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Minister nixes lower speed limits, photo radar

Default rate should be 30 km/h, and photo radar should be brought back, Provincial Health Officer Perry Kendall says

Mar 31, 2016 10:00 AM Read more >

Whale washes up near Ucluelet

A whale has washed up at the Wya Point Resort's campground near Ucluelet.

Mar 31, 2016 8:00 AM Read more >

Another child support clawback ends

Spousal child support payments no longer count as income for those applying for low-income child care subsidies in B.C.

Mar 30, 2016 6:00 PM Read more >

Fish farm culled 15 sea lions near Tofino

Clayoquot Action calls Cermaq’s December cull a “massacre.”

Mar 30, 2016 8:00 AM Read more >

Whale’s best friend thanks rescue team in Tofino

Chester was just a baby when he was rescued near Tofino in 2014 and has since made a home at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Mar 29, 2016 7:00 PM Read more >

Ucluelet declines Communities in Bloom invitation

Ukee doesn’t need to compare itself to other communities to feel beautiful.

Mar 28, 2016 6:00 PM Read more >

ICF responds to RDN's withdrawal from passenger rail funding

Comment from ICF board chair may indicate passenger rail service north of Nanaimo no longer in the cards

Mar 28, 2016 12:00 PM Read more >

Vancouver Island man facing Colorado sex assault charges released

Man accused of sexually assaulting a 27-year-woman whom he met at a bar

Mar 28, 2016 8:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver Island trail and rail plans running on parallel tracks

Handful of trails growing along rail corridor, officials see possibilities piggybacking trail users and train riders

Mar 26, 2016 9:00 AM Read more >

B.C. minimum wage to get boost

Last increase was 20 cents to $10.45, and Premier Christy Clark's government has decided inflation formula isn't enough

Mar 25, 2016 12:00 PM Read more >