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• Sky-high fundraising for Tour de Rock this Weekend at the Malahat Skywalk

  The Malahat Skywalk is hosting a fundraising event Saturday for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock (TDR).

  

• Surrey South byelection set for Sept. 10

  The B.C. government has called a byelection for the Surrey South seat left vacant this spring when former Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux was appointed Canada's chief accessibility officer.

  

• Hundreds of animals in SPCA's care as adoptions slow down for 1st time since pandemic began

  With pet adoptions slowing down for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the B.C. SPCA says it has hundreds of animals in its care.

  

• 'A dream come true': B.C. team to represent Canada at Little League World Series

  A team from British Columbia will be representing Canada at the Little League World Series this year.

  

• Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser River slide zone

  Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia.

• Health-care worker says man's death while waiting in Nanaimo ER could have been prevented

  A health-care worker says they believe a man's recent death while waiting for care in the emergency room at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital could have been prevented.

• BC Ferries cancels 2 sailings between Nanaimo, Vancouver due to staff shortage

  Two BC Ferries sailings between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland have been cancelled Friday evening due to a staff shortage.

• Overnight emergency room closures extended at Island Health-area hospital

  Island Health says that overnight closures at the only emergency room on Cormorant Island will continue until the end of August due to a staffing shortage.

• Victoria police searching for man missing for nearly a month

  Victoria police are asking the public for help finding a 51-year-old man missing for nearly a month.

• Major crimes unit investigating body found after Nanaimo house fire

  One man is dead after a fire destroyed a home Thursday in Nanaimo, B.C.

• Major leak in Comox Valley water system repaired, water restrictions eased

  The Comox Valley Regional District says repairs at its Black Creek-Oyster Bay water system are complete after a "major leak" was discovered in late July.

• 'Watching rights erode away': U.S. woman moving to B.C. over abortion rights

  A Virginia woman is packing up her life and moving her family to Vancouver Island in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

• Vancouver Islanders invited to tour Canadian navy ship this weekend

  Community members are being offered a chance to tour a Canadian navy ship that's docking in Port Alberni, B.C., on Saturday.

• Victoria company fined $11K after bleach spill kills hundreds of fish

  Environmental compliance officers have fined a Victoria exterior washing company $11,000 for releasing a roof de-mossing agent into a creek in Sidney, B.C., killing hundreds of fish.