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The two-month tax break covers dozens of items, including children's clothes and toys, video games and consoles, Christmas trees, restaurant and catered meals, wine, beer, candy and snacks.

Critics say the farms are linked to the transfer of disease to wild salmon, while supporters say studies indicate the farms' risks are minimal and cite economic costs if operations are phased out.

The rising costs have created “a growing funding gap” that Nicolas Jimenez says will require “a sustainable funding model” to address.

The sinking happened Monday in Christie Passage off Hurst Island north of Port Hardy

Police are asking anyone who has seen Macleod or has information that may assist in locating her to contact the Nanaimo RCMP

Funding from the provincial Special Investigations and Targeted Enforcement program enabled officers to complete about 200 hours of extra patrols, including around schools, says the head of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment

Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says the 2021 death of Samantha Sims-Somerville, deemed a homicide by the coroners service, didn’t meet its threshold for investigation

Al Hasham, owner of Maximum Express Courier and Freight, says his company will pick up cheques from donors and deliver them to charitable organizations.

The mother black bear and three cubs were taken from Langford to a wilderness site in mid-September, but returned less than three weeks later

Pendray House is part of a package of properties on the market for $8 million through a court-ordered sale