Bizarrely, it’s the second search for a boa constrictor on Vancouver Island in the past month, after a 1.8-metre boa named Bailey was reported missing at Tofino’s Chesterman Beach in early June.

Put away your cellphone and spend your summer eating s’mores, working on your backstroke, or taking up archery. These resorts ...

Seated on a stout wall between the beach and the playground at Cadboro Bay, Trish Fougner tries to envision a pup frolicking in the water on-leash. “Dogs have nowhere to go to just cool off,” the vice ...

Only five ladies per country are chosen to compete in the World Ladies Fly Fishing Championship. Lucinda van Niekerk from Dullstroom, is one of the South African team.

Wednesday's out-of-control wildfire at Harris Creek now spans seven hectares, says the BC Wildfire Service.

Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a ...

Exercise TRIDENT FURY 2025 (Ex TF25) concluded yesterday following two weeks of multinational training activities conducted across southern Vancouver Island. The exercise brought together over 1,000 ...

Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets By Canadian Press on July 3, 2025.

Vessels were on Vancouver Island as part of biennial Maritime Forces Pacific training exercise ...

The vessels were participating in Exercise Trident Fury, a biennial training event that Maritime Forces Pacific puts on every two years off the west coast. More activity could be seen on the west side ...