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• West Shore RCMP seek suspicious man seen near elementary school

  The West Shore RCMP are asking the public to help identify a suspicious man who was spotted near an elementary school twice in the past few weeks.

  

• BC Ferries cancels sailings between Vancouver and Victoria

  BC Ferries has cancelled two sailings between Vancouver and Victoria on Friday evening.

  

• Shifting winds, cooler temperatures helping firefighters at Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  Shifting winds, cooling temperatures and intermittent rain showers are helping crews today battling a wildfire that forced the evacuation of the northeast British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge.

  

• Vancouver Island wildfire detour to close after vehicle rolls into lake

  A vehicle detour route that is serving as a lifeline between eastern and western Vancouver Island amid a raging wildfire will be closed for much of the day Friday.

  

• B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit their lowest level in almost 2 years this month

  Weekly wastewater surveillance data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control suggests COVID-19 transmission has continued declining in the Lower Mainland this month, a week after the centre reported its lowest hospitalization total in nearly two years.

• Thousands in meat stolen from Comox Valley farm stand

  A Comox Valley farmer is voicing his frustration after his farm stand was broken into for the third time in the past year.

• BC Ferries sees record-breaking number of vehicle passengers

  BC Ferries says it transported a record-setting number of vehicles in its 2023 fiscal year, which ended on March 31.

• New Victoria restaurant operated by Canucks owner's Toptable Group

  Renovations to the space at the Rotunda building along Douglas Street have long piqued the curiosity of people walking by.

• 120-year-old temperature record broken Thursday in B.C.

  There were 20 high-temperature records broken across B.C. on Thursday, including one from 1903.

• Victoria police seek suspect vehicle in hit-and-run crash

  Police in Victoria are looking for witnesses and surveillance video after one person was injured in a hit-and-run collision.

• Vancouver Island University student drowns in Nanaimo lake

  Vancouver Island University is expressing its condolences after a student drowned at Westwood Lake in Nanaimo on Wednesday.

• Grizzly bear photographed on Vancouver Island in rare sighting

  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) is warning residents of a grizzly bear that's been spotted in the Port McNeill area of Vancouver Island.

• Port Alberni wildfire rages on with no timeline to reopen crucial highway

  The mayor of Port Alberni says she does not expect the highway to reopen for several days at least, and she is asking the province to open more forestry roads to truck in much-needed supplies to communities west of the wildfire.

• Little dough needed for a career kneading dough: How to win a B.C. bakery

  When B.C. couple Robyn and Shawn Haley decided to retire, they wanted to ensure their plan wasn’t just another half-baked scheme.