6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (841+ words) Crown prosecutors in a double-murder trial say multiple, converging strands of circumstantial evidence, including forensic evidence and video footage, prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Christopher Cathcart stabbed two people to death within an hour of one another nearly four…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago  (562+ words) For nine-year-old Quinton Ramsay, the best part about Canada is maple syrup. "Here, there are no tornadoes," he added, listing the best parts about growing up in Victoria. His great-grandmother, Val Utman, brought Quinton to the Gorge Canada Day Picnic…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (194+ words) Five people were rescued off Saturna Island on Monday after a boat struck a reef and capsized. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said the incident unfolded about 5 p. m. near Winter Cove on the northwest side of the southern Gulf Island. The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (293+ words) New B. C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed toward her loyalists. Milobar, who stood against Findlay in the leadership race…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (776+ words) Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer set out from Vancouver's Coal Harbour on Sunday morning to embark on their annual months-long sailing trip aboard their 33-foot yacht Malaika. But within hours they were undertaking a harrowing rescue of survivors from a…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (104+ words) Victoria police are investigating a hit-and-run early Tuesday at Cook Street and Caledonia Avenue that left a pedestrian with serious injuries. Police said an emergency call was received about 1 a. m. for medical assistance. It was determined about 30 minutes later that the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (617+ words) An attempt by a Richmond company to reopen a landmark Aboriginal title case after the original trial lasted more than 500 days is an "abuse of process for relitigation" and will not be allowed, a B. C. Supreme Court judge ruled this week....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (290+ words) The Public Health Agency of Canada says the self-isolation period is over for people who were exposed to a deadly hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship in April. The federal agency also said in a social media post…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (318+ words) OTTAWA " Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has shuffled his front bench lineup and named Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn as the party's new ethics critic. Gunn, who represents North Island-Powell River, takes over the ethics and government accountability role from Ontario…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (247+ words) Two men have been charged in a case involving alleged sexual assault and human trafficking in Victoria. Victoria police say the incident began in Nanaimo on June 19 and took place over two days. A young woman was driven by a…...