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The Sunny T'Sou-ke First Nation Loves Solar Power

David Dodge | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada
Read More: Energy Conservation, Solar Energy, First Nations, Vancouver Island, BC First Nations, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Slidepollajax, Solar Power, Canada News
David Dodge

The T'Sou-ke First Nation developed a community plan that led them to build the largest solar photovoltaic project in B.C. and cut their energy use by 75 per cent. With this vision in place the T'Sou-ke tackled the challenge of energy self-sufficiency with gusto. A few years ago they installed 75-kilowatts of solar PV on several buildings.

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Clark Visits Key Liberal Riding

The Canadian Press | Dirk Meissner and Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Video, Ida Chong, Bc Greens, Liberals Key Riding, BC Liberals, BC NDP, Vancouver Island, Oak Bay-Gordon Head, Christy Clark, Be Election, Bc Jobs Plan, Families First, Bc Election Campaign, Bc Election 2013, Cp, Canada British Columbia News

OAK BAY, B.C. - As the leaders of B.C.'s four main parties prepare for a televised debate Monday night, Premier Christy Clark spent part of Saturday v...

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Treating Biodiesel Like a Microbrew

David Dodge | Posted 04.15.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Cowichan, Vancouver Island, Cars, British Columbia, Green Living, Green Energy, Slidepollajax, Biodiesel, Transportation, Canada Business News
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As you walk into the Cowichan Biodiesel Cooperative's processing facility in Duncan B.C., it really does look like a microbrewery. Tanks, pumps, hoses and other assorted machinery are all reminiscent of the brew master's trade. But unlike the yeasty, worty smell that you get at a brewery, the biodiesel processing facility has the faint hint of French fries.

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Vancouver Island Man Gets Life Sentence

The Province | Louise Dickson | Posted 11.15.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Darcy Kozak 2012, Darcy William Kozak, Kenneth Leask, Darcy Kozak Picture, Darcy Kozak Trial, Vancouver Island, Kenneth Robinson, Campbell River, Darcy Kozak, Canada British Columbia News

A Vancouver Island killer who boasted of torturing his victims has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 23 years for the...

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Small Quake Shakes Sooke

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A small earthquake has rattled nerves and a few dishes on Southern Vancouver Island but caused no damage.The quake, with a preliminary magn...

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Something Doesn't Feel Right About This Home Invasion

CBC | Posted 10.20.2012 | Canada
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Three men have been arrested in connection with a Vancouver Island home invasion over the weekend that occurred at the wrong address, police say. ...

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B.C.'s Homeless Sent Packing From Progressive Farm

CBC | Posted 10.08.2012 | Canada
Read More: Woodwynn Farm, Woodwynn Farm Eviction Notice, Provincial Agricultural Land Commission, Central Saanich, Ann McGregor, Richard LeBlanc, Vancouver Island, Adam Olsen, Eviction Woodwynn Farm, Creating Homefulness Society, Woodwynn Farm Eviction, Cbc, Canada News

A farm for homeless and drug addicted people on Vancouver Island has been told to evict its residents or face fines or legal action, two weeks after a...

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Shotgun-Wielding Skipper Accused Of Losing It, Turning On Crew

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
Read More: Skipper Turns on Crew, Operational Communications Centre, Vancouver Island, Darren Lagan, Port Hardy, Unstable Skipper, RCMP Rescue, Cbc, Canada News

A co-ordinated RCMP effort rescued two crew members who found themselves trapped on a fishing boat off a remote stretch of B.C. coastline with an unst...

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Motorcyclist Who Drove 300 Km/h On B.C. Highway Turns Self In

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada
Read More: Dean Jantzen, B.C. Motorcyclist, Video, Kelowna, Randy Scott, Randy George Scott B.C. Motorcyclist, Vancouver Island, Vernon B.C., Esquimalt, Cp, Canada News

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia motorcyclist accused of racing along a highway at 300 kilometres an hour is now facing the slow wheels of the justice s...

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Dawn Of The Bullfrog

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.05.2012 | Canada
Read More: Stan Orchard, B.C. Bullfrog Hunter, Bullfrog Hunter B.C., Stan Orchard Vancouver Island Bullfrog Hunter, Vancouver Island, Bullfrog Hunting, Canada News

VICTORIA - British Columbia's rainy spring has been a boon to bullfrogs.Victoria-based amphibian hunter Stan Orchard says his efforts to stop the spre...

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Unexploded Bombs From WWII Close Vancouver Island Park

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.08.2012 | Canada
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UCLUELET, B.C. - Part of Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island has been closed to the public because bombs left over from th...

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Toddler Found In B.C. Backseat.. Beside Cocaine Stash: Police

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.01.2012 | Canada
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VICTORIA - Police officers in Victoria who stopped a vehicle with two suspected drug dealers found a toddler in the back sitting right beside a stash ...

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B.C. Police Seize 300 Km/h Motorcycle That Went Viral

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada
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SAANICH, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island have seized the motorcycle they believe was featured in a YouTube video racing along the Trans-Canada Highw...

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Axe-Wielding Renter Arrested In B.C.

CBC | Posted 06.15.2012 | Canada
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One man has been arrested after a Vancouver Island landlord was allegedly threatened by a tenant wielding an axe. Police in S...

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B.C. Teens Lost In Cold, Snowy Woods For Days

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.22.2012 | Canada
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CAYCUSE, B.C. - Mario Gauvin is well-acquainted with the stages of hypothermia, so when the search-and-rescue manager heard that two of the teenagers ...

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83-Year-Old Woman Sexually Assaulted At BC Hospital

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.04.2012 | Canada
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DUNCAN, B.C. - The RCMP in B.C. are investigating a sex assault on an 83-year-old woman in a hospital and a separate attack on a 102-year-old man.The ...

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Hunt For Missing BC Girl

CBC | Posted 02.23.2012 | Canada
Read More: Nanaimo, Scott Treble, Ryan Racette, Vancouver, Missing Vancouver Girl, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Teen, Saanich, Rebeccah Ankersen, Missing Vancouver Teen, Cbc, Canada News

A Vancouver Island family is desperately seeking their missing daughter this Christmas, and police are concerned she may be with a danger...

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Latch On To The Annual Breastfeeding Challenge

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.30.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Breast, Victoria, Baby, Vancouver, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Health, Vancouver Island, Annual Breastfeeding Challenge, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding in Public, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Health Care, Canada Living News

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, there's a unique event happening on Vancouver Island (and all over the world) on Saturday. But the...

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Hunter Becomes The Hunted

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.04.2011 | Canada
Read More: Killer Whales, Sea Life, Predators, Marine Biology, Vancouver, Orcas, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Sharks, Canada News

VANCOUVER - It was the kind of feeding frenzy John Ford had never seen before.Ford, a research scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, ...

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Rock Snot From Vancouver Island Congesting Rivers

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.14.2011 | Canada
Read More: Environment, Iceland, New Zealand, Rock Snot, Vancouver Island, Rock Snot Congestion, Algae, Invasive Species, Canada News

VANCOUVER - It's nickname says it all.Rock snot is a type of slimy, yellow-brown, freshwater algae that, like a cold, has spread quickly from a small ...

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Vancouver Island: Canada's Space Exploration Hub?

CP | Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.29.2011 | Canada
Read More: Estevan Point, Space Exploration, Canadian Space Exploration, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Canadian Space Program, Space Flight, Space Travel, Canada News

MONTREAL - Whether Canada should have its own space-launch facility is a debate that's been making the rounds in the scientific and business communiti...

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bc family wins jackpot

CBC | Posted 07.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: $36 Million, David Rennie, Sandra Morgan, Vancouver Island, Bc Family, Kyle Rennie, Campbell River, b.c. Lottery Corp, Lotto Max Jackpot, Canada News

(CBC) -- A Vancouver Island man and his family are $36 million richer after winning Friday's $36-million Lotto Max jackpot, a Victoria television stat...

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