2 days Vital People: HEROS Hockey is scoring big wins for youth empowerment Lacing up skates and clicking on helmets for HEROS Hockey, the Victoria Royals helps École Quadra Elementary students get ready to hit the ice. "It's pretty awesome because we're the only 22 kids, out of[...]
1 week Vital People: Thousands of volunteer hours go into Quadra Island cookbook fundraiser Cooking is a passion for many people on Quadra Island, and Heather Simpson is no exception. "I love good food, and I think cooking is definitely a way of bringing people together," she says. And[...]
2 weeks Vital People: Support Soweto Junior School 'Dipping for Dinners' fundraiser Bundled up on a frigid, below-seasonal day in Victoria, you wouldn't think this is a good time to go for a swim in the ocean, but Laura Thomson loves cold water dipping. "I love how[...]
3 weeks Vital People: Students help grow food underground to feed people in need Grade five students Jada and Blue show us how they're growing plants without dirt. "I've learned that you don't always need to have dirt to grow a plant, so we use water and light and[...]
4 weeks Vital People: Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser warms hearts The family-friendly walk, which is being held in cities across Canada and the U.S. on February 25th, raises money for local charities that help people experiencing hunger, hurt, and homelessness.
1 month Vital People: Dentures from the Cool Aid Dental Clinic can be life-changing Elizabeth Device is getting a check-up at the Cool Aid Dental Clinic. She's struggled with dental issues for years, lost several teeth, and had to have the remaining ones removed. "Expense was the biggest thing,"[...]
1 month Vital People: Connections Place helps people with mental health challenges Connections Place in Victoria is helping people with mental health challenges get back on their feet and feel less alone. The community is a welcoming and safe sanctuary where people with mental health challenges can[...]
2 months Vital People: Vancouver Island Lodge is a home away from home for cancer patients For Vancouver Island cancer patients who have to travel to Victoria for treatment, the Canadian Cancer Society's lodge is a welcoming home away from home. Tess van Straaten shows us how it's making a difference in this week's Vital People.
7 mins Junior All Native Basketball Tournament tips off in Nanaimo Roughly 1,200 young people on 91 teams from over 60 First Nations in British Columbia are in Nanaimo this week to shoot some hoops. The annual Junior All Native Tournament (JANT) is taking place Monday,[...]
20 mins B.C. anesthesiologist facing second sexual assault change after moving his practice DELTA, B.C. — An anesthesiologist in British Columbia is facing a second charge of sexual assault. Police in Delta, B.C., say Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade, who operated a pain clinic in that community before relocating it[...]
11 hours Grass may not be greener after all as Langford councillors vote on whether to turf the turf City staff say not only is the fake grass more expensive, Langford residents generally hate it.
11 hours BC Supreme Court rules man not criminally responsible in 2016 Chemainus murder Family and friends of Derek Descoteau stormed out of the courtroom after a judge ruled his killer was not criminally responsible for the 2016 death due to mental illness.
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