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This is Vancouver Island — 127 episodes

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

2

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

3

What’s raining on Greater Victoria’s parades?

4

B.C. worries about health funding shortfall

5

Is Vancouver Island ready for wildfire season?

6

There is more than just DRIPA in this episode!

7

How Langford’s football club just made global soccer history

8

Eby changes his DRIPA plan (again)

9

A decade of the toxic drug emergency on the island

10

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

11

Islanders welcome Zach Galifianakis to their gardens

12

Why an Island community is tearing out their pickleball courts

13

B.C. take on the new federal NDP leader

14

The politics around DRIPA amendment talks

15

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

16

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

17

Why a Kentucky health care worker took a job in Nanaimo

18

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

19

The Songhees hope to bring submarine jobs to Greater Victoria

20

New aboriginal title, and the awkward political roll out

21

Island teens tell First Nations stories, old and new

22

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

23

Mining critical minerals on the island - while cleaning up too

24

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

25

New disability funding has some islanders celebrating - and others worried

26

Setting politics aside for Tumbler Ridge

27

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

28

Why changes to salmon fishing rules are dividing people

29

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

30

Caregivers on the island are desperate for a break

31

That Carney speech, through B.C. eyes

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

Missing middle housing: is it working on the island?

38

A family’s fight for answers after hospital death

39

What happens when mills on the island close?

40

Is Victoria’s community safety plan working?

41

Why a grocery store on Salt Spring offers employee housing

42

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

43

Island response to the Cowichan ruling and private property concerns

44

GHGs will keep flowing from Victoria cruise ships

45

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

46

An easy way to help earthquake research

47

Will the public sector strike end anytime soon?

48

An arts and music future for Pandora?

49

Tiny homes could soon be a reality on some islands

50

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

51

How long will the BCGEU strike last?

52

The gray area of cell phone rules in schools

53

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

54

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

55

The best (and worst) of summer on the island

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

The best places to swim on the Island

60

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

61

Island transit has gotten more chaotic. Here's why

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

It’s pride season! How are islanders celebrating?

66

Why a trip to the north island can be better than Tofino

67

Why handyDART users are frustrated in Greater Victoria

68

The Island’s electoral map changed almost completely. What happened?

69

How seaweed could be the new plastic

70

Why some islanders can't decide how to vote

71

The latest on the Greater Victoria school board drama

72

Why some people feel unsafe in the Cowichan Valley

73

This shop owner says it’s harder than you think to ditch U.S. products

74

Island Crime: a true crime podcast focused right here on the island

75

How to buy local on the island

76

You elected them: now what are your island MLAs doing?

77

Bike theft is down in Victoria: here’s why

78

Why ferries can fill up with reservations (leaving you to wait multiple sailings)

79

Need a new place to eat? Check out these island restaurants

80

What is the Crystal Pool referendum all about?

81

The birth of the Victoria Queer Run Club, and how it could inspire you

82

Rise in violent incidents taking toll on understaffed Victoria libraries

83

A look at what did - and didn't - burn at Telegraph Cove

84

A 35-year-long thank you and other wholesome moments of kindness

85

Hear B.C.'s new public safety minister respond to safety concerns in Nanaimo

86

An island's quest to get rid of its deer

87

A new way to tell B.C. Ferries what you think? (And an end to Ferry Advisory Committees)

88

Secrets of living with long power outages

89

Should we move to the island from Alberta?

90

Could Langford and the West Shore separate from Greater Victoria?

91

How to feel good about the rain

92

Why the Island is a great place for ghost stories

93

Let’s celebrate some of the island’s many authors

94

It's voting time. Are you ready?

95

Another Victoria music venue is closing. Now what?

96

Did you feel it? Why it helps researchers when you report earthquakes

97

What makes islanders vote?

98

Kady Dandeneau reps Pender Island at the Paralympics

99

Catching up on Vic PD’s Pandora safety plan

100

Canadians are buying less beer: a look at how craft breweries on the Island are adapting.

101

POD SHARE: Why does France like Saskatchewan's mustard so much?

102

The best (and worst) of summer on the Island

103

Victoria isn’t afraid of nitty-gritty, gender-bending drag

104

We love the Island for its independent bookstores

105

Women's sports are dominating, and they are here to stay

106

Would you put carrot slices on a bagel?

107

How to recharge your soul in the Comox Valley

108

The cost of living on the island can leave you feeling stranded

109

What would a dream music venue look like in Victoria?

110

What else is as iconic as London Drugs?

111

Is the Sunshine Coast Trail too perfect?

112

POD SHARE: Why are so many Montreal apartments rented without appliances?

113

Is it weird to love a tree?

114

Sictoria? Vaanich? The Victoria-Saanich Amalgamation discussion is finally about to begin

115

The Salish Sea doesn’t care about international borders

116

Learning traditional and cultural skills, plus English and social studies, while out on the land

117

What makes immigrants choose greater Victoria as their new home?

118

How to rewild an industrial space

119

Do small towns really need councils?

120

Giselle Vriesen's debut novel is set on the Island, but mixes mythologies from around the world

121

Pender Island: wheelchair basketball hotspot?!

122

The business of making art on the island

123

How to feel good about the rain

124

Could this be the beginning of Greater Victoria's light rail dream?

125

Working together to bring W̱SÁNEĆ culture back to Mayne Island

126

New to This Is Vancouver Island? Start here…

127

Islanders and ferries: A love-hate relationship