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PHOTOS: Vancouver Island marine SAR teams gather for simulator training

Sooke, Oak Bay, Victoria teams train at new RCM SAR headquarters in East Sooke

Jan 21, 2025 2:27 PM Read more >

Community cooks up ‘hug in a bowl’ for Island woman battling cancer

A simple online request for soup to share prompted a community to help a neighbour in need

Jan 21, 2025 1:42 PM Read more >

Lumby mayor sues BC United, his former party, over campaign expenses

Kevin Acton was BC United's candidate in Vernon-Lumby before the party folded ahead of the 2024 B.C. election

Jan 21, 2025 1:31 PM Read more >

Premier Eby says B.C. will 'respond in kind' to U.S. tariffs

Premier also addressed the idea of Canadians boycotting travelling to the U.S. as a tactic

Jan 21, 2025 12:47 PM Read more >

Advocate urges Canada to stop warehousing seniors, build smaller care homes

National Institute on Ageing calls for more comfortable home-like environments

Jan 21, 2025 12:30 PM Read more >

UVic study finds seafloor could play major role in climate change mitigation

Lead researcher says seafloor sediments make up one of the planet's largest stores of carbon

Jan 21, 2025 10:37 AM Read more >

Island veteran denied resident rate at cemetery after late-life move

North Cowichan rejects request that Allan Waddy join family in Mountain View cemetery at discount rate

Jan 21, 2025 10:35 AM Read more >

L.A. wildfires spur influx of volunteers to Island invasive plants society

Broombusters: Flammable Scotch broom increases fire intensity

Jan 21, 2025 9:36 AM Read more >

Senior B.C. First Nations chief calls Trump administration 'absolutely unbalanced'

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs also warns of dire ecological and economic threats

Jan 21, 2025 9:09 AM Read more >

Survey open for all-season mountain resort near Chilliwack

'Resort would offer diverse range of activities, including skiing/snowboarding, Nordic skiing, backcountry skiing, tubing' and more.

Jan 21, 2025 8:36 AM Read more >