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First-time homebuyers left with $33,000 bill to keep bats out of ceiling.

Caller pretends to be fraud investigator

Since January 2020, 461 people on Vancouver Island have died of toxic drug poisonings, almost half in Victoria.

Food security special report: Northern communities and the poor hit hardest by rising food prices in the province

With the B.C. government doubling the number of subsidized seats for local vet students, one veterinarian is calling it "a good first step."

They got whale-y close.

The initiative represents "a ­paradigm shift" for mental-health calls, says B.C. Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Three of the province's health regions have indoor gathering restrictions in place.

But BCTF president Teri Mooring says the B.C. government should be implementing a provincewide mandate, not relying on school districts

BC Ferries employs 4,500 to 5,100 staff, depending on the season.