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Vancouver Island Race Series kicks off registration for 2025 running
Oct 29, 2024 · Runners tackle a hill during this year’s Hatley Castle 8K in Colwood. Registration is now open for the Vancouver Island Race Series, and communities across the Island are gearing up to welcome an influx of runners and supporters.
Stanley Robert Sullivan - Obituary - Vancouver Island
Dec 12, 2024 · March 11, 1981 - November 20, 2024. In loving memory ~ It is with deep sadness and destroyed hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Stanley Robert Sullivan, who tragically left us on November 20, 2024.
Conservative motion, United divided, mourning Premier Dad: 2024 …
4 days ago · 2024 returned New Democrat David Eby to the Premier's Office with a single-seat majority, but also re-drew B.C. political landscape with the rise of the Conservative Party of B.C. under John Rustand and the fall of B.C. United. The central political event of 2024 was the provincial election campaign ...
Some Vancouver Island homes still dark as another storm heads …
Nov 22, 2024 · BC Hydro is warning customers in remote areas of north and south Vancouver Island that they may be without power for “a day or two longer,” as a second windstorm of the week moves across the B.C. coast.
Last of the Martin Mars dips its wingtips in water on Vancouver …
Nov 7, 2024 · 1 / 1 The Philippine Mars waterbomber hits the water at Sproat Lake for the first time since 2015. It is expected this final Martin Mars waterbomber will leave the Alberni Valley for Arizona in the next few weeks. (ROB FROLIC PHOTO) Advertisement
Vancouver Island urged to plan ahead for the next bout of wild …
Nov 22, 2024 · The cohesiveness of a community really stands out when blazing embers are blasting across the neighbourhood, according to a Vancouver Island emergency planning officer.
Quadra set to reopen as police probe blaze that rained fire on ...
Nov 22, 2024 · A major Saanich thoroughfare is set to reopen Friday morning, two days after a wind-fuelled building fire left a scattering of charred debris and melted street signs. The District of Saanich reports Quadra Street will reopen to single-lane traffic in both directions at 7 a.m. Friday. Quadra Street ...
90,000 without power, ferries cancelled as storm batters …
Nov 20, 2024 · About 90,000 Vancouver Island Hydro customers woke without power and ferries to the Lower Mainland cancelled across the board Wednesday morning.
VIDEO: Fire crews battle massive Saanich blaze amid high winds
Nov 20, 2024 · Quadra Street closure expected to extend into Thursday. 1 / 1 Saanich fire crews survey the damage done by a hot fire buffeted by high winds in the early hours of Nov. 20. Christine van Reeuwyk/Saanich News Advertisement