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Two Sidney seniors struck by vehicle with foggy windows in marked crosswalk

Driver fined for failure to yield, limited visibility caused by foggy windows

Nanaimo service station first in B.C. to be part of Petro-Canada’s ‘electric highway’

EV charge stations started operating last month at service station at Terminal and Princess Royal

Victoria’s cocktail king releases book on best bartenders in Canada

Four bartenders from Kelowna and one from Penticton are recognzied in Great Northern Coocktails

Fish Are Food: A look at seafood sustainability

Conference in Campbell River to discuss food security from a marine perspective

Those involved in Saanich School District strike question calls for mediation

Sidney council has called on the province to appoint a mediator

Vancouver Island native catches the spirit of the Dragons’ Den

Justin Atterbury is the co-owner of Taynton Bay Spirits in Invermere, B.C.

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  • Nov 12, 2019

Nanaimo Airport boasts 200 percent growth in passenger traffic over 10 year period

Nanaimo Airport CEO Mike Hooper speaks on success and economic growth of the airport

Tofino and Ucluelet open zero-waste refill stations

Refilleries: a resource for being able to buy what you need with buying what you don’t

Sante Spa to close after lease not renewed by Westin Bear Mountain hotel

President of Sante Spa Victoria ‘shocked’ by notice

Island Corridor Foundation joins partnership pursuing rail

South Island Prosperity Partnership continues to grow

  • Nov 4, 2019

Family opens new downtown Nanaimo microbrewery

Cliffside Brewing Company opened Friday with six recipes on tap

Air North launches weekly passenger flights from Nanaimo to Vancouver, Kelowna and points north

Passenger service will begin Oct. 31

Vancouver Island’s biggest mall abuzz over sweet rooftop development

Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre brings in its first homegrown honey harvest

Gladstone nets beer awards, eyes expansion in the new year

The Courtenay brewery won two awards at the BC Beer Awards this month

Final flight for Holberg’s Scarlet Ibis ownership

“I am leaving the Ibis in very good hands. Please come and meet Kevin and see for yourselves.”

  • Oct 27, 2019

Hotel Zed coming to Tofino

Vancouver Island community gets its first female hotelier

Nanaimo’s landmark Dinghy Dock Pub has sold

Deal closed yesterday, says pub general manager

Clean tech works for everything from breweries to batteries, say Island summit panelists

Transportation, brewery and First Nation representatives speak at VIEA economic summit in Nanaimo