Cloe Logan

St. Anne’s Church in Parksville. (File photo)

COVID-19: Parksville’s homeless no longer sleeping in the graveyard

Majority of those camped outside St. Anne’s church have been provided with hotel rooms

St. Anne’s Church in Parksville. (File photo)
Lisa Gooding Bontkes, featured in the ‘Parksville Qualicum Beach News’ in 1988. (Cloe Logan photo)

Playing basketball on the boys team shaped future for Lisa Gooding Bontkes

Where are they now? Former Parksville high school athlete went into teaching and coaching

Lisa Gooding Bontkes, featured in the ‘Parksville Qualicum Beach News’ in 1988. (Cloe Logan photo)
A police vehicle near a taped-off Rod & Gun Bar and Grill in Parksville on Saturday, April 18. Fire crews were called in to deal with a blaze earlier in the morning. (Peter McCully/PQB News)
A police vehicle near a taped-off Rod & Gun Bar and Grill in Parksville on Saturday, April 18. Fire crews were called in to deal with a blaze earlier in the morning. (Peter McCully/PQB News)
Qualicum Beach Farmers Market manager Launie Elves shows a message to people who came in to purchase items. (Michael Briones photo)

COVID-19: Farmers market aims to help consumers and farmers while keeping the public safe

Parksville Qualicum Beach events currently operating at reduced capacity

Qualicum Beach Farmers Market manager Launie Elves shows a message to people who came in to purchase items. (Michael Briones photo)
Rev. Christine Muise at St. Anne’s Church on Jan. 8 in Parksville. (Cloe Logan photo)

COVID-19: Seeking shelter solution, Parksville’s homeless to sleep in graveyard

People to camp near church at night as group looks for assistance

Rev. Christine Muise at St. Anne’s Church on Jan. 8 in Parksville. (Cloe Logan photo)
100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington

100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington

Special procession held for Vancouver Island Second World War veteran

100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington
Fire crews attended an early-morning blaze at Parksville’s Rod & Gun Bar and Grill on Saturday, April 18. (PFD photo)

Early-morning blaze breaks out at Parksville’s historic Rod & Gun pub

Crews quickly contain fire; cause remains under investigation

Fire crews attended an early-morning blaze at Parksville’s Rod & Gun Bar and Grill on Saturday, April 18. (PFD photo)
Angela Robillard visiting her mother, Erika Zessel, through the glass at her seniors’ residence in Parksville. (Submitted photo)

COVID-19: Woman visits her 90-year-old mother through glass in Parksville

Isolation from family and the outside world a reality for many seniors

Angela Robillard visiting her mother, Erika Zessel, through the glass at her seniors’ residence in Parksville. (Submitted photo)
A Jimi Hendrix-inspired sand sculpture by Peter Vogelaar pictured at the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition. The competition will now return in 2021, after the 2020 Parksville Beach Festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo)

COVID-19: 2020 Parksville Beach Festival cancelled due to ongoing pandemic

International sand sculpting competition among events sidelined

A Jimi Hendrix-inspired sand sculpture by Peter Vogelaar pictured at the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition. The competition will now return in 2021, after the 2020 Parksville Beach Festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo)
A fire broke out at the Parksville wetlands early on April 16. (Parksville Fire Department photo)
A fire broke out at the Parksville wetlands early on April 16. (Parksville Fire Department photo)
Peter and Marcia Kent with their children, Ryder and Hunter. (Submitted photo)

Stranger offers Vancouver Island beach house to self-isolating ER nurse

Mill Bay woman helps worker ‘sacrificing hugs with her boys to help complete strangers’

Peter and Marcia Kent with their children, Ryder and Hunter. (Submitted photo)
Order of Canada musician Phil Dwyer wrote ‘The Ballad of Bonnie Henry’ for B.C.’s Chief Provincial Health Officer, as well as other people working on in the health care sector during COVID-19. (Photo submitted by Phil Dwyer)

Acclaimed Vancouver Island musician earns mention in ‘New York Times’

Phil Dwyer’s song for Dr. Bonnie Henry now has approximately 50,000 plays

Order of Canada musician Phil Dwyer wrote ‘The Ballad of Bonnie Henry’ for B.C.’s Chief Provincial Health Officer, as well as other people working on in the health care sector during COVID-19. (Photo submitted by Phil Dwyer)
Working from home during COVID-19: mid-Island residents share their stories

Working from home during COVID-19: mid-Island residents share their stories

A look at how Islanders are responding to the ongoing coronavirus situation

Working from home during COVID-19: mid-Island residents share their stories
The Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department offers select birthday parades for local children and seniors in isolation. (File photo)

Vancouver Island firefighters now doing birthdays

COVID-19: Dashwood fire department offers birthday parades for kids and seniors

The Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department offers select birthday parades for local children and seniors in isolation. (File photo)
500-year timeline marked alongside Vancouver Island old-growth Douglas fir slab
500-year timeline marked alongside Vancouver Island old-growth Douglas fir slab
Marcia Kent’s trailer on her Qualicum Beach property that her children and husband decorated. (Submitted photo)

COVID-19: Vancouver Island ER nurse self-isolates in travel trailer, apart from family

Marcia Kent says situation is difficult but worth it to keep twin boys safe

Marcia Kent’s trailer on her Qualicum Beach property that her children and husband decorated. (Submitted photo)
RCMP investigate after dog owner leaves following mid-Island incident involving pooch, hiker

RCMP investigate after dog owner leaves following mid-Island incident involving pooch, hiker

Victim reported minor injuries and was treated at the Oceanside Health Centre

RCMP investigate after dog owner leaves following mid-Island incident involving pooch, hiker
Petition against development of wetlands area in Qualicum Beach garners nearly 2,000 signatures

Petition against development of wetlands area in Qualicum Beach garners nearly 2,000 signatures

Preservation society: ’We believe this is a violation of the town’s bylaws’

Petition against development of wetlands area in Qualicum Beach garners nearly 2,000 signatures
COVID-19: Parksville woman gets welcome surprise from her grandchildren

COVID-19: Parksville woman gets welcome surprise from her grandchildren

Chalk art now runs up and down her block

COVID-19: Parksville woman gets welcome surprise from her grandchildren
Steel hearts await their new homes at the end of Dave Kasprick’s driveway. (Dave Kasprick photo)

COVID-19: Vancouver Island man forges hearts for his community

Dave Kasprick has already given out approximately 400, plans to make it 600

Steel hearts await their new homes at the end of Dave Kasprick’s driveway. (Dave Kasprick photo)