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PARKSVILLE - A significant amount of money is being raised to protect a large piece of land home to a large ecosystem. The Nature Trust of BC is looking to raise $350,000 to protect 13 acres of land h...

NANAIMO - Capable of going upwards of 25 kilometres per hour, a new network of shareable e-bikes is debuting in the city. Evolve, a program run through BCAA and already in place in several major centr...

VANCOUVER - Escalating public safety concerns combined with increasing deaths link to drug toxicity is pushing changes to allowed drug consumption in public areas. Premier David Eby announced on Frida...

NANAIMO - A long-promised and badly needed supportive housing complex is set to officially open in the city’s downtown. Cornerstone, located at 285 Prideaux St., is a 51-unit permanent modular s...

The young killer whale trapped for more than a month in a B.C. lagoon swam past a bottleneck at high tide this morning. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations say the team is ecstatic, although s...

NANAIMO - Less than a year after being formed a local non-profit group which brings men together in a positive and uplifting way finally has a permanent home. Organized by a local father and son last ...

NANAIMO - Authoring children's books was not the kind of healing journey a busy Nanaimo nurse expected. An injury sidelined May Sosa for a few weeks last year, spawning an unscripted journey of creati...

Bob Cole, a welcome voice for Canadian hockey fans for a half-century, has died at the age of 90. Born June 24, 1933, the St. John’s, N.L., native provided a distinctive soundtrack to CanadaR...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - A new staffing model for first responder paramedics on Island is proving a more resilient level of care. BC Emergency Health Services, through funding from the provincial government,...

NANAIMO - A loaded and ready-to-fire sawed-off shotgun was confiscated by local Mounties on routine patrol in Harewood. Members of the Nanaimo RCMP Bike Patrol unit spotted a man well known to them lo...