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• BC Transit unveils Pride bus in Victoria

  BC Transit's first ever Pride-themed bus has hit the road in Greater Victoria.

  

• Pat Bay Highway traffic pattern changes coming for overpass construction

  The B.C. government is warning drivers of changes – some permanent – to the Patricia Bay Highway (Highway 17) in Saanichton as work begins on the new Keating Cross Road overpass.

  

• Victoria Royals partner with NHL, VicPD for youth street hockey tournament

  The Victoria Royals junior hockey team is working with VicPD, the Victoria City Police Athletic Association (VCPAA) and the NHL to bring a low-cost youth street hockey tournament to Greater Victoria this summer.

  

• 'We believe patients deserve better': B.C. nurses rally in Vancouver to demand better working conditions

  Hundreds of nurses from across B.C. are gathering in Vancouver Wednesday to demand better working conditions, adding to multiple calls by medical professionals this week for urgent action to staff under-resourced hospitals.

  

• Massive superyacht with helicopter pad docks in Victoria

  A 62-metre superyacht has made B.C.'s capital its latest port of call.

• Dozens of firefighters battling out-of-control blaze near Sayward, B.C.

  Fifty-five firefighters have descended on the northern Vancouver Island village of Sayward, where an out-of-control wildfire exploded in size Monday night, becoming the largest fire of the season for British Columbia's coastal region.

• Tim Hortons cookie campaign raises $78K for Victoria health foundation

  The results of a cookie campaign fundraiser earlier this month are in and it’s put a big smile on a lot of faces.

• Nanaimo woman, 19, wins U.K. cheese wheel race while unconscious

  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.

• B.C. teachers facing 'unsustainable' pressures due to staff shortages, union says

  A "critical" shortage of teachers in B.C. is leading to increased workloads, mounting stress and an inability to meet students' needs, according to a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by the union.

• Orcas ramming boats doing some 'teenage roughhousing': UBC researchers

  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.

• Mounties seek 2 persons of interest after sexual assault in Duncan

  Mounties on Vancouver Island are appealing to the public for help finding two persons of interest in a sexual assault investigation. The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP say officers responded to the 200-block of the Trans-Canada Highway in Duncan around 7 p.m. on May 16 after a woman reported she was assaulted by a stranger while walking on a trail.

• Victim outraged after Campbell River stabbing suspect found not guilty

  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.

• B.C. government to provide additional $25 million for marine restoration projects

  British Columbia's Environment Ministry has announced another $25 million in funding for coastal cleanup and restoration of the marine environment.

• B.C. auditor general largely praises COVID-19 tourism supports, cites 'minor' shortfalls

  B.C.'s auditor general says the province's COVID-19 support program for the devastated tourism industry followed most required guidelines, though he raised some concerns about the way it was documented and monitored.