Dungeness crabs are the second most valuable invertebrate fishery on the West Coast of Canada and an important food source for coastal First Nations, but researchers warn they may now be facing some threats.

B.C. Ferries has drawn the ire of federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland for its decision to contract a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels for its passenger fleet.

Samantha Beynon is a Nisga'a educator and the author of a newly released children's book, Celebrating Potlatches. The official book launch is scheduled for June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria.

The man was fined after being found guilty of violating regulations around approaching marine mammals in November 2024.

Charleigh Pollock's mother says the family has gone through a roller-coaster of emotions since learning the B.C. government has pulled funding for the drug their daughter needs for the rare and terminal condition known as Batten disease.

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."

The B.C. government said Wednesday it will be pulling funding for an extremely expensive drug used by one person in the province — a young Vancouver Island girl. 

The pacific division of Canadian Armed Forces is running military exercises around Vancouver Island from June 16 to 29, with participation from the United States and Mexico. Warships, aircraft and a submarine will be operating off the south Island and west of Tofino.

Ucluelet Fire Rescue is investigating the cause of fire at the shipwrecked vessel, which is part of the 'Graveyard of the Pacific.'

When Raymond Dimmitt’s athletic career didn’t pan out as planned, he had to change course. Now he’s making a documentary about athletes realizing they might never go pro.

Residents of Texada Island, B.C., are split over the fate of a grizzly bear that has already been relocated twice.

Business owners in Vancouver and Victoria are frustrated with public safety issues in the downtown cores.

In a public hearing ordered by the police complaint commissioner, retired judge Wally Oppal ruled Sergeant Ron Kirkwood should be suspended without pay for seven days for shooting plastic bullets at Lisa Rauch in 2019. Rauch was hit in the head and died a few days later. Oppal also made several recommendations to the Victoria Police Department.

A Nanaimo, B.C., man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after an arson attack at an Ukrainian priest's home in Victoria.

In 2020, parents of a 12-year-old Saanich girl went to police after finding sexually explicit messages on their daughter's phone and computer from an unknown individual. 

Domestic buyers make up only a small share of the market, but this year it was an important one, with China's 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian seafood putting a pinch on exports.

A B.C. woman has been charged with first-degree murder four years after the death of her husband. 

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. 

A mill worker at Catalyst Pulp and Paper Mill in Crofton, B.C., on Vancouver Island has died after an incident involving a piece of heavy equipment, according to RCMP.

The B.C. government has announced 10 new communities that will be expected to meet set housing targets.

The first Pride events of the season are happening on Vancouver Island this weekend — with street festivals, drag shows, and even a car wash. By the end of the summer, 2SLGBTQ+ folks will have celebrated Pride in nearly 20 island communities.