15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (130+ words) Two people on board a sinking fishing vessel were rescued by B.C. Ferries crews Sunday afternoon near Tsawwassen. The Spirit of British Columbia and Coastal Renaissance launched rescue boats to help the pair, who were in distress in the water, said…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (355+ words) Spectators waved Mexican flags and sang along with a mariachi band as a Mexican Navy tall ship arrived at the Canadian Coast Guard base in Victoria on Saturday morning. The ARM Cuauhtémoc sailed into port with cadets stationed along its…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (538+ words) The Langford-based Canadian men’s rugby team gave world No. 9 Fiji a good run Saturday in Osaka, Japan, but fell 45-29 in the Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2026 semifinals. Canada and Fiji will see each other again next year in group play…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (359+ words) British Columbia's wildfire season appears to be winding down, with more than 50 fires declared out over the past week and no major fires of note remaining as the autumn equinox approaches. Just three of about 100 blazes across the province are…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (348+ words) Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in the province. The group called…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (558+ words) The decision to build four major B.C. Ferries vessels in China was a failure of planning and a “blatant contradiction” of the province’s call to buy Canadian amid recent trade tensions, says the lead author of a new report on the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (510+ words) EDMONTON — Canada's Army formally made one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades Thursday by shifting from divisions based on geography to ones built around specific purposes. CFB Edmonton held a signing ceremony and parade to stand up…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1127+ words) Re: “Saanich taxes employers out. Then it asks how we’re doing,” ­commentary, Sept. 6. Industrial Plastics and Paints, a 75-year-old local employer, reports the assessed land value for their site as rising from $3.9 million in 2021 to $7 million in 2025, almost an 80 per…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (424+ words) CALGARY — Fuel prices tend to ease off around this time of year, but one industry expert says drivers should expect no such relief this time. "Traditionally, gas prices decline after Labour Day as gasoline demand slowly tapers off and we…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (613+ words) The Conservative Party of B.C. may have lost nine legislators since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader, but some of her supporters are applauding the defections they say will help discipline the party and sharpen differences with the governing NDP. Former B.C. Conservative candidate…...