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Top Story 3 hours VicPD investigating after 70-year-old assaulted while collecting cans Victoria police say an investigation is underway after a 70-year-old man was assaulted last week while collecting cans.

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2 hours 'You have to be able to reach someone': Nanaimo man dies after dropped calls to 911 A woman is pleading for better cell coverage in one Nanaimo neighbourhood after desperately trying to call 911 to save her dying husband, only to have her calls drop out.

2 hours Noticeable spike in Halloween candy prices on store shelves, but deals can be found Thanks to inflation and "shrinkflation," keeping trick-or-treaters happy this Halloween has gotten pricier.

2 hours Independent Merville food bank seeing overwhelming increase in demand Bread of Life Food Share now has 1,600 clients, with 2,000 likely by Christmas, but it needs help to keep up with the increasing demand.

2 hours Masks mandatory in all health-care settings, pharmacists prepare for fall immunization Masks are again required in all health-care settings in B.C., as the province prepares to roll out its fall COVID and flu immunization plan.

3 hours COVID outbreak declared at Victoria General Hospital, 11 cases confirmed An outbreak has been declared at the Victoria General Hospital after 11 health-care-acquired cases have been confirmed from one unit.

3 hours VicPD investigating after 70-year-old assaulted while collecting cans Victoria police say an investigation is underway after a 70-year-old man was assaulted last week while collecting cans.

5 hours 'The end of one chapter': Saanich fire chief to retire after over 30 years with department After working with the department since 1989, Saanich Fire Chief Michael Burgess will be retiring at the beginning of next year.

6 hours RCMP seek thieves who stole $100K in jewelry from Nanaimo store The Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a break-and-enter that resulted in an estimated $100,000 in jewelry being stolen from a store in Woodgrove Centre.

6 hours B.C. disaster response outdated and inaccessible for evacuees: ombudsperson report A report from British Columbia's ombudsperson says emergency support programs for those forced from their homes during disasters are outdated, under-resourced, inaccessible and poorly communicated.

7 hours Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash west of Sooke: RCMP The Sooke RCMP responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and a vehicle around 12:40 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, on West Coast Road at Jordan River.

7 hours One vehicle destroyed, another damaged in Oak Bay blaze: fire dept No one was injured in a fire that destroyed one vehicle and damaged another on Pacific Avenue in Oak Bay.

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4 hours B.C. man takes one-tonne pumpkin on road trip to win California weigh-off An enormous pumpkin nicknamed "Mama" grown in a B.C. backyard has won first place in one of North America's most prestigious pumpkin weigh-offs.

6 hours Grizzly that killed two in Banff National Park was old, had bad teeth: Parks Canada Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth.

9 hours Fire in Vancouver's Kerrisdale neighbourhood destroys or damages five businesses A number of businesses in Vancouver's Kerrisdale shopping area have been damaged or destroyed in an overnight fire.

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02:08 | October 3, 2023 Noticeable spike in Halloween candy prices on store shelves, but deals can be found

02:08 | October 3, 2023 Noticeable spike in Halloween candy prices on store shelves, but deals can be found

02:21 | October 3, 2023 'You have to be able to reach someone': Nanaimo man dies after dropped calls to 911

01:58 | October 3, 2023 Masks mandatory in all healthcare settings, pharmacists prepare for fall immunization

02:50 | October 3, 2023 Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives court controversy on first day of legislature sitting

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