Closure of the camps is part of the province-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic as health officials work to slow the spread of the coronavirus by providing accommodations will better hygiene.

B.C. provided an update on its plan to move tent city residents in Victoria into temporary housing in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

The West Coast League, a summer league made of college players, says it is pushing back the start of its season from June to hopefully July.

In what was a B.C. sweep, Kelowna placed first, with Kamloops second and Victoria third.

“Within the next few months we should be operational in the majority of British Columbia.”

The company officially ceased operations on March 19.

With a public health order banning gatherings larger than 50 people, the 2020 "Keep The Hope Alive" walk and run for Michael Dunahee went ahead on Sun. March 22 on a virtual platform.

Victoria City Council will consider a resolution on Thursday calling on the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and Transport Canada to suspend cruise ship visits to the Port of Victoria until the risk of COVID-19 transmission has subsided.

The new charges relate to assaults that occurred while Henry Charles Sadd was a badminton coach in the 1960s and 1970s.

In western parts of the island, gusts could reach 100 km/h before easing as the Pacific storm system moves inland.