Albas said he is glad the commission chose B.C’s interior instead of Vancouver Island, which had the same population growth as the interior.

Source: https://www.merrittherald.com/merritt-to-incorporate-kamloops-federal-electoral-boundary-new-mp-possible/

An online fundraiser has been started to help out the family of Mike Leier, whose body was found near Sooke last weekend in a suspicious death that the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) is now investigating.

Source: https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/fundraiser-set-up-for-incredible-person-as-sooke-police-investigate-suspicious-death/

A snowfall warning is also in place for East Vancouver Island, Duncan to Fanny Bay, Southern Gulf Islands near Galiano and Valdes Islands, Malahat Highway, and Greater Victoria.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9516712/snowfall-warning-metro-vancouver-island-tuesday/

A Vancouver Island University criminology student will prowl neighbourhoods around Northfield Road to gauge sentiment about crime in the area.

Source: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-residents-can-raise-crime-concerns-at-upcoming-safety-walk/

Canadian James Donald Inches, whose family lives on Vancouver Island, had once flown JP843 in July 1944.

Source: https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/comox-valley-group-rebuilding-war-time-fighter-bomber/

Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/6-week-old-kitten-with-broken-infected-leg-discovered-in-vancouver-garage-1.6461716

Chteinberg lives in Tahsis, B.C., a remote community on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/amazon-returns-watch-missing-1.7046767?cmp=rss

Clear-cut trees are visible across the heavily forested mountainside that makes up the Fairy Creek injunction area on Vancouver Island.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/savage-patch-fairy-creek-1.6941401?cmp=rss

Construction is set to begin on a new Vancouver Island Regional Library branch in the Village of Masset that will include a learning space dedicated to sharing and preserving the local Indigenous language.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/haida-language-immersion-lab-virl-1.6986726?cmp=rss

Deborah Marshall, the organization’s executive director of public affairs, told CTV News Monday morning that she expects it to be particularly busy on the three routes between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, as well as Langdale and Horseshoe Bay.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-ferries-braces-for-easter-monday-rush-in-the-wake-of-weather-triggered-cancellations-1.6349031

European green crabs have posed a problem off the coast of Vancouver Island for decades now, and while current conservation efforts have focused on deep freezing them and throwing them in a landfill, some suggest eating them instead.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/crab-food-environment-1.6900845?cmp=rss

Following the departure of former coach Gaelen Patterson, the club announced that Brad Knight has been hired as the Bombers’ next head coach and general manager for the upcoming Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) season.

Source: https://www.albernivalleynews.com/sports/vijhl-port-alberni-bombers-hire-new-coach-for-2023-24-season/

For B.C.’s South Coast the snow pack is 70 per cent of normal — down 36 per cent from last year — while on Vancouver Island, it’s at 62 per cent of normal, and Upper Fraser West is the lowest in the province at 50 per cent of normal.

Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/snow-pack-bc-below-normal

Four years ago, Deanna Pfeifer had no idea discovering a dead owl in her Saanich, B.C., neighbourhood on Vancouver Island would lead her to become one of the staunchest advocates in the province for banning poisons meant to control rats and mice.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-rodenticide-ban-sgars-feature-1.6722241?cmp=rss

He said his sympathies extend to farmers on Vancouver Island as well, who face the additional challenge of needing some supplies shipped in via ferry, adding to the costs already impacted by inflation.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9834742/bc-farmers-drought-impacts-summer-2023/

Hubs will be located in four regions of British Columbia: the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Interior and northern B.C. In the Interior region, hubs will be based in Kamloops, Kelowna, Cranbrook and Williams Lake.

Source: https://1029rewindradio.ca/2023/04/12/province-stepping-up-efforts-to-combat-repeat-violent-offenders-in-rural-bc/

Hul'q'umi'num' (pronounced HALK-uh-ME-num) is spoken by many nations including the Cowichan and Snuneymuxw on Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh and Sumas on the mainland.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pentl-ach-officially-declared-a-living-language-added-to-b-c-list-of-first-nations-languages-1.7045803?cmp=rss

“I love this one,” said Kelsey Spannier, from Victoria-based Vancouver Island Brewing.

Source: https://www.eaglevalleynews.com/community/cheers-okanagan-fest-of-ale-returns-indoors-welcomes-thousands-in-penticton/

In all, the Boundary Commission is proposing six new B.C. ridings – one each in Burnaby, Surrey, Langley, and Vancouver, one in the Langford area on Vancouver Island, and one near Kelowna – taking the total to 93.

Source: https://www.radionl.com/2023/04/17/ashcroft-mayor-unhappy-with-changes-to-provincial-electoral-boundaries/

Inmates who request kosher meals at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre also have it supplied by the Appels–including 16 loaves of bread per month.

Source: https://thecjn.ca/arts/my-way-bikery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-way-bikery