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Islanders most reluctant to lower residential speed limits, BC survey finds

Meanwhile, progress stalls on regional speed limit pilot projects

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Victoria is the non-binary capital of Canada

The city has Canada's highest proportion of transgender and non-binary residents, Statistics Canada finds

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Protester injured from ladder fall during Pat Bay Highway blockade

By Martin Bauman
June 13, 2022

One in hospital, four arrested following old-growth logging protest

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As Island seaweed industry grows, new report questions the carbon benefits

Report suggests seaweed could release more carbon than it stores, but scientific opinions differ

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Farnworth announces BC heat alert system, dodges questions on further policy changes

By Martin Bauman
June 6, 2022

‘This is not the silver bullet,’ he says, one year after heat killed 595 in BC

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Second Danbrook One engineer accused of contributing to the building's flaws

By Zoë Ducklow
June 7, 2022

The senior engineer is accused of unprofessional conduct and incompetence

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Vancouver Island is in a risk area for Lyme Disease. Here’s where the risk is highest.

Hanna Hett
June 3, 2022

Climate change has expanded the range of blacklegged ticks—but the Island still fares better than much of Canada