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Province injects $500 million into B.C. Ferries in effort to keep annual fare jumps below 3%
Report had forecast possible annual fare increases above 10%. → Read More
B.C.'s mountain of wool: Fleece piles up as prices tank, mills shut down
Wool sells for only 10 to 70 cents a pound. → Read More
Caring for 'mama's boys' limits breeding by orca mothers, study finds
New research finds caring for weaned sons throughout the male offspring’s life diminishes an orca mother’s annual breeding success by about 50 per cent. → Read More
Hundreds of barking sea lions provide wake-up call in Oak Bay
Attracted by a good supply of herring, sea lions and harbour seals have been hanging out off Oak Bay, making a cacophony of barks and growls that carry as far as Mount Tolmie → Read More
Pink sea urchins on the move, a sign of climate change
Pink sea urchins that live in deep water off the Island are slowly moving into shallower places as food sources and oxygen levels decline due to a warming ocean. → Read More
'Like something out of Narnia': Conditions just right for 'hair ice' to grow in Island woods
Dead wood can produce 'hair ice,' with the help of a certain fungus that shapes the ice into fine hairs. → Read More
Critically acclaimed Agrius Restaurant on Yates closing
Agrius Restaurant, which opened on Victoria's Yates Street in 2015 and was critically acclaimed for its food, has announced it’s closing as of Sunday. → Read More
Third floor largely intact as Royal B.C. Museum prepares for two major exhibits
While smaller items have been removed, Old Town, the Discovery ship and the First Peoples Gallery remain in place, waiting for their stories to be told in a more inclusive way, says the museum’s CEO. → Read More
'Holy smokes!' Victoria man wins $1 million in lottery
Michael Kriberg was checking his ticket on the B.C. Lottery Corp app on his phone while watching his kids play hockey at a tournament in Nanaimo when he learned he was an instant millionaire → Read More
Whale watchers report record year for sightings in Salish Sea
The Pacific Whale Watch Association, which has 16 member companies in the U.S. and 14 in Canada, recorded Bigg’s killer whales on 278 days and humpbacks on 274 days. → Read More
Mama bear and cubs use dog door to break into Nanaimo home
Home security system shows mother bear holding the flap of the pet door open as bear cub puts its head in, then pushing it through. → Read More
Man in wheelchair left stranded after airline refused boarding
Tim Kubash was booked on a WestJet flight leaving from Victoria International Airport, trying to get home to Salmon Arm. → Read More
Victoria's living wage surges past Vancouver's, rising food prices to blame
The living wage is defined as the hourly wage two working parents with two young children must each earn to meet their basic expenses. → Read More
She thought it was a robbery — then she spotted the owl on the chandelier
There have been two cases of barred owls inviting themelves inside Oak Bay homes over the past week → Read More
Female humpback whale found dead off B.C.'s Malcolm Island
DFO and volunteers helped to secure the severely bloated body to shore to ensure the animal and any evidence of its death didn’t wash away. → Read More
Watch: Orca predators take down large minke whale
Two families of killer whales worked in tandem to bring down the nine-metre minke, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association. → Read More
Province places permanent cap on food-delivery fees
The 15% cap on food and 5% cap on additional fees had been due to expire at the end of the year. → Read More
Art Charlie's orange shirt 'speaks for the survivors and the ones we lost'
While Art Charlie never attended residential school, growing up in Ahousaht and Port Alberni, he knew plenty of people who did and were never the same afterwards. → Read More
B.C. Aviation Museum lands both a retired air tanker and its long-time pilot
The twin-engine turbo prop plane, a pioneer in early air-passenger travel and water tanker fighting forest fires, arrived at the B.C. Aviation Museum. → Read More
Humpback gives family in a boat a whale of a show near Campbell River
The family was initially “terrified” of the giant creature, which could have flipped the boat out of the water. → Read More