Category Archives: British Columbia

Tattoo artist transforms scars of trauma survivors into empowering masterpieces
VANCOUVER - Clients with scars from traumatic surgeries, suicide attempts and abuse are turning to a Vancouver tattoo artist for healing inside and out. Auberon Wolf designs tattoos around cut lines f...
Kayla Derkach Mar 28, 2016

B.C.’s Wild Pacific Trail, a magical, powerful edge-of-ocean hike
UCLUELET, B.C. - Oyster Jim says walking Vancouver Island's Wild Pacific Trail is a journey along the edge of the open Pacific Ocean, with its majesty, power and beauty in full view. Many agree, as th...
Kayla Derkach Mar 28, 2016

Search for two missing fishermen off Vancouver Island scaled back
VICTORIA - The search for two missing crab fishermen off the west coast of Vancouver Island has been scaled back after no trace of the men has been found. They set out Friday from Port Renfrew but wer...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2016

Police say sexual assault may be related to other incidents at UBC
VANCOUVER - Police say a 20-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted on the University of British Columbia campus. Police say the woman was walking alone Friday night when a man suddenly came out of...
Kayla Derkach Mar 26, 2016

Worker dead after incident at Nanaimo, B.C., pulp mill
NANAIMO, B.C. - A man is dead after an incident at a Nanaimo, B.C., pulp mill. RCMP Sgt. Cam Muir says officers were called to the industrial site for reports of an accident early Friday morning. They...
Kayla Derkach Mar 26, 2016

Missing senior located by Shuswap SAR
UPDATED: The missing man has been located. SALMON ARM, B.C. The Salmon Arm RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating, Calvin Erickson, 75 years old of Salmon Arm. Family members reported ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 26, 2016

Dead killer whale calf found floating near Sooke, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A dead killer whale calf has been found floating near Sooke, B.C. The federal fisheries department received reports Thursday about a whale's body floating near the Vancouver Island communi...
Kayla Derkach Mar 25, 2016

Animal rights group urges Victoria council to ban horse-drawn carriages
VICTORIA - A ride in a horse-drawn carriage through the Victorian-era neighbourhoods of British Columbia's capital city is a time-honoured tourist draw, but an animal rights group wants the businesses...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2016

B.C. woman is killed in chain-reaction crash where truck dumps its load
AGASSIZ, B.C. - The Mounties were investigating a fatal three-vehicle accident on Highway 7 in Agassiz, B.C., that happened early Thursday morning. RCMP say a car driven by a 31-year-old man from Agas...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2016

Popular Victoria shop makes list of top 10 bookstores on the planet
VICTORIA - When it comes to world-class bookstores, a top 10 list from National Geographic speaks volumes, and that list now includes a literary treasure in Victoria. Munro's Books, in Victoria's Old ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2016

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