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2 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Nicholas Johansen |Valerie Leung |Jeff Bell
- | Story: 551748The BC Wildlife Federation’s 50/50 jackpot is nearing the $190,000 mark. In addition to the cash prize, of which the winner takes half, other prizes on offer include a 2024 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew, a Tikka T3X hunting rifle or a fishing prize package. The lottery goes to fund BCWF projects such as monitoring for chronic wasting disease, restoring fish habitat, cultural and prescribed burns and studies into mule deer and cougars.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Sandor Gyarmati |Jeff Bell |Glen Korstrom
A new container terminal facility at Roberts Bank in Delta has moved another step closer to reality with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) issuing a notice announcing that procurement is set to begin this summer. The port authority on Wednesday (May 14) said it will issue a request for qualifications in July 2025 for a construction partner to deliver the landmass and wharf component of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) project, a significant step towards delivering the project.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Elana Shepert |Roxanne Egan-Elliott |Jeff Bell
Metro Vancouver rent prices have decreased for a second consecutive month, albeit by a modest amount. The price for an unfurnished, one-bedroom rental unit decreased by $3 from $2,278 to $2,275 this month, according to the May 2025 report from liv.rent. Year-over-year, regional rent prices have decreased more significantly, averaging $92 lower in May 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Roxanne Egan-Elliott |Jeff Bell |Phil Melnychuk
A woman who slipped out of a harness while bungee jumping in Nanaimo on the weekend walked away mostly unscathed. The woman fell out of a harness attached around her ankles after reaching the lowest point of the jump, plunging about 10 feet into the river below, said Tom Benson, chief experience officer of Wild Play. She suffered bruising on her ankle, but was in “incredibly good spirits,” when the Wild Play team retrieved her from the water.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Jeff Bell |Phil Melnychuk |Glen Korstrom
A Greater Victoria School District teacher is awaiting trial on five charges related to youth sexual assault. Marnie Burnham, 36, who also taught under the name Marnie Forin, was arrested on Feb. 15, 2024, after a Saanich police investigation. She faces three counts of sexual exploitation and two counts of telecommunication to lure a child under 18.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Jeff Bell |Phil Melnychuk |Glen Korstrom
Jeff Bell / Times Colonist - May 13, 2025 / 5:54 pm | Story: 550284A Greater Victoria School District teacher is awaiting trial on five charges related to youth sexual assault. Marnie Burnham, 36, who also taught under the name Marnie Forin, was arrested on Feb. 15, 2024, after a Saanich police investigation. She faces three counts of sexual exploitation and two counts of telecommunication to lure a child under 18.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Jeff Bell |Ashley Joannou |Stefan Labbe |Alanna Kelly
The B.C. Highway Patrol is warning drivers about testing their vehicles’ capacity after a tune-up. One motorist who did just that ended up with a $483 fine for excessive speeding — he was going 218 kilometres an hour in a 90 km/h zone — along with a seven-day impound of his BMW and a jump in his insurance premiums. The 31-year-old Nanaimo man was pulled over about 5 p.m. on April 25 by officers checking speeds on the Trans-Canada Highway near Ladysmith.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jennifer Thuncher |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell
A man was taken safely into custody Sunday after having barricaded himself on a transit bus in an industrial area in Delta. According to the Delta Police Department (DPD), police were made aware of an incident on Annacis Island where a male with a knife had barricaded himself on the bus. Several passengers and the driver were evacuated, but one was injured. Lower Mainland District crises negotiators and the LMD Emergency Response Team were called to the scene.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jennifer Thuncher |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell
The second wildfire of the season is burning near Squamish. The fire, currently 0.5 hectares in size, is listed as out of control. It's located near the Skookum Creek Power Project, about 13 kilometres up the Mamquam Forest Service Road. The BC Wildfire Service said the fire is suspected to be human caused. Pique Newsmagazine reporter Liz McDonald was camping around 15.5 km up the road, with around 20 friends, when a passerby reported the wildfire to her group, shortly after 12 p.m. on May 4.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell |Stefan Labbe
As conditions across British Columbia continue to warm up, some of the massive wildfires that burned in the province's north last season are beginning to become active once again. Known as “overwintering fires,” these burn deep underground into the organic matter of the forest floor through the winter months, covered by snow, before resurfacing in the spring time.
