Highlights

Local animation, gaming, VFX firms cashing in on 56-year-old franchise's enduring popularity

COVID-19 and a regime change in Vancouver scuttled previous plans for BIeksa to retire as a Canuck.

A day at the beach for Coquitlam's Carter family almost turned tragic. Luckily all three of Paul Carter's sons are strong swimmers.

A Vernon nurse Michael Wood had accessed medical files without need, failed to document all client interactions and had not worked scheduled hours.

Guardians from the Kitasoo Xai’xais and Nuxalk First Nations no longer have to defer to B.C. Parks rangers for help enforcing the conservation of their territories.

The driver whose car careened through an intersection and into the Red Cross building in Victoria recalls the incident: “My mom told me after the fact: ‘I looked over and it looked like you were dancing to the music.’ I said: ‘I wasn’t dancing, Mom — I was having a seizure.’ ”

It can help to focus on what we can control and work on letting go of what we can’t, says a UVic psychology professor: “It’s important to be informed, but not to be obsessed with the information.”

There is no tsunami threat at this time. 

'There is no immediate danger to the public in this area,' said RCMP.

An alleged 2021 courthouse COVID masking dispute led to a Vancouver police officer getting a broken leg and a former city news anchor being charged.