Skip to content

Local News

Qualicum Beach bus route could be free for the summer

Qualicum Beach bus route could be free for the summer

Town mulling over free or $1 fares
Read more >
Downtown Nanaimo hotel project in limbo as owners selling property

Downtown Nanaimo hotel project in limbo as owners selling property

Front Street property listed for $3.8 million
Read more >
Toxic giant hogweed plants show up in Duncan

Toxic giant hogweed plants show up in Duncan

Invasive plant can cause blisters, burns and even blindness
Read more >
Phoenix pay nightmare continues

Phoenix pay nightmare continues

Ucluelet woman out more than $30,000 and counting
Read more >
Nanaimo high school launches sports mastery program

Nanaimo high school launches sports mastery program

Mastery and Performance program now offered at John Barsby Secondary School
Read more >
Discarded cigarette ‘likely’ started recent grass fire in Saanich

Discarded cigarette ‘likely’ started recent grass fire in Saanich

Investigators have found no evidence homeless individuals caused the fire
Read more >
Esquimalt Lagoon driftwood art stolen, vandalized

Esquimalt Lagoon driftwood art stolen, vandalized

Artist Paul Lewis has already repaired two of the pieces in Colwood
Read more >
Saanich to test public support for future amalgamation talks

Saanich to test public support for future amalgamation talks

A referendum this fall will ask residents whether they support the creation of a regional forum that will study the pros and cons of amalgamation.
Read more >
For farmers, accommodation is key for local food

For farmers, accommodation is key for local food

Jim and Catherine Gowans, who run Omnivore Acres, are up and working at 7 a.m.
Read more >
Federal government not protecting wild salmon: Blaney

Federal government not protecting wild salmon: Blaney

North Island-Powell River MP says government must be “held account
Read more >