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Top Story 6 hours Social media aids in arrest of sexual assault suspect in Nanaimo Nanaimo RCMP say a sexual assault suspect was able to be identified and arrested within 90 minutes of the alleged offence due to the word spreading on social media. Around 1:20 p.m. on March 27[...]

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2 hours Dramatic new video sheds light on March 12 shooting in Nanaimo A new video sheds more light on a shooting in Nanaimo that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries earlier this month. Some hope the release of the video, which was obtained by CHEK[...]

2 hours Abandoned dogs rescued from remote B.C. island almost ready for adoption In three short months, rescue dogs Tiger and Bear have come a long way. Mowi fish farm workers on Minstrel Island spotted the pair at the end of last December. It took five hours to[...]

2 hours Langford faces 12% property tax increase, 'big mistake' says former mayor The City of Langford is looking at one of its biggest tax hikes in three decades, with a draft budget currently proposing a nearly 12 per cent increase. "We do not take this lightly, we[...]

3 hours 'Here to help': Victoria's Mustard Seed still giving out food despite recent fire The Mustard Seed food bank in downtown Victoria is still reeling in the aftermath of a fire that broke out Monday morning. Despite having to close their doors, staff at the food bank are working[...]

4 hours Phillips Backyard Festival Series returns to downtown Victoria this summer The Phillips Backyard Festival Series is set to take the stage for two weekends this summer, bringing music and craft beer enthusiasts to downtown Victoria. Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. says the festival's inaugural year[...]

4 hours Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week Keep an eye to the sky Tuesday night for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon. WHERE AND WHEN CAN YOU[...]

4 hours Two Victoria companies receive funding for ocean projects The provincial government has given funding to two Victoria companies to support creating jobs ocean-based jobs. Open Ocean Robotics and South Island Prosperity Partnership's Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST) are the two companies[...]

5 hours Islander captures video of sea wolf swimming near Kyuquot in 'beautiful' moment A Vancouver Island woman and her dog on board a water taxi were in for a howl when spotting a Vancouver Coastal sea wolf swimming past them. Maxine Gillette lives near Kyuquot and was travelling[...]

5 hours Elephant seal near Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich relocated by DFO A Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada officer says an elephant seal likely ended up next to the Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich after it was bothered by off-leash dogs and people. The Gorge Tillicum Community[...]

6 hours Social media aids in arrest of sexual assault suspect in Nanaimo Nanaimo RCMP say a sexual assault suspect was able to be identified and arrested within 90 minutes of the alleged offence due to the word spreading on social media. Around 1:20 p.m. on March 27[...]

8 hours Will B.C.'s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride? The B.C. government needs to ensure rural and Indigenous communities are not left in the dust as the province shifts gears to achieve a net-zero future and a clean transportation network, a coalition of climate[...]

9 hours Driver near Lake Cowichan nabbed at 194 km/h, almost double the limit: Police A novice driver on Vancouver Island caught travelling almost double the speed limit in a 100-kilometre-per-hour zone is facing multiple speeding tickets, according to BC Highway Patrol (BCHP). On March 16, a BCHP officer observed[...]

13 hours B.C. to limit sale of Ozempic to non-Canadian patients due to shortage The provincial government is limiting the sale or dispensing of Ozempic to non-Canadian residents for Ozempic after data showed that 15 per cent of all prescriptions for the drug in B.C. went to patients in[...]

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2 hours Flair customers say they're owed more after plane seizures, flight cancellations Flair Airlines said this week that it has reimbursed almost all 1,900 passengers whose flights were cancelled after the seizure of four of the carrier's planes earlier this month, but some customers say they are[...]

5 hours Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour Queen and Adam Lambert are hitting the road this fall for a North American expansion of their Rhapsody Tour, with a freshly minted knight onstage and plenty of post-pandemic energy. The band boasts about a[...]

7 hours $491B budget invests in clean electricity, health care Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2023 federal budget promises “transformative investments” in Canada’s green economy and expanded dental care, all while claiming Ottawa can rein in the cost of running the government. The budget projects program[...]

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01:47 | March 28, 2023 Two Victoria companies receive funding for ocean projects

01:47 | March 28, 2023 Two Victoria companies receive funding for ocean projects

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02:06 | March 28, 2023 B.C. to limit sale of Ozempic to non-Canadian patients due to shortage

01:59 | March 28, 2023 Langford faces 12% property tax increase, 'big mistake' says former mayor

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Featured Story 5 hours Islander captures video of sea wolf swimming near Kyuquot in 'beautiful' moment A Vancouver Island woman and her dog on board a water taxi were in for a howl when spotting a Vancouver Coastal sea wolf swimming past them. Maxine Gillette lives near Kyuquot and was travelling[...]

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Rob Shaw: Political Capital

02:21 | March 28, 2023 Rob Shaw: B.C. disappointed in new federal budget

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3 weeks Opinion: As influencers become yesterday's trend, will 'de-influencers' take their place? 'De-influencing' is a welcome trend after constantly being sold to on platforms like TikTok, writes Irene Jackson — even if it has existed longer than the buzzword has.

2 months Opinion: With AI, who needs creators? ChatGPT is a chatbot that can "converse, create readable text on demand and create novel images and video." It’s also stirring up trouble, writes Irene Jackson.

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