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• New Vancouver-Nanaimo ferry service announces pricing, launch timing

  The new passenger-only ferry service between Vancouver and Nanaimo, Hullo, has announced that it will begin operations this summer.

  

• 'We understand if they can't make it': Wildfire highway closure upends Tofino wedding plans

  More than 70 guests have RSVP'd for a Squamish couple's beach wedding in Tofino, but the wildfire-related closure of Highway 4 has upended their plans.

  

• B.C. warns residents to be prepared for emergencies amid wildfires, evacuations

  The B.C. government is urging everyone in the province, whether they live near an active wildfire or not, to put an emergency plan together – including a grab-and-go emergency kit – as wildfires burn across the province.

  

• Northeastern B.C. community of 2,400 ordered to evacuate due to wildfire

  Tumbler Ridge, a community with a population of 2,400 in northeastern B.C., has been ordered to evacuate Thursday due to the danger posed by an encroaching wildfire.

  

• Saanich police seek people connected to 'serious threats' investigation

  Saanich Police are asking for the public's help in solving a serious threats investigation.

• Langford to weigh in on Bear Mountain trail access fees

  Langford city council is weighing in on trail access limitations at Bear Mountain that were implemented by developer Ecoasis.

• Inflation affecting wedding industry on Vancouver Island

  The rising cost of inflation is impacting the daunting task of planning a wedding on Vancouver Island.

• Bus taking B.C. kids on field trip bursts into flames

  No one was harmed when a bus transporting elementary school children to a field trip in B.C. caught fire Thursday, with the flames fully engulfing the coach, spreading to an outbuilding and prompting wildfire concerns.

• Showers likely for southern B.C., as wildfires cut air quality, challenge control

  For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region.

• Dangerous wrong-way driver on Pat Bay highway identified, RCMP say

  RCMP say the driver of a red Audi that nearly collided with several vehicles while travelling on the wrong side of the road on the Patricia Bay highway has been identified.

• B.C. launches $1.6M campaign aimed at reducing fire-related injuries, deaths

  British Columbia recorded 86 fire-related deaths in 2022, according to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

• Extended highway closure expected due to wildfire near Port Alberni

  There's no end in sight for the closure of Highway 4 on Vancouver Island – the only highway leading to the communities of Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet – due to a wildfire burning in the area.

• 'For a good cause': Triathlon raising funds for Victoria Sexual Assault Centre

  Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre has seen an increase in women, trans and gender-diverse survivors seeking support after experiencing sexualized violence.

• Busload of B.C. students stranded by wildfire spend the night inside Vancouver Island high school

  A busload of high school students were finally heading home to Nanaimo on Wednesday after they were stranded by a raging wildfire that forced them to spend the night inside a Port Alberni high school.