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A woman was injured Thursday afternoon when her vehicle went off the ramp at the Mayne Island ferry terminal and landed upside down on rocks. Mayne Island Fire Chief Steve DeRousie said it took about 40 minutes to extricate the female driver.

B.C. politicians will head to work in less than two weeks, the Liberal government says. The legislature will reconvene June 26 for a short throne speech, said Liberal house leader Mike de Jong.

Fire crews were sent to the Tudor House Pub in Esquimalt in the mid-afternoon on Thursday after reports of smoke coming from the basement area. Firefighters investigated but no source of smoke could be pinpointed.

Port Alberni RCMP, WorkSafeBC and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating a fatal work accident that occurred in the Alberni Valley Tuesday afternoon at a logging sort area near Snug Basin, situated at the end of Uchucklesaht Inlet.

Two men who police say are among their “highest priority targets” on south Vancouver Island have been linked with the seizure of a “pharmacy” of illegal drugs valued at $542,000. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of B.C.

Langford Fire Rescue put out a house fire late Wednesday afternoon after a father and a his 10-year-old daughter spotted smoke coming from a residence on Falcon Heights Road. They called 911 shortly before 5 p.m.

We’re all used to people going back and finding the yearbook quotes of famous people. But only in this age of global communication could your yearbook quote make you famous almost instantly.

The findings of new study showing an exponential increase in the number of B.C. youth prescribed antipsychotic drugs for non-approved uses are alarming, says the president of the B.C. Medical Association.

Life on the street is becoming increasingly difficult for 75-year-old Gwyn Rees, who is coping with a large cut over one eye and bruises on his face after being beaten up last week.

The kindness of strangers is making a difference for Dave Inglis, who was paralyzed from the chest down last fall after being struck by a falling tree at Elk Lake.