1 week Get a glimpse behind the scenes of B.C.’s biggest movie screen Before moving to the new laser projector, the crew had to hoist seven hundred pound film reels into place and constantly change dangerously hot bulbs.
2 weeks An ancient turtle fossil found in Courtenay is evidence of a new species which roamed with the dinosaurs of ancient B.C. Found in a river south of Courtenay, the 75 million year old turtle shell is being studied by scientists at the Royal BC Museum.
3 weeks Researchers are discovering new creatures off Victoria’s shore Among the discoveries, crustaceans not thought to be in our waters, worms, and even one critter that may be new to science.
1 month The Royal BC Museum is hosting a film festival on the largest screen in the province Viewers were also able to vote on which IMAX classic film would make a return to the giant screen.
1 month The discovery of an alpine grass may hold clues about ancient B.C.’s icy past The strange grass can be found in northern B.C. and south of the U.S. border, but not in our latitude. A team of scientists at RBCM says it holds clues to the province's icy past.
2 months A new book details how to properly press and preserve plants The Royal BC Museum just published a book on how to preserve plant samples in all their colourful glory. The book, authored by Linda P.J. Lipsen, details how to preserve a plant’s colour and collect[...]
2 months Royal BC Museum holds public engagement to help decide its future Community engagement sessions are being held at the Royal BC Museum and will soon be held around the province. Anyone can register to attend the collaborative meetings. The CEO, Alicia Dubois will be sharing the[...]
2 months Royal BC Museum researcher has new theory of ankylosaur tail use Armoured dinosaurs may have used their dangerous tail clubs to hit each other, not other dinosaurs, according to a Royal BC Museum researcher. A researcher at the Royal BC Museum thinks Ankylosaurs, an armoured dinosaur[...]
4 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[...]
4 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[...]
4 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[...]
4 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[...]
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