27 mins COVID critic Mak Pahar had illness but died of drug overdose: B.C. coroner Parhar's death occurred soon after he shared a video online where he admitted to having COVID-like symptoms, but denied having "CONVID" and said he was treating himself with over-the-counter medications.
3 hours U.S. actor facing sex charges in Nevada also facing charge in B.C. A former actor in the movie Dances With Wolves who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada is also facing a charge in British Columbia. Documents filed in B.C. show Nathan Chasing Horse was charged[...]
3 hours B.C's pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life. Researchers at Memorial University, Ocean Networks Canada[...]
3 hours Former BC Ferries lifeboat-turned-tour vessel for sale: 'It's really good on fuel' Take a trip down memory lake.
5 hours Both Coulson Aviation pilots released from hospital following Australia crash Both pilots who were on board the FireLiner Tanker 139 when it crashed in Western Australia have been released from hospital, according to Coulson Aviation. In a post on Facebook, the company says the plane[...]
7 hours Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond relinquishes second Island university honorary doctorate Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has voluntarily returned a second honorary doctorate from a university on Vancouver Island after she was informed of a review process following an investigation by CBC into her claims of Indigenous heritage.[...]
7 hours National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in B.C. The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make Sept. 30 a paid statutory holiday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Labour Minister Harry Bains introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday, saying[...]
7 hours One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago: poll A new poll finds one-third of Canadian households say their financial situation has worsened over the last year. According to a Leger poll commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies, 34 per cent of Canadian[...]