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Folks in qathet can avoid Dirty Dozen by buying from local farms

Folks in qathet can avoid Dirty Dozen by buying from local farms

Report: Conventionally grown cauliflower, asparagus, avocados and carrots show lowest amount of pesticide use
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Family satisfied with VicPD officer’s seven-day suspension for woman’s death

Family satisfied with VicPD officer’s seven-day suspension for woman’s death

Officer Ron Kirkwood was suspended without pay after adjudicator Wally Oppal determined he committed misconduct when he fired an anti-riot weapon into a smoke-filled room, fatally injuring Lisa Rauch. 
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UVic to revise misconduct policy to ensure students call for help for overdoses

UVic to revise misconduct policy to ensure students call for help for overdoses

The change, which will remove references to drug use or possession from the definition of non-academic misconduct, follows the overdose death of student last year
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Stanley Park sex attack accused working on bail plan

Stanley Park sex attack accused working on bail plan

Vancouver police officers found a woman in her 40s who had allegedly been robbed and violently assaulted in a washroom.
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B.C. Independent MLAs start new party to 'combat the globalist assault'

B.C. Independent MLAs start new party to 'combat the globalist assault'

Two former members of the B.C. Conservatives who have been sitting as Independents for months say they are launching a new provincial political party.
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Abbotsford man fatally shot at work in Surrey, RCMP say

Abbotsford man fatally shot at work in Surrey, RCMP say

The victim has been identified as Satwinder Sharma, 56.
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Thunderstorms, rain and hail predicted for southeastern B.C.

Thunderstorms, rain and hail predicted for southeastern B.C.

VANCOUVER — Thunderstorm warnings and watches have been posted for a large section of southeastern B.C., cautioning residents that lightning, strong winds, hail and heavy rain are all possible.
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'Do the moral thing': RCMP appeal to those with 'intimate knowledge' of boat crash

'Do the moral thing': RCMP appeal to those with 'intimate knowledge' of boat crash

NORTH VANCOUVER — Police in British Columbia say there may still be people with "intimate knowledge" who haven't come forward to speak about the boat crash that killed a 10-year-old boy.
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Business group calls for immediate action to save downtown, including bigger police presence

Business group calls for immediate action to save downtown, including bigger police presence

Almost half of downtown Victoria businesses surveyed said they would not renew their leases based on current conditions downtown.
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Citizen scientists advocate for Salish Sea whales

Citizen scientists advocate for Salish Sea whales

Ship strikes pose significant risk to humpback homecoming
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