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Rental prices seem to be taking a dip in B.C. as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its 2025 Rental Market Report, which showed that Greater Victoria’s vacancy rate rose to 3.3 per cent, the highest it’s been since 1999. According to the report, Victoria faces similar demographic trends to Vancouver with outflows […]

Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation (CCR) is celebrating the environmental and economic success to-date of its Palmer Project which is rehabilitating forests devastated by the 2017 wildfires. “This work is imperative if we want to have healthy forests in the future,” said Percy Guichon, CEO of CCR, in a press release. The project targets lands near Palmer

Dear Editor, I’m warning pedestrians and motorists at this time of year (dark, often raining), to avoid becoming a statistic, as I almost was Dec. 12 at 7:25 pm. My husband, our dog, and I were at the crosswalk at Park Road and Bonson Road (the north bit of Bonson just before the Lougheed Highway).

When an endangered B.C. southern resident orca was spotted with a fresh wound at the base of its dorsal fin, alarm bells rang. Because of a recent spate of vessel strikes in B.C. waters that have injured humpback whales – which may have resulted in three deaths – there were immediate concerns the orca may

WARNING: The following story contains content which some readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised. Surrey police believe there may be more victims as they investigate a man and woman suspected of child exploitation. The Surrey RCMP Special Victims Unit started an investigation in October 2024 involving alleged offences that started in 2021 related to