On The Island from CBC Radio British Columbia

We hear from the lawyer who's representing long-term residents who've been told to abandon their homes at a Beecher Bay campground.

We find out why the sturgeon is an important fish for First Nations.

Saanich police say people actually make the silliest calls to 911.

Our Friday panel takes a look at the return engagement of a couple of political controversies from before the last election, and new competition for B.C.'s ambitions of LNG riches.

An innovative solution to plastics waste AND poverty? Sounds too good to be true, right? We meet the co-founder of the Plastic Bank.

Forensic science solves all crimes, at least it seems so on TV. How about in real life? We hear from a criminal lawyer coming to Victoria to shatter those illusions.

We hear from the Chief Councillor of the Tseshaht Nation about the residential school nutritional experiments in the 40s and 50s.

A researcher has uncovered a story about cruel nutritional testing on children at Canadian residential schools in the 1940s. CBC reporter Jodie Martinson has the details.

More than 100 years of history up in flames. We talk to a previous owner of the Tudor House pub in Esquimalt.

Everything must go! The old Port Alberni high school is coming down, and everything from floor boards to school desks are for sale.

Esquimalt councillor Tim Morrison reports on the latest meeting about the McLoughlin Point wastewater proposal.

We meet a young government employee with a developmental disability, whose workplace contribution goes far beyond the job description.

But how likely is it that urban chicken owners will off their hens in the backyard and is it even allowed?

The new Craigflower Bridge has suffered another setback. First the delays were explained by difficulty getting hold of the steel. Now there's a problem getting enough workers.

And what role could he have played in the alleged Canada Day bomb plot in Victoria? We delve into the the world of counterterrorism "sting" operations.