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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario
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Dance duo from Nanaimo narrowly misses $1M prize in Canada's Got Talent finale

Dance duo from Nanaimo narrowly misses $1M prize in Canada's Got Talent finale

Funkanometry placed second in the popular CityTV series.
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Couple face cruelty charges after 177 animals seized

Couple face cruelty charges after 177 animals seized

In a decision under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act this year, a panel was satisfied the animals seized were in distress, with the exception of two snakes.
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Nanaimo to host record-holder for youngest female pilot to fly solo around world

Nanaimo to host record-holder for youngest female pilot to fly solo around world

Zara Rutherford, a Belgian-British aviator who achieved the feat at 19, is the featured speaker at the B.C. Aviation Council’s annual conference.
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Construction starts on new six-storey control tower at Victoria airport

Construction starts on new six-storey control tower at Victoria airport

The tower, to be completed in 2027, is expected to have state-of-the-art technology and better sightlines
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Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — As a fast-growing wildfire bore down on Fort Nelson, B.C., Ariel Keating, her girlfriend, their dog Louie and their cat Macaroni joined a sluggish convoy of evacuees heading south on Sunday.
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Colliers hired to develop plan for former Oak Bay Lodge property

Colliers hired to develop plan for former Oak Bay Lodge property

The goal is to look at how to develop the rocky 1.6-hectare property on Cadboro Bay Road
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First Peoples House at UVic closes after staff threatened with a knife

First Peoples House at UVic closes after staff threatened with a knife

Police and campus security responded and a suspect was arrested.
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B.C. Ferries makes single-user washrooms all-gender, with free menstrual products

B.C. Ferries makes single-user washrooms all-gender, with free menstrual products

The change will apply to single-user washrooms in terminals and on most of its vessels.
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Millions of dollars added to heat-pump rebates program; see if you qualify

Millions of dollars added to heat-pump rebates program; see if you qualify

Qualifying British Columbians could “essentially get a free heat pump through this program,” said Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Josie Osbourne
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