apologized for "completely unacceptable" comments he made about Muslims and Palestinians.

• Childhood friendship with dolphin inspires B.C. man to pursue passion on ocean

  Young Gary was sitting beside the ocean on vacation when a dolphin swam up to him and started making sounds.

• B.C. prison guards seize package containing $575K in meth, electronics

  Prison officials in British Columbia say guards at a medium-security prison in the Fraser Valley seized a package containing hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and other contraband over the weekend.

• Advance polls open in the B.C. election

  The 2024 B.C. election officially kicks off Thursday morning as advance voting locations open their doors.

• Sea-Doo thefts prompt warning from police in Metro Vancouver

  Mounties are issuing a warning to personal watercraft owners after a wave of thefts were reported at marinas in Metro Vancouver.

• UVic PhD candidate working to bring first ever portable microplastics test kit to market

  Abbas Motalebizadeh is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria’s Mechanical Engineering Department and on Wednesday he was at the Victoria International Marina to test the Inner Harbour for microplastics.

• Did John Rustad witness an overdose death on his way to the B.C. leaders' debate?

  During the campaign, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad has repeatedly said people are "dying on the streets" in the province – and on Tuesday he claimed to have witnessed that very thing in downtown Vancouver while he was on his way to the leaders' debate.

• Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo lauds B.C. Green Party in leadup to election

  American actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo is weighing in on British Columbia politics, lauding the B.C. Green Party's stance on fossil fuels ahead of the Oct. 19 election.

• B.C. wildlife group offers $1,000 reward after dead black bears found without paws

  The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it is investigating after the bodies of two black bears with their paws removed were found in a Fraser Valley river.