Maryse Zeidler

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Maryse Zeidler is a reporter for CBC News on Vancouver Island. You can reach her at maryse.zeidler@cbc.ca.

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Striking Vancouver Island transit workers to vote on mediator recommendations

The strike, which began on Feb. 8 and is the longest transit contract dispute in the province's history, affects about 50 regular and HandyDART bus drivers, maintenance workers and cleaners in the region north of Victoria. 

Island Health launches estimated ER wait times website

The webpage launched on July 3 and also includes information about other resources available for people seeking same-day care, like the region's urgent primary care centres. 

Nanaimo, B.C., debates joining municipalities that ban invasive species

The City of Nanaimo might soon join a list of municipalities that prohibit the sale and distribution of invasive plants, in absence of province-wide laws on the matter. 

Victoria passes 1st hurdle to approve community safety and well-being plan

City councillors in Victoria have voted to endorse a 79-page plan that aims to address issues around public disorder and a "diminished sense of community safety and well-being."

B.C. mom picks up her son's ADHD medication, is given an opioid instead

A mother on Vancouver Island is warning people to double check their prescriptions after she was accidentally dispensed the powerful opioid hydromorphone instead of her son's regular ADHD medication. 

B.C. given C+ housing grade by task force — but builders say cities need to step up

British Columbia is falling short when it comes to building new homes, according to a new report on housing across the country — and some leaders in the housing sector agree with the report's findings. 

1 month later, a Lapu-Lapu Day witness and victim reflect on their experiences

Witnesses and those who were injured at the event say they are still recovering — mentally and physically — from what they saw and experienced. 

B.C. driver charged after homeless woman struck and seriously injured while sleeping

A B.C. driver has been arrested and charged after a homeless woman was struck while sleeping in a back alley in Campbell River, B.C., last November, police say.

Police say naked man arrested after alleged assault on stranger in B.C.

Const. Sam Zacharias with the Port Moody Police Department said several 911 calls came in about the assault, which allegedly took place at Rocky Point Plaza shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday night. 

B.C. releases recommendations to accelerate new housing in Oak Bay and West Vancouver

B.C.'s Housing Ministry has released two reports with recommendations to build more homes in two affluent suburbs of Greater Vancouver and Victoria.