A black bear made some friends in Campbell River when it popped a squat next to fishers.
Comox Valley photographer Peggy Street was attempting to get a better shot of a group of people fishing when she walked down a pathway, and met the bear face-to-face.
After being rescued from a B.C. highway rest stop in June, a giant pig found a new name and a new home. Petunia the pig quickly settled into her surroundings, taking over the family dog bed and befriending another hog.
While many folks had turkey on their mind over Thanksgiving, a small bear in Lake Cowichan was craving something a little sweeter as he sauntered into Tiptons Gas Bar on Oct. 9.
After spending nearly 10 minutes in the store, something must have caught his eye, as he ended up deciding on a package of gummy bears, which he took out to the parking lot to enjoy.
A Vancouver Island marmot is back in custody after hitting the trail, most likely looking for love.
Vancouver Island marmots are few and far between, so it鈥檚 no surprise that Camas, a young male originally released last year on Gemini Mountain, southwest of Nanaimo, didn鈥檛 hang around long when he discovered his prospects of finding a mate were slim to none.
As hundreds of thousands of salmon make their return for the annual spawning season in B.C., the region gives place to a symphony of life and death.
For some, this event may be a source of excitement, but for the salmon, this marks the culmination of their life journey, as they undertake a perilous final pilgrimage back to the place where their story began a few years ago.
A 22-year-old donkey found a loving home to take him in last October, one month after a post from the SPCA went viral.
It read: 鈥淎re you searching for a wise and gentle soul to add warmth and character to your life? Look no further than Frank, our charming senior donkey seeking a loving forever home. Frank isn鈥檛 just any donkey; he鈥檚 a seasoned gentleman with a heart of gold and a lifetime of experience.鈥�
Parksville Qualicum MLA Adam Walker grabbed life by the horns in September 鈥� or rather by the antlers 鈥� when he arrived home to find his dog locked in a struggle with a large deer.
Adrenaline kicked in and Walker grabbed the deer鈥檚 antlers and lifted them up so his dog, Pluto, could scurry to safety. But suddenly he was holding onto the 200-pound animal鈥檚 antlers and could not break away.
If you were in B.C.鈥檚 Comox Valley on an evening in late August, you might have observed tens of thousands of winged ants crawling and clumsily flying everywhere across the region.
If you did, consider yourself lucky, because you鈥檝e had the privilege to witness one of nature鈥檚 most impressive displays of love: the ephemeral annual nuptial flight of ants.
A report of someone screaming the day before Halloween sent police to a ravine on an B.C. island off Campbell River.
Quadra Island RCMP heard from a caller reporting they could hear someone yelling 鈥渉elp, help鈥� and they were worried that someone had fallen off a nearby cliff.
Upon investigation, police discovered the cries belonged not to a person, but to a goat.
The Fraser Valley Rowing Club has had a unique observer during training sessions on the Sumas River since May - a seal. Club members said it鈥檚 the first time they鈥檝e ever seen a seal in the area, which are sometimes spotted on the adjacent Fraser River.
When Victoria firefighters were called to a structure fire last April, they got the opportunity to put a rarely-needed tool to good use. Discovering a cat inside the burning home, crew members quickly fit a miniature oxygen mask of the creature鈥檚 furry face.
The masks come in multiple sizes and can be used to save dogs, guineau pigs, rabbits and birds too.
