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What has become a birthday tradition raising money for a children’s charity – was a little different this year. The 105-year-old veteran who does laps has moved from Oak Bay’s Carlton House. But as Kylie Stanton reports, he came back to make it all happen again this year.

We did get the hate mail that one year he was a little off.” While he is just a groundhog puppet predicting the end of winter, Manitoba Merv isn’t immune to the pitfalls of celebrity. Oak Hammock Marsh’s Nathalie Bays spoke with Clay Young.

An Oak Bay, B.C., couple built what they thought was the perfect home, but it turns out not everyone is a fan. Kylie Stanton reports on the anonymous and highly critical letter they received.

The RCMP pay a visit to a White Rock apartment building and find seniors living with no heat and other problems. The anonymous note that arrived in the mail after an Oak Bay couple built their dream home. And the push to have the province intervene as the clock ticks on a full-scale bus strike.

Elevated sea-water levels brought some big waves and higher-than-usual tides to parts of B.C.’s westernmost coast Wednesday Dec. 27, 2023. Waves reached above the walls at McNeill Bay in Oak Bay.

Daryl Hall and John Oates, of Hall and Oates fame, have entered a legal battle. Though the details of the spat remain unclear and the court records from Nashville are sealed, the celebrity spat appears to go beyond business, according to Mike Drolet.

There may be a change of heart in a B.C. community that ended up on the province’s “naughty list” over housing development targets. Oak Bay has finally given the green light to a condo project that has been in the works for almost a decade And as Richard Zussman reports, the housing minister hopes this...

Wednesday was Pirate Pak Day at White Spot, giving the young at heart a chance to feel like a kid again, all while helping B.C. children. Jennifer Palma speaks with Mel Zajac and Howard Blank from Zajac Ranch about how the money raised will help kids with serious medical issues.

Oak Bay police say on June 24 someone cut and removed several sections of artificial turf from Windsor Park’scricket pitch. The bill to repair the damage has been estimated at about $4,000 dollars.

In the Friday, June 2, 2023, edition of Focus BC, host Richard Zussman speaks with Oak Bay Mayor Kevin Murdoch on his reaction after the community being placed on the provincial list of municipalities required to hit housing targets. Also, Kevin Chiew from the BC Pharmacy Association discusses the additional powers pharmacists now have to...

The municipal worker killed after being hit by a vehicle has been identified as 52-year-old Steve Seekins. Co-workers remember him as a quiet but genuine family man who deserved to go home to see them at the end of his day. Kylie Stanton reports.

Tragedy unfolded on the streets of Oak Bay Wednesday morning, after a municipal worker was killed on the job. Kylie Stanton reports.

Anger soars as many WestJet flights are grounded because of the looming pilot strike. Loved ones remember the Oak Bay city employee who died on the job after being struck by an erratic driver. And a Burnaby condo owner nearly crushed when part of her ceiling collapsed, and why she says she can’t go home.

A dramatic police chase of a stolen taxi in New Westminster is caught on camera. An Oak Bay city worker is dead after being struck by a vehicle. And the latest on B.C.’s wildfire situation.

One person has been killed after being hit by a car on a busy Oak Bay, B.C., street. Police aren’t releasing many details at this point but witnesses say the victim was a municipal worker, who was hit by a speeding car, which then crashed into a tree.

In what has become a birthday tradition, 104-year-old John Hillman will be walking laps of the courtyard of his Oak Bay seniors residence to raise money for charity. Kylie Stanton reports.

Seven Oaks School Division is seeing big growth in their schools, but one superintendent says there’s not enough money to deliver quality education.

106 years later to the day, Filmmaker LA Alfonso debuted a short musical film with the goal of bringing a unique viewpoint to the historic Peterborough fire. ‘One Day in December’ recontextualizes the day through the perspective of a King George Public School teacher and her students as they witness the blaze from their classroom....

A new film, “One Day In December” by Peterborough’s L.A. Alfonso, features a unique point of view of the 1916 Quaker Oats explosion that rocked the city, made international headlines and claimed 24 lives. The film premiers this Sunday, December 11, 106 years to the day of the explosion itself. Teresa Kaszuba heard more from...

Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Const. Dani McKinnon said on Thursday that a man in his 30s was taken into custody following a stabbing at Seven Oaks General Hospital, adding that no charges have been laid at this time. Police believe the crime is also related to two homicides that occurred on Wednesday.