Local News

B.C.’s two main political parties are digging themselves out of debt after a hard-fought, multimillion-dollar May provincial election campaign, financial records show. Both the B.C. Liberal Party and B.C.

A campfire ban is being lifted for Courtenay and points north on Vancouver Island. The prohibition on campfires and other open fires remains in effect on the rest of Vancouver Island.

The daughter of a Campbell River woman murdered by Robert Pickton has launched a civil lawsuit against the serial killer, his brother, the Crown, the RCMP and the Vancouver police.

A local masonry company will begin the restoration of gravestones in Pioneer Square in September as part of a $700,000 redevelopment of the historic park.

The Beaver float plane that crashed near Tofino Friday was powered by the original piston engine, which has long been out of production, said David Curtis, CEO of Viking Air.

Canada’s transportation minister has promised Vancouver Island rail proponents that she will talk to Via Rail about a protracted dispute over the future of local passenger rail service.

Saanich police say the man who punched a woman in an unprovoked attack on the Galloping Goose Trail on Aug. 14 may be responsible for a second attack on the same day.

Saltspring Island acupuncturist Lali Formaggia is recovering in Royal Jubilee Hospital from injuries sustained in an Aug. 16 float-plane crash northwest of Tofino, that killed the pilot and a passenger.

Victoria police are asking anyone who recorded the arrest of a man at Douglas and Yates streets in Victoria on Saturday to come forward. The 36-year-old man was arrested about 6 p.m. after allegedly threatening people with a knife.

The deputy director of Greater Victoria’s sewage treatment megaproject has had his contract extended until the end of the year.