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Business group calls for immediate action to save downtown, including bigger police presence

Business group calls for immediate action to save downtown, including bigger police presence

Almost half of downtown Victoria businesses surveyed said they would not renew their leases based on current conditions downtown.
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B.C. forecasters issued high water advisories for numerous Interior rivers

B.C. forecasters issued high water advisories for numerous Interior rivers

VICTORIA — British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisories for a large swath of waterways in the province.
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City of Burnaby, B.C., to apologize to Chinese Canadians for past discrimination

City of Burnaby, B.C., to apologize to Chinese Canadians for past discrimination

A formal apology is being planned by the City of Burnaby, B.C., for its role in discrimination toward people of Chinese descent who lived and worked in the city between 1892 and 1947. It has scheduled the event for Nov.
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qathet Regional District director encountered grizzly on Texada

qathet Regional District director encountered grizzly on Texada

Sandy McCormick called conservation officer service after seeing the bear in her garden
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Business leader says BC Ferries' hiring of Chinese shipyard is 'informed decision'

Business leader says BC Ferries' hiring of Chinese shipyard is 'informed decision'

VICTORIA — A business leader on ferry-dependent Vancouver Island says BC Ferries made a "strongly informed decision" in hiring a Chinese shipyard to build four new major vessels. Both the NDP government and B.C.
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Sculpture of a man on a toilet sparks conversation in Oak Bay

Sculpture of a man on a toilet sparks conversation in Oak Bay

Fashioned from recycled stainless steel cookware, “Modern Man Does Research” in Causton’s Green has a cigarette in his mouth and is staring at a smartphone.
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Heat eases in parts of B.C., persists in Interior, as more temperature records fall

Heat eases in parts of B.C., persists in Interior, as more temperature records fall

Environment Canada has lifted special weather statements about a record-breaking hot spell for much of the province, including Metro Vancouver and Victoria.
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Squamish wildfire grows to 14.4 hectares

Squamish wildfire grows to 14.4 hectares

The District of Squamish has declared a state of emergency as the Dryden Creek wildfire continues to burn out of control, prompting expanded evacuation alerts and a full campfire ban.
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Six-foot boa constrictor slithers away at beach in Tofino, B.C.

Six-foot boa constrictor slithers away at beach in Tofino, B.C.

VICTORIA — A six-foot-long boa constrictor is on the loose after slithering away at Tofino's Chesterman Beach on Vancouver Island's West Coast.
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U.S. man sentenced for child luring in case involving Saanich, B.C., girl

U.S. man sentenced for child luring in case involving Saanich, B.C., girl

SAANICH — An American man has been sentenced to 40 years in a U.S. prison for grooming children in a case that began when the parents of a 12-year-old girl from Saanich, B.C., went to police.
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