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Another school district on Vancouver Island has cut ties with a popular Christian summer camp after a teenager spoke out against the organization's staff agreement, which prohibits "homosexual behaviour" and calls it a "sexual sin."

B.C. school district cuts ties with summer camp over staff agreement that prohibits 'homosexual behaviour' | CBC News

Bankruptcy order will clear the way for 1,200 cheated investors to recover assets and a small fraction of the $226 million they are owed by disgraced mortgage broker Greg Martel.

Alleged Victoria Ponzi schemer ordered into personal bankruptcy | CBC News Bankruptcy order will clear the way for 1,200 cheated investors to recover a small fraction of the $226 million they are owed by disgraced mortgage broker Greg Martel.

CEO Nicolas Jimenez is repeating the same message that company representatives have been saying and buying ads for all summer: If you don't have a reservation, don't show up at a terminal in your vehicle.

B.C. Ferries sees uptick in foot passengers after advising drivers to avoid travel without reservation | CBC News With long-weekend ferry travel in full swing, B.C. Ferries is hoping that an upward trend in foot-passenger travel will continue.

Highway 4, the only road connecting Tofino, Port Alberni and Ucluelet to the rest of Vancouver Island, will reopen to two-way traffic Thursday at 5 p.m.

Highway 4 on Vancouver Island to reopen to 2-way traffic Thursday afternoon | CBC News Highway 4, the only road connecting Tofino, Port Alberni and Ucluelet to the rest of Vancouver Island, will reopen to two-way traffic at 5 p.m.

A CBC viewer from Arbutus Ridge filmed this lively pod of orcas splashing in the shallow waters of the Saanich Inlet from his backyard on Monday evening.

Pod of orcas spotted frolicking in the waters off Vancouver Island

Ashley Skeldoch may be travelling with a man who police say is known to be "extremely violent."

Nanaimo police searching for missing 24-year-old woman | CBC News Police in Nanaimo are asking the public for help finding 24-year-old Ashley Skeldoch, who has been missing since Tuesday.

"We need to preserve them," said Saya Masso, the natural resources manager with the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation of old-growth forests on the west coast of Vancouver Island. "And we need to do it in a manner that acknowledges these trees and mountains are bringing a service to the world."

30 years after Clayoquot Sound, old growth logging continues unabated: B.C. conservationists | CBC News Sierra Club B.C. says the logging of large old trees in verdant, bio-diverse forests on Vancouver Island has continued mostly unabated in the 30 years since one of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in Canada.

The provincial wildfire map shows at least seven new wildfires sparked by lightning on Monday, five of which are within Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.

Severe thunderstorm watch in place for much of Vancouver Island | CBC News A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for most of Vancouver Island Monday, adding to smoke and heat alerts that cover other parts of B.C.

"Based on what we learn from the very large releases [of radioactive water] that occurred when the [Fukushima nuclear plant] reactors first melted down in 2011, we don't expect that the additional radionuclides that will be added to the North Pacific ... will have any negative impact on our ecosystem here ... up and down the coast of British Columbia," said Jay Cullen, a University of Victoria professor of earth and ocean science.

Japan's discharge of radioactive water into Pacific Ocean unlikely to affect B.C., scientist says | CBC News University of Victoria ocean scientist Jay Cullen says Japan's discharge of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean won't have a negative effect on B.C.'s ecosystem, but Canada should keep monitoring radioactive isotopes in local waters.

Many people often consider learning other languages like French or Spanish. But what about SENĆOŦEN? The team at the QENTOL, YEN/ W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians Program has published a kids' book all about the killer whale or KELL̵OLEMEĆEN.

New book aims to restore connection between killer whales and SENĆOŦEN language Many people often consider learning other languages like French or Spanish. But what about SENĆOŦEN? The team at the QENTOL, YEN/ W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians Program has published a kids' book all about the killer whale or KELL̵OLEMEĆEN. The book teaches fun facts about orcas and their unique co...

A shortage of doctors at a Vancouver Island hospital — which one physicians says has impacted many patients — has forced an elderly man with a terminal cancer diagnosis to wait more than a day for follow-up care, according to the man's family.

Shortage of doctors at Nanaimo hospital force man with terminal cancer to wait for care, family says | CBC News

On Vancouver Island’s west coast, First Nations are taking back control of stewardship and access in their traditional territories.

Parks and Reconciliation The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s lands and resources manager stops to scoop them with his bare hands into a moist, shady spot beneath the trail’s cedar boardwalk. He sighs.