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Pilots safe after B.C. air tanker crashes in Australia

Two pilots are safe after a large air tanker owned by a Vancouver Island company crashed while battling wildfires in western Australia on Monday.

A statement from aircraft owner Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni, B.C., says the converted Boeing 737 aircraft went down Monday with a two-person crew on board. (Coulson Aviation)

Man charged with attempted murder after shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.

A Vancouver Island man has been charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm with the intent to wound after a shooting in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sunday.

A Nanaimo RCMP vehicle is shown. (CTV News)

2 B.C. cities have the longest average wait times for walk-in clinics in Canada

The average wait time for walk-in clinics in British Columbia is more than double the national average, according to online clinic tracker Medimap.

Average walk-in clinic wait times for 2022 are pictured. (Medimap)

B.C. government will spend surplus as slowdown looms, according to NDP throne speech

British Columbia's New Democrat government says it plans to put this year's projected budget surplus of almost $6 billion to work as an economic slowdown looms.

Nanaimo axe attack sends 30-year-old man to hospital with serious injuries

A 30-year-old man remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after he was struck in the head with the blunt end of an axe in Nanaimo, B.C., on Saturday.

Explosives team called after Second World War-era mortar discovered at Colwood historic site

A navy explosives team was called to a national historic site on southern Vancouver Island on Sunday after a Second World War-era mortar was discovered.

Downtown Victoria intersection closed after cyclist struck

A cyclist was taken to hospital with unknown injuries Monday after a collision with a vehicle in downtown Victoria.

Water restrictions lifted on Sunshine Coast as disastrous drought sidestepped

For the first time since last May, the Sunshine Coast Regional District has lifted water conservation regulations affecting a large part of its area north of Vancouver.

Canadian government announces $46.5 million for deep-sea research

The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five years to see what's under Canada's oceans and then protect it.

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Survivors scream as desperate rescuers work in Turkiye, Syria

Rescue workers and civilians passed chunks of concrete and household goods across mountains of rubble Monday, moving tons of wreckage by hand in a desperate search for survivors trapped by a devastating earthquake.

Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkiye, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP / Khalil Hamra)

Rescuers scramble in Turkiye, Syria after quake kills 3,400

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,600 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.

New details emerge ahead of Trudeau-premiers' health-care meeting

As preparations are underway for the anticipated health-care 'working meeting' between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers on Tuesday, new details are emerging about how the much-anticipated federal-provincial gathering will unfold.

The world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkiye and Syria on Monday, killing thousands of people. Here is a list of some of the world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000.

Quebec minister 'surprised' asylum seekers given free bus tickets from New York City

Quebec's immigration minister says she was 'surprised' to learn the City of New York is helping to provide free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada.