3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (188+ words) Published 2:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Alcohol impairment is the suspected cause of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 19, close to the Exit 46 to Parksville on Sept. 6. According to a news release by Oceanside RCMP, witnesses reported the vehicle was driven in an…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (524+ words) Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 A young German shepherd with a promising future as a police dog has begun its training in Nanaimo. Basko was born almost four months ago at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (479+ words) Published 7:44 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News The mayor of Kelowna has penned a letter on behalf of city council to the federal Ministry of Health requesting that the 2027 renewal of a downtown supervised consumption site be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) Published 10:00 am Monday, August 31, 2026 Scammers continue to target residents in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area. During a recent one-week period, residents reported being bilked out of close to $170,000 by fraudsters. During the period of July 20 to July 26, Oceanside RCMP received…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) Published 1:51 pm Monday, August 24, 2026 A man was stabbed during a fight involving several people in downtown Victoria. Victoria Police Department (VicPD) said they responded to multiple reports of the incident late Sunday evening (Aug. 23), shortly before midnight, in the 1000-block…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) Published 5:18 pm Monday, August 24, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News The B.C. man who killed six members of a vacationing family in 1982 has once again been denied parole. David Ennis, formerly David Shearing, was denied full parole for the fourth time…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1121+ words) Published 11:35 am Friday, August 21, 2026 The accused in a Grand Forks area manslaughter trial had only been living with his roommates for a couple of weeks before the fatal shooting. Cross-examination of the accused, 47-year-old Sean Tiessen, continued in Rossland Supreme…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (178+ words) Published 12:01 pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 By Goldstream Gazette staff Wednesday evening, a single-vehicle crash in Colwood turned into a drug trafficking investigation after police found meth and cocaine in the aforementioned truck. On Aug. 19 at about 8:45 p.m., West Shore RCMP officers responded…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (224+ words) Published 9:36 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 A North Vancouver dad is facing a $109 ticket for letting his underage son ride an e-scooter on a busy stretch of road. A B.C. Highway Patrol officer spotted a small e-scooter rider in heavy traffic on Marine…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) Published 3:59 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Campbell River RCMP is investigating after several local businesses were targeted in an overnight vandalism spree where glass windows or doors had been smashed. At least four businesses were the target of broken glass windows between…...