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VICTORIA — British Columbia's longest-serving ombudsperson has announced he will retire from his role in early 2026. Jay Chalke has been in the role for a decade and oversaw the implementation of new responsibilities under B.C.

VICTORIA — The chorus of voices against contentious British Columbia legislation to speed up infrastructure projects continues to swell, with the province's civil liberties association calling it a betrayal of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Cloud covering the qathet region for a few days

It was the seventh of B.C. Ferries' Island Class vessels to come off the line at Damen Shipyards, with three more to go.

Officers remain on scene around Seaquam Secondary School in North Delta looking for youths who fled the school wearing ski masks

VICTORIA — Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is among the fiercest critics of the British Columbia government's planned legislation to fast track infrastructure projects, saying their development "flouted First Nations' basic human rights.

The issue has been in focus since it emerged that the suspect in last month's attack that killed 11 people at a Vancouver festival was on extended leave at the time.

"I don't plan these things. I just turn on my camera and start speaking, and I don't even know what I'm going to say."

VICTORIA — A stretch of culturally significant land in the Cowichan Valley has been returned to the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes communities.

The northbound lanes were closed for more than four hours while collision reconstructionists examined the scene