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📺 CHEK News
Mar 24, 2026 1:16 AM

Future Luxton Fairgrounds revitalization dependent on more volunteers

The Metchosin Farmers' Institute is looking to give the historic Luxton Fairgrounds a facelift, however revitalization efforts are dependent on more ...

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 24, 2026 12:40 AM

Injured Nanaimo sea lion no cause for concern, says rescue society

March means herring run for sea lions

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 24, 2026 12:21 AM

‘Forgotten population’: People with special needs lose housing in Cowichan

A "shocking" funding cut has crushed plans to build affordable housing for people with special needs in the Cowichan Valley. The post ‘Forgotte...

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 24, 2026 12:05 AM

Okanagan unhoused encampment injunction hearing adjourned, no new date

The three-day hearing was expected to begin March 23

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 24, 2026 12:00 AM

Victoria’s Our Place will help fill a growing need with Easter meal

Our Place serves more than 1,400 emergency meals every day – more than half a million each year

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 11:34 PM

‘Targeting the most vulnerable’: GVTA calls on board to cut administrative costs instead

The association says the province should shift the hundreds of millions it's positioned to give to private schools to the public system. The post &#8...

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 11:34 PM

Fatal parking lot crash in Nanaimo lands driver $1,000 in fines

A driver in a fatal crash where an 85-year-old woman was killed while walking in a parking lot has been fined $1,000 plus a victim surcharge of $150....

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 11:31 PM

B.C.’s premier planning China trade trip, LNG likely on agenda amid war in Iran

Dates and other details not yet finalized

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 11:31 PM

B.C.’s premier planning China trade trip, LNG likely on agenda amid war in Iran

Dates and other details not yet finalized

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 11:15 PM

View Royal Fire Chief Paul Hurst to retire after more than 40 years of service

After more than four decades of service, View Royal Fire Chief Paul Hurst has announced he will retire effective Oct. 1, closing out a career that be...

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 11:15 PM

Wind warning in effect for much of Island

Winds expected for much of day Tuesday

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 11:05 PM

Okanagan unhoused encampment injunction hearing adjourned, no new date

The three-day hearing was expected to begin March 23

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 11:00 PM

Camosun topples 71 trees to make way for 423-bed dorm in Oak Bay

Construction is expected to begin this spring near Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 10:30 PM

Kelowna drone operator fined $5K for helicopter interference during 2023 wildfire

Derek Leippi has one year to pay the fine

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 10:30 PM

LETTER: Let’s turn back the clocks one last time

Send your letter to newsroom@saanichnews.com

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 10:30 PM

Kelowna drone operator fined $5K for helicopter interference during 2023 wildfire

Derek Leippi has one year to pay the fine

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 10:00 PM

Cadet Band marches into B.C. venues

Free concerts in Nanaimo, Victoria, Burnaby and Lake Country this week

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 10:00 PM

Cadet Band marches into B.C. venues

Free concerts in Nanaimo, Victoria, Burnaby and Lake Country this week

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🗞️ VI Free Daily
Mar 23, 2026 9:30 PM

1 dead following avalanche near B.C.- Alaska border

RCMP and Atlin Search and Rescue responded to the incident

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 9:30 PM

1 dead following avalanche near B.C.- Alaska border

RCMP and Atlin Search and Rescue responded to the incident

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 9:25 PM

First official humpback whale sighting of the season confirmed off Nanaimo

The first humpback whale of the 2026 season has been spotted just off Nanaimo, marking the start of the marine mammals' annual return to B.C. waters....

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🏔️ Campbell River Mirror
Mar 23, 2026 9:15 PM

Three dead, one injured after avalanche in northwest B.C.

The incident occurred in a heliskiing area on the afternoon on March 22

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 8:42 PM

Historic Snowbirds jet coming to BC Aviation Museum in North Saanich

The BC Aviation Museum in North Saanich says it will be adding a Canadair CT-114 Tutor to its collection, a jet made famous by the Canadian Forces Sn...

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📺 CHEK News
Mar 23, 2026 8:05 PM

CAF members reported safe after missile intercepted near Israel-Lebanon border

Defence Minister David McGuinty's office says Canada received reports of damage at a United Nations peacekeeping camp near the Israel Lebanon bor...

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