Emily Fagan

A former Powell River paper mill up for sale sits on the site of tiskwat, the Tla’amin Nation’s ancient village. Now, the nation has launched a bid to buy back the land.

After eight years of living in tents, a car, and homemade structures in B.C. and Alberta — and over a year on the B.C. Housing waiting list for shelter — Philip Hathaway and his wife took to the sea on a boat he built himself.

A doctor working in the Port Hardy emergency room says two of his colleagues will be resigning at the end of June, and he’ll be the only physician in the northern Vancouver Island community as of July 1.

Victoria is now one of the most expensive rental markets in the country, pushing renters and potential homeowners to reconsider their futures on the Island.

Cruise ship season begins in Victoria and Vancouver this week as the first passengers of the season descend on B.C.’s coast.

Island Health nurses have been waiting for thousands of dollars in retroactive pay from April 1, 2022 to March 31 this year. The payments are part of a new collective bargaining agreement ratified on April 27.

Victoria renter Aeryn Donald is asking Victoria city council to expand its subsidized monthly parking pass for people with disabilities to include not just students and people who work downtown but also downtown residents.

Georgia Pike, a 28-year-old Victoria, B.C. woman who uses a guide dog to navigate, says she and her father were refused service by Ooh La La Cafe because they were accompanied at the time by her guide dog, Grainger.

On Tuesday, RCMP arrested three protesters from the group, called Savage Patch, for breaching a court-ordered injunction after the group blockaded a bridge to prevent Teal Cedar Products from logging in the area.

Const. Boris Borissov, a Toronto police officer found guilty of misusing police resources, falsifying police reports and stealing from dead people, was handed his sentence on Tuesday.