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What are earthquake aftershocks?
Aftershocks can be felt following a strong earthquake. CBC News explains what they are and what you can expect.
Pounding rain, damaging winds expected to batter parts of B.C. through Wednesday
Environment Canada has issued warnings for much of Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and eastern and northern sections of Metro Vancouver.
B.C. physicians' group calls on province to create space in hospitals for overdose prevention
An unsanctioned overdose prevention site has been set up near the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, where volunteers with experience in recognizing and responding to drug overdoses will be on hand.
Fatal parking lot crash involving modified truck leads to RCMP warning
RCMP are warning drivers with modified vehicles to check they're within legal limits, after a dangerous driving charge was laid against a Nanaimo, B.C. woman following a fatal parking lot crash.
Paddleboarder ordered to pay $2,500 for getting too close to orcas near Ucluelet, B.C.
A video of the woman approaching the whales was posted to YouTube and later used as evidence in court. The judge ruled it didn't matter that the paddleboarder didn't know she wasn't allowed to get so close.
Victoria residents vote in favour of plan to replace city's only public pool
Victoria residents gave the city the go-ahead to borrow up to $168.9 million to build a new Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre.
World-renowned Tsimshian artist's carving found by his B.C. neighbours on a sailboat in Mexico
A couple from Hazelton, B.C., says an unusual discovery while purchasing a boat in Mexico has instilled them with a sense of destiny for an upcoming round-the-world sailing trip.
Bus operators in B.C.'s Cowichan Valley walk off the job
Bus operators in Vancouver Island's Cowichan Valley walked off the job on Saturday morning as labour talks with their employer broke down.
New remote scale helps weigh biscuit-eating endangered marmots
Researchers say they have noticed anecdotally that providing biscuits to the marmots has increased breeding. They hope being able to weigh the marmots regularly will provide more concrete data.
Friend calls for charges in date-rape drugging that hospitalized her and killed Victoria teen
The reclassification of a teen’s 2021 drug death to homicide is inspiring her friend to share her story from the night where they were both given GHB — commonly known as a date-rape drug.
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'Death dealers': Toxic-drug traffickers should face murder charges, victims' families say
As threats of U.S tariffs place renewed attention on the deadly flow of fentanyl, the CBC looks at efforts to hold dealers directly accountable for the deaths they cause.
B.C. addictions doctor resigns after trying to set up overdose prevention site in Nanaimo
Dr. Jess Wilder says she was being investigated and placed on leave in her push for overdose prevention sites, which included setting up an unsanctioned pop-up on hospital property in Nanaimo.
Nanaimo woman who murdered, dismembered ex-boyfriend gets life with no parole for 12 years
Paris Laroche told undercover officers the abuse she suffered from Sidney Mantee drove her to kill him
B.C. has effectively made police liaisons in schools mandatory: human rights commissioner
The human rights commissioner is calling for a study on the effectiveness of school liaisons after the province fired the Victoria School Board.
Some B.C. schools cancel in-person learning as snow batters South Coast, Vancouver Island
Some post-secondary schools in B.C. have moved to online learning Tuesday as snow continues to batter the Lower Mainland.
B.C. cold snap and snowfall prompts school closures, extreme weather warnings Monday
Several Metro Vancouver schools had a snow day on Monday, and Environment Canada is warning of extreme cold weather in other parts of the province.
Snowfall warning issued for Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island
Environment Canada is warning of snow and wintry weather for B.C.'s South Coast starting Saturday night, in what will be the region's first widespread snowfall of the season.
Heavy rain pummels B.C. South Coast, snow expected in other parts of the province
Heavy rain currently soaking B.C.’s South Coast will stick around till Friday night, as Environment and Climate Change Canada warns the region could be hit with cold temperatures and snow into next week.
B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools
British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies.
Sea otter off Vancouver Island prime suspect in river otter deaths. Researchers say that's not unusual
Male sea otters that are not sexually or socially mature 'don't get access to females," which, in turn, frustrates the otter; it will attack and try to copulate with other animals, according to biologist Jane Watson.
B.C. court finds Criminal Code 1st-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
Supreme Court justice rules that a section of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because it treats all offenders convicted of first-degree murder the same, regardless of the number of people they kill.
B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
The 2021 deferral already extended to Feb. 1, 2025, now stretches to Sept. 30, 2026.
Sonia Furstenau stepping down as B.C. Green Party leader
Furstenau lost her seat in the legislature in last year's provincial election. She has served as leader since 2020 and as an MLA since 2017.
Mount Arrowsmith has been a landmark for centuries. Now, it could anchor Port Alberni's future
Mount Arrowsmith is one of the first things you see when you come over the hump of the Alberni Summit and descend into the valley. The mountain has long held an important place in local First Nations histories — but is also playing an important role in the future of the city.
Hereditary chief Bill Wilson, father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dead
The Kwakwaka'wakw hereditary chief once faced off with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in heated constitutional talks in the 1980s, and eventually helped get Indigenous title to land and treaty rights enshrined in the Constitution.