UVic students among victims of fatal Vancouver Island bus rollover
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:53:25 +0000
The accident happened on a gravel road between the communities of Port Alberni and Bamfield.
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Two dead, several seriously injured in Vancouver Island bus rollover
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:25:06 +0000
The accident happened on a gravel road between the communities of Port Alberni and Bamfield.
Read moreSalt Spring, Galiano islands collar short-term vacation rentals
Credit to Author: Cayley Dobie| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:41:28 +0000
Both islands have bylaws that prohibit the short-term rental of entire single-family houses where the owner does not live.
Read moreAhousaht nation refuses to give up on their own as search for Travis Thomas continues
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:15:46 +0000
“There is a sense of hope and belief from community and family. If there wasn’t, people wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing today,” said Chief Louie.
Read moreAnother historic name bites the dust: Victoria's Ogden Point to become Breakwater District
Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:25:06 +0000
Though the change has been in the works for over a year, the harbour authority insists the ‘checkered past’ of its namesake didn’t trigger the new name
Read more‘Blood everywhere’: Dad charged in deaths of his daughters says he was stabbed by intruder
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:05:20 +0000
Andrew Berry says that on what was a ‘perfect’ Christmas morning an unidentified assailant slashed his throat, rendering him unconscious, then killed his two children
Read moreSuicide note old, written earlier, says Island father charged with murdering daughters
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:57:32 +0000
Police had found note at the scene listing grievances Andrew Berry had with the children’s mother that said he wished to escape with the girls
Read moreVancouver Island man accused of murdering his two daughters insists he didn't kill them
Credit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:45:37 +0000
The 45-year-old Oak Bay man is charged with the second-degree murder of his two daughters, six-year-old Chloe and four-year-old Aubrey.
Read moreWater use restricted for critically low Koksilah River on Vancouver Island
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:50:36 +0000
Water use is immediately restricted for any licence holder with a permit to take water directly from the Koksilah River or its tributaries. The restrictions will remain in place until Sept. 30.
Read moreVancouver Island RCMP say safety forced them to Taser an 'aggressive' emu
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 01:31:12 +0000
The five-foot-seven, 100-pound bird was a “safety concern for passing motorists, pedestrians and residents,” said the RCMP
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