Darron Kloster

The garbage pile is on three lots on reserve land near the Allenby Road Bridge over the Cowichan River.

The $4,600 in items stolen range from a tent and fishing gear to gun ammunition, Nanaimo RCMP say.

The waste has been accumulating for years and includes construction and demolition debris, residential waste, derelict RV trailers, plastics and metals, according to a provincial order.

A 300-foot-long wall will be etched with the names of more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were forcibly removed from the West Coast and sent to internment camps during the Second World War.

Longtime mayors Barb Desjardins of Esquimalt and Maja Tait of Sooke say they won’t be seeking re-election, while Sid Tobias of View Royal says one term was enough.

Recovery from the month-long shutdown of the province’s liquor distribution branch will take weeks or longer, says the B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association.

The woman was led to believe her grandson had been jailed and ultimately sent $2,000 in bitcoin to have him released.

Metchosin council approved a motion to only cover the municipal portion of non-profits’ taxes, leaving them on the hook for regional and provincial levies for schools and other services.

The City of Langford and developers have each committed $5,000 to The Forge, a space for tradespeople to access free mental health and substance-use ­support services.

There was no immediate word on what caused the death of the killer whale known as I76, but threats to the species include lack of prey, toxin accumulations and vessel impacts.