**In today's episode:**
- District of Ucluelet – Notice of Election
- Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
- ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
- Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
- B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
- Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
- Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND
**Sources:**
- Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News — District of Ucluelet – Notice of Election
- NanaimoNewsNOW — Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
- Nanaimo News Bulletin — ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
- Times Colonist — Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
- My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
- CHEK News — Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
- CHEK News — Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND
