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NANAIMO – The Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club is into it’s 101st season. One of the highlight events on their calendar, which runs from April to September, is National Bowls Day which happened J...

NANAIMO - A local legion is honouring the 80 anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest land, air and sea operation in military history, also known as the Battle of Normandy or D-Day. On June 6, 1...

NANAIMO - Three new, locally developed and teacher-driven courses have been approved for the upcoming school year. Financial Literacy 12, Forensic Science 11 Immersion and Indigenous Cultural Connecti...

PARKSVILLE - A growing group in Oceanside is making a real difference in their community, one $100 cheque at a time. The 100+ Oceanside Gentlemen Who Give A Damn gather quarterly, with the current mem...

PORT ALBERNI - A young man with a highly troubled past escaped further jail following a string of crimes in Nanaimo and Port Alberni. Already with 19 convictions as a young offender including multiple...

EDMONTON - The mayor of Sunrise, Fla., a city near the edge of the Everglades, home to the NHL Panthers and conspicuously named to avoid death, says it’s not that different from Edmonton. They'r...

NANAIMO - While still a significant health concern, the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) provided data indicating slight improvement in the ongoing toxic drug crisis. The BCCS reported 182 suspected toxic d...

The sun was shining on the beaches of Normandy on Thursday morning as a Canadian ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day got underway in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. Prime Minister Justi...

NANAIMO - A long-awaited interest rate movement from the Bank of Canada is eyed as a potential catalyst for a local real estate market uptick. The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) reported a...

VICTORIA - Seniors in British Columbia are feeling “invisible and forgotten” as their advocate says they are falling thorough the cracks in existing provincial support systems. In his firs...