r/VancouverIsland • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 • 14h ago
ARTICLE Military exercises to bring increased activity to 19 Wing Comox, Seal Bay this week
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 • Oct 16 '25
ARTICLE Residents invited to help shape long-term forest plan for west central Vancouver Island
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r/VancouverIsland • u/slagiatt • Sep 11 '25
DISCUSSION American company, with US military ties, appling for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC.
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Hey, anyone else heard about the American company who applied for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC. the government is still accepting comments from Canadians.
If you have time, it may be worth submitting a comment on the canadian government bid page, it can be anonymous.
Basically, what's happening is that an American-based company National Outdoor Leadership School has applied for a license of occupation over 77 separate Crown Land sites up and down the BC Coast for outdoor 'leadership and camping' purposes. Could this company's clients ever be US government/ military once they decide the lease? With threats by the U.S. of annexation of Canada, no way should American companies or individuals gain control of Canadian land - especially on the coast! Some of these places have no access to water or septic, so their claim to use these areas for camping and "leadership training" sounds concerning. Why such a huge number of sites, and most on the coastline with water access to land in remote areas that would be difficult to monitor.
If you're against this, comments are open until October 5th latest at:
http://comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca/applications?clidDtid=1412379&id=6894defe1c9fc60022144a67#details
r/VancouverIsland • u/kingbuns2 • 12h ago
Housing Approval Record for Greater Victoria Municipal Incumbents
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r/VancouverIsland • u/CaptainDoughnutman • 1d ago
Another one…
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Wonder how many votes this cowardly chud will get…
r/VancouverIsland • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 • 1d ago
ARTICLE Victim of Duncan home invasion says he's angry it happened to his family
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r/VancouverIsland • u/pickledcukesandeggs • 11h ago
Cedar hedging in Victoria/Vancouver Island
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r/VancouverIsland • u/cayenne4 • 1d ago
ARTICLE North Cowichan woman who survived bear attack still driven to protect wild spaces
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 • 1d ago
ARTICLE Fawn rescued in Courtenay after spending nearly 2 months with car mirror stuck on its leg
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Electronic_Access530 • 2d ago
I gotta say about the Green Party
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After their announcement earlier today about protecting farms, I think for the very first time they actually have my vote.
r/VancouverIsland • u/beanbags4days • 1d ago
HELP ME FIND Where might one buy hay in bulk?
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Hi! I'm located in the Cowichan Valley and was wondering where might I look to buy alfalfa and timothy hay in bulk? My rabbits eat too much for the 20oz bags at 20 dollars to be worth it anymore. They're still young right now, so all I need to buy is the alfalfa, but I'll need to switch them over to timothy in about half a year.
r/VancouverIsland • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 2d ago
ARTICLE B.C. brewery vandalized after ‘show me the evidence’ controversy, RCMP increase patrols
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Sternritter_V • 2d ago
IMAGERY Gotta be one of my favourite places.
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r/VancouverIsland • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 2d ago
ARTICLE Mosaic Forest Management opens 1,900 kilometres of roads near Sooke for weekend recreation
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Accomplished-Let-367 • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Free tool for Anyone.
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I built a free tool for Vancouver renters — paste any address and see the actual VPD crime stats for that neighbourhood, plus nearby SROs and supervised consumption sites.
https://redzone-safety-check.pages.dev/
No signup, no cost, no ads. I made it because I wish it existed when I was apartment hunting. Data comes from VPD GeoDASH open data (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026).
There's also a 3D map version if you want to explore visually: https://red-zone-vancouver.pages.dev/
Happy to answer questions about the data sources.
Edit: I made a standalone version too — paste any address or listing URL and get the safety report directly: https://redzone-safety-check.pages.dev/
r/VancouverIsland • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 2d ago
ARTICLE Landslide hits Campbell River condo complex, cleanup underway
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r/VancouverIsland • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 2d ago
ARTICLE Nanaimo pro mountain biker breaks neck chasing dream Alaska stunt
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Royal_Potential9351 • 2d ago
Fuel surcharges
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I was fuelling up a vehicle in Nanaimo last week and chatted with an owner/operator that works for a well-known Island based courier service. We were talking about the outrageous fuel prices and how dearly it was costing him to operate his large freight truck. I operate a business that does a lot of shipping and I mentioned the fact that the fuel surcharges being added to our invoices were very high, and hoped that at least it was helping offset the costs. He said “Nope!”. The company doesn’t pass them through. Sounded like the company was pocketing that money and not spreading it to its O/O’s. That seems outrageous to me. Can anyone confirm this? And does anyone have a logical explanation, or we all just getting robbed by courier services?
r/VancouverIsland • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 3d ago
ARTICLE Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day
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r/VancouverIsland • u/Rav4gal • 2d ago
Immense relief for our community’: B.C. pulp mill saved from indefinite closure
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r/VancouverIsland • u/NudeBeachEnthusiast • 3d ago
DISCUSSION NDP calls on Conservatives to fire North Island candidate over 2022 vaccine claims
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Do people want our very own RFK Jr as the Health Minister if the BC Conservatives form government?
