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NTC president calls for ‘massive change’ after Indigenous woman shot by police in Hitacu

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating the shooting of an Indigenous woman in the Ucluelet First Nation community of Hitacu. (Black Press Media file photo)

“We need to get to the root of what is actually happening with the RCMP and our communities”

by Andrew Bailey
updated 13h ago

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RCMP are searching for Philip Toner, who is a ‘person of interest’ in the investigation of a suspicious death in Kootenay National Park last week. Photo courtesy BC RCMP.

VIDEO: Warning issued after bears spotted wandering through Island residential areas

by Erin Haluschak

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The B.C. legislature went from 85 seats to 87 before the 2017 election, causing a reorganization with curved rows and new desks squeezed in at the back. The next electoral boundary review could see another six seats added. (Black Press files)

B.C. election law could add six seats, remove rural protection

by Tom Fletcher

12h ago

Nurse Gurinder Rai, left, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Maria Yule at a Fraser Health drive-thru vaccination site, in Coquitlam, B.C., on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The site is open for vaccinations 11 hours per day to those who have pre-booked an appointment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

COVID vaccine bookings to open for adults 40+, or 18+ in hotspots, across B.C.

by Katya Slepian

updated 12h ago

Rallies against anti-Asian racism to mark national day of action, virtually and in-person

by Katya Slepian

12h ago

Top developments north of the Malahat honoured by Vancouver Island Real Estate Board

Trudeau won’t say whether Canada supports patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines

Protesters attempt to stop clear-cutting of old-growth trees in Fairy Creek near Port Renfrew. (Will O’Connell photo)

VIDEO: Workers, activists clash at site of Vancouver Island logging operation

Jose Marchand prepares Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination doses at a mobile clinic for members of First Nations and their partners, in Montreal, Friday, April 30, 2021. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is coming under fire after contradicting the advice Canadians have been receiving for weeks to take the first vaccine against COVID-19 that they’re offered. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Trudeau says he is glad he got AstraZeneca, vaccines are only way out of pandemic

Jagmeet Singh says link exists between anti-maskers and far-right extremism

Singh’s comments come as rallies against COVID-19 health orders are being staged across the country

by The Canadian Press

12h ago

Justice Minister David Lametti responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday May 7, 2021. Canada’s justice and heritage ministers will be recalled to justify a change to the Broadcasting Act that critics warn could erode the rights of individuals users who upload content to social media. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Heritage, Justice ministers called to defend Bill C-10 changes to Broadcasting Act

Only Conservative MPs voted against a Liberal motion to remove Section 4.1

by The Canadian Press

12h ago

Canada’s privacy watchdog investigating Pornhub over alleged non-consensual content
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Review of federal prison isolation units ‘not adequate,’ new study says
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B.C.’s COVID-19 infection rate slowing, 20 more people die
- updated 12h ago
Oak Bay dad dies mountain biking near Shawnigan Lake
- 13h ago
Suspected bird strike on Snowbirds plane during training in Comox
- updated 15h ago

Island family sharing their story to support British Columbians affected by dementia

When Isabel Phillips crossed the finish line at her first Times Colonist…

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