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Breaking down this week's televised leaders' debate

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Voters have their say on election issues

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Health, taxes and the B.C. election

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Politics and the municipality of Sayward

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Pipelines and the B.C. election campaign

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B.C. Politics with a First Nations perspective

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Campaign kickoff in B.C.

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A change to electing school trustees in Greater Victoria

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Get ready for a snap election in B.C.

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Election speculation in B.C.

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Floor crossing and border crossings in B.C. Politics

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What CBC has learned about a voyeur case in Saanich

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Who decides when to cancel ferries because of weather?

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More MLAs quit the B.C. Conservatives

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Two island businesses on navigating tariffs

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What Milobar's departure from the B.C. Conservatives means for B.C. politics

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Potatoes are back in Central Saanich after 40+ years

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Cathedral Grove vs. Goats on the Roof

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Housing, art and... fish? Victoria's new development plan

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Yes, the island is getting more rain than expected

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Could Esquimalt be your new place to live?

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The push to build an alternate road to the west coast

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Was Eby smart to trade a pipeline for infrastructure funding?

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The best places to swim on the Island

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We'll be back soon!

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Debate continues about amalgamation in Victoria and Saanich

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Drive-on or walk-on: choose your ferry fighter

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Island families choosing apartments over houses, how communities adapt

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What the BC Conservatives will look like under Kerry-Lynne Findlay

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Why you should rock climb on the island this summer

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The highs and lows of the spring B.C. legislative session

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Why Victoria’s school board trustees have their jobs back

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The Premier and the Prime Minister meet - and say what?

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Langford tackles local frustration with construction noise

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Why ferries get cancelled on (seemingly) clear days

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B.C. nurses vote in favour of job action. What now?

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The Freedom of Information fight at the B.C. legislature

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What’s raining on Greater Victoria’s parades?

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B.C. worries about health funding shortfall

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Is Vancouver Island ready for wildfire season?

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There is more than just DRIPA in this episode!

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How Langford’s football club just made global soccer history

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Eby changes his DRIPA plan (again)

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A decade of the toxic drug emergency on the island

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B.C.'s Premier has a new plan for DRIPA

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Islanders welcome Zach Galifianakis to their gardens

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Why an Island community is tearing out their pickleball courts

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B.C. take on the new federal NDP leader

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The politics around DRIPA amendment talks

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A Nanaimo homeless drop-in centre is in limbo. Here’s why.

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Criticism for B.C. changes to freedom of information requests

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Why a Kentucky health care worker took a job in Nanaimo

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B.C.'s plan to protect places of worship

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The Songhees hope to bring submarine jobs to Greater Victoria

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New aboriginal title, and the awkward political roll out

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Island teens tell First Nations stories, old and new

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Who's ahead in the B.C. Conservative race?

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Mining critical minerals on the island - while cleaning up too

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"You can't have it both ways" - mixed reaction to B.C.'s budget

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New disability funding has some islanders celebrating - and others worried

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Setting politics aside for Tumbler Ridge

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Should the province overhaul forestry - like a new report recommends?

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Why changes to salmon fishing rules are dividing people

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B.C.-Alberta tension continues: “cordial” but also “treason”

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Caregivers on the island are desperate for a break

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That Carney speech, through B.C. eyes

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This Esquimalt brewery says it’s too pricey to make beer

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B.C. Politics: Decrim ends, Carney in Prince Rupert, rural college feels the pinch

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Housing, art and... fish? Victoria's new development plan

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Greater Victoria’s commuting woes, and whether there’s a fix

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Do we need a bridge between the island and the mainland?

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Missing middle housing: is it working on the island?

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A family’s fight for answers after hospital death

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What happens when mills on the island close?

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Is Victoria’s community safety plan working?

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Why a grocery store on Salt Spring offers employee housing

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Greater Victoria’s urban deer and the drug used to manage them

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Island response to the Cowichan ruling and private property concerns

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GHGs will keep flowing from Victoria cruise ships

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Not all island communities provide winter homeless shelters - why not?

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An easy way to help earthquake research

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Will the public sector strike end anytime soon?

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An arts and music future for Pandora?

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Tiny homes could soon be a reality on some islands

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The controversy over a U.S. non-profit’s application to use B.C. land

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How long will the BCGEU strike last?

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The gray area of cell phone rules in schools

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How another main road to island communities is closed (again) even after wildfire risk has faded

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Why wildfire is more common on the island, and what some people are doing about it

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The best (and worst) of summer on the island

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How a tsunami advisory may be a wake-up call for island emergency preparedness

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Orcas are just like us! New research shows they give gifts, use tools

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Should we build a bridge to the mainland? Is it even possible?

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The best places to swim on the Island

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Victoria's $10 million plan to make the city safe again

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Island transit has gotten more chaotic. Here's why

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Testing the flying ferry: take a ride on an electric ferry that could serve island communities

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New in town: This doctor is ditching the U.S. for the Island

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Is it a punishment to be on B.C.’s housing targets list?

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It’s pride season! How are islanders celebrating?