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• Crackdown on youth gatherings downtown to continue this weekend: Victoria police

  Victoria police say patrol officers will once again be out in force this weekend amid a rise in reports of youth vandalism and violence in the downtown core.

  

• 2 Duncan charities team up to send 100 wheelchairs to Ukraine

  Two chairites in Duncan, B.C., are teaming up to raise money to purchase 100 new wheelchairs for the people of Ukraine.

  

• Ounce of fentanyl found at Langford man's home during police raid: RCMP

  West Shore RCMP say a man has been arrested on drug-trafficking charges after police received a tip about a potential drug dealer in Langford, B.C.

  

• 'Not a normal house pet': North Saanich woman enjoys hard-earned friendship with pig

  Anette never expected that she’d be going for daily walks around her neighbourhood with a pair of pups and a 300 pound pig.

  

• Walking tour in Campbell River intended to shed light on toxic drug crisis

  An experiential, arts-based community action project in the Comox Valley and Campbell River, Walk With Me shares recorded real-life stories of people caught up in the scale and suffering of the ever-worsening public health emergency, now entering its seventh year in British Columbia.

• COVID-19 map: The number of patients in B.C. hospitals declined this week, but not everywhere

  The number of COVID-19 patients in B.C. hospitals reached its lowest point in weeks on Thursday, and regional data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control shows the decline was driven by hospitals in the Lower Mainland.

• 'A lot of transition': CPL champion Pacific FC keeps rolling under new head coach

  Defending CPL champion Pacific FC has not missed a beat this season, despite the departure of head coach Pa-Modou Kah and several key players after last year's successful title run.

• Car travelling 185 km/h on Malahat impounded: RCMP

  Two drivers were slapped with temporary driving bans and had their vehicles impounded for seven days after they were spotted speeding excessively on the Malahat highway, according to RCMP.

• Monkeypox in B.C.? 'Couple' cases looked into, but still no confirmation of the disease

  Hours after the country's top doctor suggested there could be a "couple" of cases of monkeypox in British Columbia, provincial officials said it’s been determined those people do not have the disease.

• Canadian warships return to Esquimalt, B.C., after three-month operation

  Two Canadian navy ships returned to their homeport in Esquimalt, B.C., on Thursday following their participation in Operation Caribbe, a counter-narcotics mission led by the U.S.

• After N.B. police killing of Indigenous woman, chiefs demand systemic racism inquiry

  The results of the recent coroner's inquest into the police killing of an Indigenous woman in New Brunswick demonstrate the urgent need for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism, according to the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation.

• Mounties cleared of wrongdoing in Nanaimo man's death

  British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared the RCMP of any wrongdoing in the death of a man in Nanaimo, B.C., last month.

• 1980s sex assault allegations prompt B.C. RCMP to ask for details from churchgoers, charge announced

  Surrey, B.C., Mounties are asking for more information from attendants of a local church about reports of sexual assaults from the 1980s.

• Flesh-eating disease among pets prompts warning on Vancouver Island

  Veterinarians on Vancouver Island are encouraging residents to monitor their pets after several dogs were found to have necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating disease.