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Vancouver Island University: Student life on campus
An insider’s guide to the best place to live, campus food and more
The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island
Decades ago, wall lizards from the Mediterranean got a toehold near Victoria. Now they’re island-hopping.
How a smallpox epidemic forged modern British Columbia
In 1862, smallpox killed thousands of Indigenous people in B.C.—and what ensued sparked issues that the province still grapples with today
Vancouver Island’s election petri dish
Evan Solomon on how B.C. Greens might hamper the NDP’s federal chances
Balloon on the loose blamed for power outage on Vancouver Island
Nearly 2,000 residents in the city of Duncan on Vancouver Island were left without power over the weekend after a rogue promotional balloon blew away from a car dealership and got caught in a power line.
Court hears terrifying tale from crew on the sinking Queen of the North
VANCOUVER – Lynn Cloutier narrowly escaped being pulled to the bottom of the sea with the Queen of the North passenger ferry, but she was in no hurry to leave the sinking ship.
Long arm of the law works its funny bone
‘We aren’t a comedy show,’ Saanich detective says of quirky crime reports with a following
Don’t get this stuck to your shoes
C. Gattii has spread to B.C.’s Lower Mainland and Washington state
Touched by the flame
Reactions to the Olympic torch are remarkably intense
The third-best island in the world
Cape Breton beat not only P.E.I. and Vancouver—it beat Hawaii