April 18, 2026
BC Ferries Minister Rules Out New Oversight Structure After Easter Long-Weekend Fleet Failures
Also: Saanich property tax up 5.35%; Quadra-McKenzie Plan heads to public hearing; Victoria approves $667K for co-op housing; wildfire season outlook favourable for Island; Nanaimo E&N Trail opening
April 17, 2026
BC Ferries Cancels Easter Sailings as Two Vessels Sideline Travellers Heading Into Long Weekend
Top stories: BC Ferries cancels Easter sailings – BC Supreme Court MAID faith-hospital case – BC Greens defend DRIPA – Saanich 5.35% property tax increase – VicPD gas station robbery suspect
April 16, 2026
Saanich Passes 5.35% Property Tax Hike
Top stories: Saanich passes 5.35% property tax hike – BC tables K’ómoks Treaty Act – Victoria Grizzlies eliminated in BCHL Game 7 OT – Nanaimo boundary extension passes AAP – Songhees mobile home tenants freed from removal order
April 15, 2026
BC Tables K’ómoks Treaty Act After 30-Year Negotiation
Top stories: BC tables K’ómoks Treaty Act – BC Ferries Saltery Bay electrical failure – Crystal Pool reopens after chlorine gas – Sooke suspicious death two arrested – Victoria co-op housing vote
April 15, 2026
BC Tables K’ómoks Treaty Act After 30 Years of Negotiations
Top stories: K’omoks Treaty tabled, Crystal Pool reopens after gas incident, Bonnie Henry criticizes decrim rollback, Sooke suspicious death, Nanaimo DCC cuts
April 14, 2026
BC Ferries Easter Disruptions Leave Hundreds of Travellers Stranded Over Long Weekend
Top stories: BC Ferries Easter crisis – Two arrested in Sooke suspicious death – Bonnie Henry on decriminalization reversal – Cable Bay Trail rezoning hearing – i-Land Fest vendor scam
April 13, 2026
BC Legislature Returns with Eby’s Government Facing Showdown Over DRIPA
Top stories: DRIPA legislature showdown, Salmon fishers Campbell River town hall, Ladysmith Machine Shop reopens, Crystal Pool chemical incident, Golf cars Colwood, VicPD policing survey
April 12, 2026
BC Ferries Easter Weekend Meltdown: Cancellations, Communication Failures, and an Aging Fleet
April 11, 2026
BC Ferries Faces Fleet Reckoning as Easter Disruptions Spark Accountability Debate
Top stories: BC Ferries aging fleet crisis and CEO apology, chlorine gas at Victoria’s Crystal Pool, Walking Dead actress joins Nanaimo rezoning fight, Vancouver Island snowpack at 44% of normal, Nanaimo rents buck provincial decline