Island crime unit releases video of 'persons of interest' in Duncan double homicide
Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:40:44 +0000
Police are hoping the public can help identify the pair.
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B.C. Ferries sailings cancelled because of high winds
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:13:29 +0000
High winds from a storm whipping across B.C.’s South Coast forced the cancellation of several B.C. Ferries sailings early Friday. The 6:15 a.m. and 8:25 a.m. sailings on the Queen of Cowichan and the Queen of Oak Bay between Departure Bay in Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay have been cancelled because of adverse weather. The 6:15 a.m. […]
Read moreFire at fish farm near Port Hardy damages net pen, up to 21,000 Atlantic salmon escape
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 21:10:25 +0000
An estimated 21,000 Atlantic salmon escaped from the damaged net pen.
Read moreVancouver Island bus depot closures part of industry-wide struggle
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:38:52 +0000
Wilson Group, which operates much of Vancouver Island’s bus services through its companies Wilson’s Transportation and Tofino Bus, says passengers are now primarily being picked up at the curbside after closing five bus depots in 2019.
Read moreAmerican aquaculture firm takes over Kuterra's land-based salmon farm
Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 23:13:19 +0000
American aquaculture firm Emergent Holdings views the pilot-scale farm near Port McNeill on Vancouver Island as a combination research facility and commercial producer.
Read moreOak Bay father who killed daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 to be sentenced
Credit to Author: Tracey Tufnail| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 19:50:52 +0000
Andrew Berry will be sentenced to life in prison, but Justice Miriam Gropper must decide how long he must serve before being eligible for parole.
Read moreGregory Brotherston's history of violence rooted in abuse in childhood, drug addiction: Assault sentencing
Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:30:55 +0000
“It’s been acknowledged … that he and his brother were the victims of some serious and prolonged assaultive behaviour when he was four to eight years of age”
Read moreUltimate B.C. battle: Octopus vs. bald eagle captured on video
Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:35:21 +0000
‘I’ve seen octopus and I’ve seen eagles, but I’ve never seen them grappling like that.’
Read moreDriver charged in accident that killed retired Abbotsford police officer
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:08:24 +0000
Conrad Nikolaus Wetten has been charged with driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention
Read moreMilitary man facing drug charges in Comox
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:45:35 +0000
Master Corporal Joshua Alexander faces two drug-related charges.
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