The Victoria Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary with 156 films starting this Friday.

The mayor of Tofino says an ecosystem fee charged to visitors of the area would fund the work being done by a local First Nation to preserve the land.

Relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Cowichan Valley have come a long way in the last decade. We asked four Cowichan elders and the Mayor of Duncan what still needs to change.

Ten years after the North American Indigenous Games were hosted in the Cowichan Valley, we hear from the Mayor of Duncan and four Cowichan elders how the relationship between B.C.s largest First Nation and its neighbours has improved since then. Gregor Craigie spoke to Mayor Michelle Staples, Chief William Seymour of Cowichan Tribes, Lucy Thomas with the House of Friendship, Cowichan Tribes Councillor Albie Joe Charlie, and Cowichan elder Ron George.

B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson talks to Gregor Craigie about the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the suspended legislature clerk and sergeant-at-arms.

Martyn Brown, Elizabeth Cull, and Norman Spector discuss the confusion surrounding the suspension of senior legislative officials and the NDP government's recent ride-hailing announcement.

On The Island's Gregor Craigie speaks with Simon Pidcock, owner of Ocean EcoVentures in Cowichan Bay.

A recording of the sea lions in Cowichan Bay vocalizing.

One Victoria veteran who disappeared from the ranks of surviving World War 2 veterans earlier this year was Roderick McGeachie. He died in August. We listen back on his recollections of D-Day, when he spoke to the CBC's Deborah Wilson in 2004, and his son, Michael, speaks to Gregor Craigie about his father's life and legacy.

Marsha Mildon has taught at university and owned her own home. She has never had addiction issues with drugs or alcohol. Despite not fitting the stereotype of someone who has experienced homelessness, Mildon lived in homeless shelters before finding a place to live in Victoria's Mt. Edwards Court. She talked to Gregor Craigie about what it is like to be homeless.