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VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says ending the province’s three-year drug decriminalization project won’t save “a single...

QUALICUM BEACH - A downed power line caused by a falling tree has closed the highway and left over 3,000 properties without power early Wednesday morning. According to BC Hydro, a large tree fell and ...

NANAIMO - A 43-year-old local man remains in hospital with serious injuries after reportedly veering into Nicol St. traffic. I happened on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at about 4:20 p.m. where emergency responder...

NANAIMO - A new family practice has opened in Nanaimo thanks to a generous forgivable loan to the tune of $30,000. Thrive Family Health (5170 Dunster Rd.) opened its doors a few months ago, with the l...

NANAIMO - A provincial government program targeting the availability of secondary suites is being expanded to include the Regional District of Nanaimo. Introduced in September 2023 and set for an Apri...

Unseasonable warmth brought by an atmospheric river has shattered records - some almost a century old - at more than 30 B.C. locations, with the mercury passing 18 C in the Lower Mainland. Environment...

NANAIMO - RCMP officers across the mid-Island will have a cuddly new tool in their arsenal. Over 700 ‘trauma bears’ have been purchased for the Nanaimo RCMP, and will be distributed among ...

NANAIMO - Slow, yet steady progress is being made to build hundreds of badly needed supportive and affordable housing units in Nanaimo. In the summer of 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding between the ...

NANAIMO - New housing opportunities are coming to the region through a refreshed partnership between local and provincial governments. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was presented on Monday, Jan....

OTTAWA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the recent sharing of fake intimate images of pop star Taylor Swift proves no one is immune from such “attacks,” as the province launches n...