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Peter Charles Wells - Obituary - Vancouver Island
September 4, 1944 - November 21, 2024. In Loving Memory ~ Peter will be greatly missed by wife Denise, kids Tara, Cosima, Carly and Brock, grandson Tao and brothers Wesley and Russell.
Stanley Robert Sullivan - Obituary - Vancouver Island
Dec 12, 2024 · March 11, 1981 - November 20, 2024. In loving memory ~ It is with deep sadness and destroyed hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Stanley Robert Sullivan, who tragically left us on November 20, 2024.
Some Vancouver Island homes still dark as another storm heads …
Nov 22, 2024 · BC Hydro is warning customers in remote areas of north and south Vancouver Island that they may be without power for “a day or two longer,” as a second windstorm of the week moves across the B.C. coast.
Last of the Martin Mars dips its wingtips in water on Vancouver …
Nov 7, 2024 · 1 / 1 The Philippine Mars waterbomber hits the water at Sproat Lake for the first time since 2015. It is expected this final Martin Mars waterbomber will leave the Alberni Valley for Arizona in the next few weeks. (ROB FROLIC PHOTO) Advertisement
90,000 without power, ferries cancelled as storm batters …
Nov 20, 2024 · About 90,000 Vancouver Island Hydro customers woke without power and ferries to the Lower Mainland cancelled across the board Wednesday morning.
Quadra set to reopen as police probe blaze that rained fire on ...
Nov 22, 2024 · Comments (0) Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. We ask that you be respectful of others and their points of view, refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic.
3 orphan bear cubs evade rescue in Sooke, Wild Wise appeal for …
Nov 20, 2024 · Sooke residents have been asked to report "real-time sightings" of the three recently orphaned bear cubs, to help assist in their rescue. Since their mother was killed on Thursday Nov. 14, the triplets have been camping out in a tree located on a steep, ocean-facing embankment, making rescue impossible, said Wild Wise, a Sooke-based wildlife group who have been monitoring the cubs during ...
VIDEO: Fire crews battle massive Saanich blaze amid high winds
Nov 20, 2024 · Quadra Street closure expected to extend into Thursday. 1 / 1 Saanich fire crews survey the damage done by a hot fire buffeted by high winds in the early hours of Nov. 20. Christine van Reeuwyk/Saanich News Advertisement
‘Bomb cyclone’ conditions could bring serious winds to B.C. coast
Nov 18, 2024 · Comments (0) Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. We ask that you be respectful of others and their points of view, refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic.