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VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease.

Creston RCMP were at one house three times and other locations with search warrants. Prohibited weapons, illicit drugs, evidence of drug trafficking and stolen property were found.

The city employee was asked to leave the office 'temporarily' after returning from a trip to Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UVic president Kevin Hall’s statement follows an incident Tuesday in which a man went into the First Peoples House on campus and threatened people with a knife.

The mayor and two remaining councillors were set to hold a special meeting at 6:45 a.m. on Thursday to give fourth and final reading to the necessary bylaws

VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation says it has lost faith in federal plans to remove open net-pens from the province’s ocean salmon farms and is reluctantly relaunching legal action it had on hold that challenges Fisheries Department aquacult

Police say they have received reports of teens in vehicles shooting at unsuspecting pedestrians with water gel blasters or airsoft guns

The district doesn’t want to allow secondary and garden suites outside the urban containment boundary

VICTORIA — Justina Elias says she didn't know about the connection legendary Canadian writer Alice Munro had to the Victoria, B.C., bookstore that bears her name, but she quickly found out.

VICTORIA — Three school districts in British Columbia will start one-stop child-care programs at local elementary schools this fall.