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Access to some parts of the B.C. backcountry will likely be "restricted" this summer as assessments are still underway.

The Rainforest Flying Squad — the group behind the blockades — recently broke down the last of its publicly accessible camps near Port Renfrew due to winter conditions.

The water supply line running across the Ucluelet Inlet to the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ (Ucluelet) First Nation will have to be completely replaced, the District of Ucluelet announced Saturday in a public notice.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she’s “thrilled” with the new model, which aims to address the needs of people with overlapping mental-health challenges, substance-use issues, trauma and acquired brain injuries.

The online #StandWithUkraine campaign is meant to bring awareness to the looming threat of a Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Dr. Bonnie Henry’s advice: “All of us need to routinely check ourselves every day, self-monitor, and if we have symptoms that might be COVID, that might be influenza, that might be a cold, we need to stay home until we feel better. Right now, with the level of transmission in our ­communities, we all need to assume that we have been in contact with somebody with the virus.”

"I thought they were probably on drugs," court told

109 containers knocked into sea in October off coast of Vancouver Island

Post-secondary admissions will be not affected by the cancellations, the Education Ministry said, and those not planning on early graduation will be able to take their assessments in April or June.

Seaspan’s cargo ferries bring an estimated 50 per cent of goods to Vancouver Island, transporting everything from groceries to building materials.