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A private island off North Saanich is for sale — it's yours for $7 million

A private island off North Saanich is for sale — it's yours for $7 million

6.2-acre island features sandy beach, dock, boathouse, deep-water moorage, paths through park-like woods, a caretaker’s house at the dock, plus a main house and four cabins near a man-made lake
Virtual reality training scenarios put police officers in shoes of people having their worst day

Virtual reality training scenarios put police officers in shoes of people having their worst day

Axon, a U.S.-based company that showed off its products in Victoria this week, can put police in the shoes of a person in crisis in its VR training
ICYMI: Meet Allan Rutherford: The man behind 1,000 free manicures at Squamish's Hilltop House

ICYMI: Meet Allan Rutherford: The man behind 1,000 free manicures at Squamish's Hilltop House

From personal loss to touching many hands with kindness, one local's story of volunteering in Squamish care home inspires a community with hope and beauty.
ICYMI: CapU announces student dorm purchase in Squamish

ICYMI: CapU announces student dorm purchase in Squamish

Three dorms cost $55 million with $48 million coming from the provincial government.
Opinion: The trouble with activism

Opinion: The trouble with activism

'Like with most ultimatums, chances are you will not like the answer'
Comment: Do this to save killer whales and wild salmon from extinction

Comment: Do this to save killer whales and wild salmon from extinction

Pausing ocean-based chinook fisheries in Alaska and B.C. would immediately increase chinook abundance for southern resident killer whales by 25 per cent.
B.C. animal rights activists make last pitch to avoid prison for mischief on Abbotsford hog farm

B.C. animal rights activists make last pitch to avoid prison for mischief on Abbotsford hog farm

Animal rights activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer face a prison sentence for breaking into a hog farm and filming conditions they say amount to animal cruelty.
12-year prison term proposed for home invasion manslaughter of Vancouver senior

12-year prison term proposed for home invasion manslaughter of Vancouver senior

Pascal Jean Claude Bouthillette pleaded guilty to manslaughter of Usha Singh, after he and a co-accused committed a home invasion.
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre to celebrate National Indigenous History Month

Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre to celebrate National Indigenous History Month

Various cultural experiences will be on tap in June
'Forget about Willie': Victim's father reacts to death of B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton

'Forget about Willie': Victim's father reacts to death of B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton

Robert Pickton died in hospital Friday after he was assaulted in prison on May 19.