Vancouver Island, British Columbia

The virus that begins with fever and convulsions, kills rabbits within 36 hours and has already caused the deaths of hundreds of feral rabbits on Vancouver Island and in Delta. B.C.'s chief veterinary officer says vaccines will be imported from France to curb an ongoing disease killing rabbits in the province.

The beginning of April kicks off with spring sunshine for Vancouver Island. Posted By: Ceilidh Millaron: April 01, 2018 In: CHEK, News, Weather. WATCH: The Island is welcoming April with partly sunny skies. Ceilidh Millar has your long-range forecast. Please enable Javascript to watch this video. Can you believe it's ...

VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – The death of a 13-year-old girl from Esquimalt has the province's lead physician offering assurances it's extremely rare for someone so young to die from strep throat. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the invasive form of bacteria that killed Robin Carey usually ...

The First Nations Health Authority and Island Health are warning the public following confirmed cases of Vibrio cholera infection associated with eating herring eggs. Island Health it is investigating confirmed cases of cholera contracted by people on Vancouver Island after one confirmed case and two ...

The First Nations Health Authority and Island Health issued a public warning on March 22 after four confirmed cases of cholera on Vancouver Island linked to the ... Health authorities are advising people not to eat herring eggs from French Creek to Qualicum Bay on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Rare cholera outbreak on Vancouver Island: 'We have not seen this before'. A medical health officer said the individuals likely contracted the illness after eating herring eggs harvested on the coast of Vancouver Island. Share on Facebook. Tweet ...

Despite Tofino and Ucluelet's evolution into what many now call Hollywood North, a stylish retreat for actors and film execs involved in big-screen projects on Vancouver Island, the region—bordered by the 150,000-acre Pacific Rim National Park – has managed to retain its 1960's hippie vibe and laid-back, ...

A nasty family feud has erupted in a million-dollar lawsuit with one cousin accusing others of cheating him out of his share of a thriving Vancouver Island fitness-club chain for the equivalent of a roll of loonies, $25. A former corporate solicitor at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Khaled Shariff claims in B.C. ...

The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA) has launched a new initiative aimed at increasing the strength of the local food economy. Titled 'Island Good,' the initiative will run March through mid-September in Quality Foods, Thrifty Foods, Country Grocer, and 49th Parallel stores. In all stores of the ...

Actor Chris Hemsworth took time off from filming in Vancouver this weekend to catch some waves on the island. The Australian actor posted a photo of himself wearing a wet suit in Tofino. “Not sure if we're robbing banks or surfing but it's damn cold in Canada. Well worth it though, what a beautiful place,” ...

The Nanaimo Astronomy Society's guest speaker for its March meeting will discuss the history of Victoria's Dominion Astrophysical Observatory that put Vancouver Island on the map while mapping our place in the cosmos and, with a 1.83-metre aperture, was for a brief time the world's largest optical ...

WATCH: The clouds will start to creep in late Sunday across the Island. Ceilidh Millar has your long-range forecast. Please enable Javascript to watch this video. We'll be saying farewell to winter and welcoming spring with some sunshine on Tuesday. The clouds will start to move in during the evening ...

The survey of 1,200 British Columbians was taken for the province to gauge the knowledge and preparedness of residents of particular hazards to their communities. 250 people were polled from Vancouver Island and 80 per cent listed earthquakes as a hazard that most concerns them. An extended power ...

A golden welcome awaited Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe as her return to the Comox Valley kicked off community events and of course some time on the slopes following her impressive success at PyeongChang 2018. FOR THE FULL STORY. COMOX: 1,000 pieces of pi. Comox Valley student Jack ...

If you are a little further up Vancouver Island, there is the Comox Valley Farmers' Market, open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Native Sons Hall. “We provide a lot of variety for our customers, so there's something from the smallest little customer to the oldest customers,” Comox Valley Farmers' ...

An all-female taxi service is preparing to launch on Vancouver Island, in a growing trend across the country of women-specific transportation services popping up in an industry typically dominated by men. A group of female taxi drivers in Sooke came up with the idea of starting Women on Wheels after ...

The province is providing post-secondary schools $5.4 million for new equipment for trades and tech students, with three Vancouver Island institutions among the recipients. Camosun College is getting $500,000 while North Island College and Vancouver Island University will each receive $310,455.

A Vancouver Island trucker is being credited with helping to save a woman's life after he spotted her lying on the side of the road on Tuesday night. Gord Price was driving along the Island Highway from Chemainus to Nanaimo when he saw a crumpled pile on the side of the road just after 12:30 a.m..

Sun pillar at Vancouver Island. By Deborah Byrd in Today's Image | March 14, 2018. Sun pillars happen when sunlight reflects from plate-like ice crystals, drifting through Earth's atmosphere with a horizontal orientation, gently rocking from side to side as they fall. Photo taken March 12, 2018, by Wally Roth, near Lantzville, ...

Island Health says Robin Carey, 13, had invasive group A strep when she died on Friday. The health authority on Vancouver Island has issued an advisory to those who were at Oceanside Baseball Camp in Parksville, B.C., with Carey last week, asking them to see a doctor if they experience symptoms of ...