Vancouver Island News

• Significant rainfall slows spread of some wildfires on Vancouver Island

  The Mount Underwood wildfire area has received more than 30 millimetres of rain since Thursday. About 80 fires are burning across the province, including 4 that are out of control.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2025
  
• ‘Where’s the humanity?’: Another family calls for change after learning of B.C. son’s death online

  Glen and Michelle Grier, an Alberta couple, learned about their son's death in Victoria eight months after it happened by searching for his name online.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2023
  
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• Broken Coastal Renaissance won’t return to water ahead of holidays: BC Ferries

  Instead, the Coastal Celebration is set to take on its scheduled sailings between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen, ensuring that major route is operating at full capacity.

  Traffic

  Nov 29, 2023
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• Medication lost in Colwood, B.C. on Halloween has been found: RCMP

  Police said the caller reported the pills, in yellow plastic snap-top containers, had been sitting near the candy bowl earlier in the evening.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2023
• Man, dog, injured after sheltering in B.C. dumpster that was scooped up by truck

  Both the man and his dog have been released from their respective medical centres, but Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells said the incident merits another chat with business owners.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2023
• Tribute of tossed shoes on power line baffles, delights and memorializes in Tofino, B.C.

  At Third and Neill streets, right next to the skate park, tossed shoes of all kinds have a Tofino cable drooping substantially under their weight. 

  Features

  Oct 10, 2023
• Landmark Nanaimo-area farmer’s market burns down, leaving a ‘lot of great memories’

  The Cassidy Farm Market and Deli has had different names and owners over the decades, but its relationship with the community has never changed, according to owner Grant Fong.

  Fire

  Oct 4, 2023
• ‘It’s a right’: Vancouver Island school food charity sounds alarm about rising need

  Nourish Cowichan runs a school food program for 21 schools in the Cowichan Valley. It currently supports about 1,300 students but said it expects that number to keep rising.

  Education

  Sep 25, 2023
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• ‘Once in a million’: B.C. MLA recovering after saving dog from deer attack

  Parksville-Qualicum MLA Adam Walker was gored in the leg, while his dog suffered a number of open wounds to his stomach. Both are recovering from their injuries.

  Environment

  Sep 12, 2023
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• Highway 4 closed all day at Cameron Lake Bluffs for boulder-clearing

  Until 9 p.m. on Thursday, crews will be removing about a dozen "refrigerator-sized boulders" by Cameron Lake Bluffs as part of rock-scaling work that began in June.

  Traffic

  Aug 24, 2023