Vancouver Island

• 2 Vancouver Island hospitals get unsanctioned overdose prevention sites

  The physicians set up pop-up sites at both Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Monday.

  Health

  Nov 18
  
• Community rallies around survivors of fatal Vancouver Island fire

  Firefighters were called to the home on Maple Bay Road Monday morning. The flames were so intense that support had to be called in from crews in three nearby communities.

  Fire

  Oct 31
  
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• 3 dead in North Cowichan house fire, RCMP confirm

  Images from the scene after the fire was extinguished showed the home reduced to rubble. Police say they found the remains of three people on site.

  Fire

  Oct 30
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• ‘A great loss to two families’: 2nd person confirmed dead in Vancouver Island washout

  Port Alberni RCMP said the bodies of the two people who were reported missing over the weekend in the Bamfield area have now been found.

  Weather

  Oct 22
• ‘Come forward’: Family of Hesquiaht man killed on Vancouver Island calls for justice

  Patrick Charleson III, known to many by the nickname "He-Man," was sho dead while visiting the Ditidaht First Nation west of Cowichan Lake in September. 

  Crime

  Oct 17
• 1st-degree murder charge laid in suspicious Vancouver Island death

  Mounties said Tuesday that Derian Tate had been charged with first-degree murder after police found a man dead in the Ditidaht First Nations on Saturday.

  Crime

  Oct 1
• 1 dead, suspicious death investigation underway at B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island

  Police on Vancouver Island say emergency response officers had to be called in to make an arrest after a man was found dead at a British Columbia First Nations community.

  Crime

  Sep 29
• ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem

  When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special.

  Environment

  Aug 21
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• B.C. waters new home to Canada’s largest marine protected area

  The area has "extraordinary seafloor features," including more than 47 underwater mountains, known as seamounts, and all of the confirmed hydrothermal vents in Canada.

  Environment

  Jul 14
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• B.C. mayor blasts party-goers for brush fire sparked by fireworks: ‘Should be ashamed’

  Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog said the thought of people lighting fireworks at the park is “outrageous” and those responsible should be prosecuted.

  Fire

  Jul 13