Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Burrowing success: Marmot Recovery Foundation works to give Vancouver Island marmots a paws-itive future

The foundation's wild observation count for 2023 was 303 marmots, following a baby boom last year of 59 pups.

Vancouver Island

Cameron Bluffs wildfire changed soil conditions, says ministry after Christmas closure

Latest Highway 4 interruption reignites interest in a long-term reliable detour to keep Alberni connected

Vancouver Island

Salmon SWAT teams deployed on Island to help fish during drought

BC teams aerated rivers and dug them into new directions in effort to prevent more salmon deaths

Vancouver Island

Victoria author Jean Paetkau killing it with her new murder mystery

Mark Brennae
November 3, 2023

She’s wanted to write a murder-mystery since she was 16. She did it in her early 50s

Vancouver Island

New clues help the quest for answers about Melissa McDevitt’s disappearance

By Tori Marlan
July 4, 2023

The 39-year-old has been missing since Dec. 9 after she embarked on a hike at Sea to Sea park in Sooke

Vancouver Island

Get to know who’s running for your local school board

There are three school districts across Greater Victoria and 47 candidates running

Vancouver Island

A ‘perfect location’ for Alone’s starvation, bear attacks, and mind games

By Tristan Wheeler
August 12, 2022

How Vancouver Island set the tone for a hit survival reality show