Author Archives: Syndicated Content

VICTORIA - B.C.’s chief coroner has ordered a full inquest into one of the deadliest school shootings in Canadian history. Nine people, including the shooter, were killed on Feb. 10 in Tumbler R...

NANAIMO - This winter was one of the warmest on record in the region, keeping pace with weather experts’ predictions we’ll see some of the hottest years on record between now and 2030. Wit...

PARKSVILLE - Longtime owners of an expansive and largely forested south-end property are returning with a new vision of housing. Waterfront Properties Corp. are looking for Council and public support ...

PORT ALBERNI - Known to the offender for several years, an employee at Port Alberni’s overdose prevention site (OPS) temporarily lost vision in their eye after a man ignited a homemade bomb outs...

ABBOTSFORD - For the third year in a row the VIU Mariners women’s volleyball team are provincial champions. They took out top seeded Capilano University in a five-set match on Saturday, Feb. 28....

ABBOTSFORD - For the third year in a row the VIU Mariners women’s volleyball team are provincial champions. They took out top seeded Capilano University in a five-set match on Saturday, Feb. 28....

VICTORIA - B.C. is planning to adopt daylight savings time year-round, effective Sunday. After decades of campaigning against the twice-annual adjustment of the clocks, Premier David Eby announced Mon...

NANAIMO - A woman well known to police, as well as the courts over recent months, is wanted by local Mounties. Tamara Leigh Prince, 42, is facing a charge of theft under $5,000 in connection to a Dece...

NANAIMO - Sporadically offered seasonally since 2018, much-anticipated direct flights linking Nanaimo and Toronto won't return this year. Air Canada confirms it won’t supply the route for a seco...

NANAIMO - Hundreds came out in force Saturday night to raise vital funds for an area non-profit. The annual Coldest Night of the Year walks in Nanaimo and Oceanside on Saturday, Feb. 28, aimed to rais...