Vancouver Island

• Items found near Vancouver Island home-invasion crime scene shed light on suspect

  Island District RCMP confirmed a violent home invasion in Parksville on March 25 was a random attack and that the suspect was arrested under the Mental Health Act.

  Crime

  Apr 7
  
• Terrifying Vancouver Island home invasion caught on security camera

  The incident, which happened on March 25, was caught on the family's security video system. It shows someone in a car ramming the garage.

  Crime

  Apr 4
  
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• Backroad drive turns into harrowing week-long ordeal for stranded B.C. couple

  The Biggs had a few apples and oranges to eat and a few treats for their dog but no other food and none of their medications as they thought it was going to be a short outing.

  Canada

  Mar 17
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• Man seriously injured in Vancouver Island avalanche

  A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.

  Health

  Feb 4
• ‘Cat and mouse’ game afoot to find sea lion lost on B.C. highway

  The 135-kilogram male California sea lion has been spotted multiple times on Highway 4 along Kennedy Lake, east of Ucluelet, since late December.

  Environment

  Jan 6
• B.C. coastal residents hire lawyers as battle against shipbreaking operation intensifies

  Residents of Baynes Sound, south of Courtenay, have been fighting the business that dismantles derelict ships on the shore of the Salish Sea.

  Environment

  Dec 24, 2024
• B.C. customers find packages discarded like ‘garbage’ when they are marked as delivered

  Multiple Facebook groups have now been created to help unite customers with their missing items, which have been found on roads, in bushes and on lawns.

  Consumer

  Dec 20, 2024
• Avian flu detected at non-commercial poultry farm on Vancouver Island

  Officials are not releasing the location of the farm, but B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said the outbreak involved fewer than 100 chickens.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2024
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• 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, 2024
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• 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, 2024