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Invasive spongy moths target of B.C. spray program on Vancouver Island this spring
The B.C. government is planning to launch an insecticide spraying program this spring that targets invasive spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths. Tree leaves eaten by the moth's caterpillars are seen on Montreal's Mount Royal on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Heavy rain, strong winds spike flood and avalanche risk across B.C. south coast
A pedestrian carries an umbrella as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Smalltown vigilante action fills in gaps in road service
Tahsis Mayor Martin Davis and a group of community volunteers fill in the pothole-ridden Head Bay Forest Service Road, that is their only land route in and out of the community on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Credit: Jack Taylor
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U.S. Coast Guard rescues man, two dogs, from stricken sailboat off Vancouver Island
An unidentified member of the United States Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles aircrew pets a dog on board his helicopter after the dog was airlifted from a sailboat that had washed onto rocks off Vancouver Island in a Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, handout photo. A sailor and his two dogs are recovering on Vancouver Island thanks to life-saving action by the USCG. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-United States Coast Guard, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Rain, run-off from recent snow, surging tides raise flood concerns in parts of B.C.
People walk along the Stanley Park seawall as rain falls Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, while a small amount of snow remains after last week's snowstorm in Vancouver. Flood watches and high streamflow advisories are posted across Vancouver Island and much of British Columbia's inner south coast as heavy rain and high tides raise the risk of flooding after pre-Christmas snowstorms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Federal changes could make it impossible for private groups to sponsor refugees, say faith leaders
Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee, Rabbi Harry Brechner and Imam Zoheir Tahar
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Defence lawyer in trial of escaped B.C. inmate says Crown did not prove guilt
Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Crown argues two men planned murder of B.C. resident for banking information
Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Arctic chill over much of B.C., snowy wallop for Vancouver Island, Environment Canada says
People walk along Willow's beach in Victoria, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Residents of coastal British Columbia are facing another day of winter-like conditions and frigid temperatures as the latest weather system brushes across the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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41 charges laid in anti-gang investigation on Vancouver Island: police
A photo of a Hells Angels denim vest is shown in this police handout photo. British Columbia's anti-gang unit says federal prosecutors have approved 41 criminal charges against four alleged drug traffickers following a more than four-year investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit B.C. *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Cold air pushes into southern B.C., bringing wind, snow and arctic chill
Waves pound Ogden Point breakwater during a storm in Victoria, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Environment Canada has updated special weather statements, warning of strong winds, sub-zero temperatures and snow for south coastal B.C. and much of Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Magnitude 4.0, 4.8 earthquakes rumble off the west coast of Vancouver Island
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Two men who escaped Vancouver Island prison plead not guilty to murder
Martin Payne, 60, was found deceased in his Metchosin home
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B.C. diver gets up close with giant Pacific octopus in ‘mind-blowing’ encounter
A giant Pacific octopus advances toward Vancouver diver Andrea Humphreys as a friend watches in the waters off Campbell River, B.C., in an Oct. 15, 2022 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Andrea Humphreys, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Heavy rain expected for southern B.C., as late October rainfall nears seasonal in some areas
A pedestrian carries an umbrella as rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. Another atmospheric river is forecast to bring heavy rain to coastal British Columbia by late Thursday and this one could drench drought-stricken areas that didn't see a lot of rain when the last storm rolled through. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Weekend storm brings B.C. only modest relief from drought, but more rain to come
A pedestrian carries an umbrella as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Several days of heavy rain over British Columbia's central and south coasts have only slightly eased drought conditions gripping the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after high temperature records, drought concerns
Pedestrians carry umbrellas as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve the drought gripping parts of British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Rain arrives in southern B.C., but more than 100 millimetres needed to erase drought
rain cloud Feel cruel dangerous, storm cloud before a thunder storm
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‘Who buys a house sight unseen?’ we wondered. Then we did just that
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B.C.’s extended summer breaks more temperature records, but weather office calling for rain
A man reads a book while sitting on a bench on the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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A brazen bear cub and an elusive wolf face off on camera
ONE TIME USE ONLY : Rare Coastal Sea Wolf and Black Bear Cub and Mama have a standoff near salmon run on Vancouver Island, BC on Saturday Oct 1. 2022.
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Daily heat records tumble again in B.C. as drought conditions worsen
sun on blue sky with white clouds
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Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
Stuart LePage, of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, sprints to place a salmon in a vessel to be lifted by a helicopter and transported up the Fraser River past a massive rock slide west of Clinton, B.C., on Wednesday July 24, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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No damage reported or expected after 4.6 magnitude earthquake off coast of Vancouver Island
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the southwestern Aegean Turkish coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Vancouver Island project aims to nurture next generation of farmers
Stephanie Jacobs, Farmpreneur holds yarrow flowers at the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture August 2, 2022 Taylor Roades / The Globe and Mail
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Ottawa’s proposed oil and gas emissions cap is economically and constitutionally questionable
Grant Bishop
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Two brothers from Vancouver Island named as gunmen killed during botched bank robbery in Saanich, B.C.
Mathew (left) and Isaac Auchterlonie, 22-year-old twin brothers from Duncan, B.C., are suspects in a case of armed robbery and shooting at a Saanich bank.
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Tree crimes and misdemeanours: How B.C.’s forests have become flashpoints for poachers and protesters alike
Lyndsie Bourgon
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Weather warnings issued for southern B.C. as strong winds knock out power to thousands
"electrical high voltage power pylon and lines, horizontal."
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First Nation ‘shocked’ by B.C.’s decision not to amend case based on new policy
Nuchatlaht First Nation elder and councillor Archie Little, right, speaks with lawyer Jack Woodward outside B.C. Supreme Court before the start of an Indigenous land title case, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 21, 2022. The lawyer for a B.C. First Nation challenging the province over its land rights says the government's decision not to adjust its case based on new litigation directives "undermines the process of reconciliation." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Albatross came back to Vancouver Island to feed over hundreds of generations: study
Chemical analyses were performed on these archaeological short-tailed albatross specimens, as shown in this undated handout image, to explore long-term behaviour trends. The short-tailed albatross showed distinctive behaviour when it returned to feed at Vancouver Island across a period of over 4,000 years before being driven to the precipice of extinction, says a new study. THE CANADIANS PRESS/HO-Eric Guiry **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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B.C. ferry breakdown prompts cancellations before long weekend
A passenger catches a nap as the morning light rises over the waters of Horseshoe Bay as the ferry Queen of Oak Bay departs for Nanaimo, B.C. early Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Travellers aboard a B.C. ferry heading to Nanaimo endured a late night sailing when the vessel had engine trouble mid-voyage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Indigenous investment fund backs Nuu-chah-nulth in first bet
Courtesy of Ay Lelum/BC Achievement. Aunalee Boyd-Good (L) and Sophia Seward-Good (R).
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Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 drop in B.C. over four-day period; 44 people died
B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a COVID-19 update news conference, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Why a tiny B.C. ski resort’s mantra is ‘Mount Cain sucks, tell your friends’
January 8, 2021 - Mount Cain, Canada - Skiiers ready their equipment in the parking lot of Mt Cain for the first run of the weekend. (Credit Image: James MacDonald)