1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (231+ words) Much of the northern half of Vancouver Island was under thunderstorm warnings on Friday, with Environment Canada saying “severe” conditions, including heavy rain, were possible through the day. The warning affects the area bound by Port McNeill, Brooks Peninsula Provincial…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (660+ words) Two long-beaked common dolphins have been spotted swimming at three separate locations around the north Island this month, far from their usual range. They were likely brought to the area by warmer water associated with El Niño weather events, researchers…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (241+ words) Two new fires were burning on Vancouver Island Monday afternoon. One fire burning on the western side of Mount Prevost west of North Cowichan was about one hectare in size and labelled out of control on the B.C. Wildfire Service website....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (606+ words) A Victoria-born satellite the size of a long shoebox is set to soar into the skies above California in the early hours of Tuesday to help improve climate change research and amateur radio communication. The small-but-mighty MARMOTSat is the second…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (83+ words) A wildfire near Comox Lake discovered Sunday afternoon is being held by wildfire crews. The blaze is burning along the north side of the lake at Comox Logging Road, near the mouth of the Puntledge River and the Comox Lake…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (331+ words) The cause of death of a humpback whale found on the shoreline near the West Coast Trail this week is under investigation. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said it received a report of a dead whale on Sunday, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (255+ words) Earth’s second-largest whale species has been spotted in the Salish Sea. Eagle Wing called fin whales “rare visitors” to the Salish Sea, saying the one seen Sunday was one of the largest the whale-watching fleet has ever seen in local…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (93+ words) A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Oak Harbor on Washington’s Whidbey Island on Wednesday night, sending light rumblings through the region. The small quake was registered at 11:30 p.m. at a depth of 25 kilometres and was felt by more than 1,600 people, according to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (771+ words) A rich food supply and past conservation efforts have turned British Columbia’s Salish Sea into a festival ground for whale-spotting, but the visibility of one species points to a case of starvation, an expert says. Julia Adelsheim, a marine biologist…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (467+ words) A crowd gathered Sunday afternoon at the Ogden Point breakwater to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the record-breaking heat wave that killed more than 600 British Columbians. Red Rebels Victoria, a performative climate-activist group wearing red robes with faces painted white,…...