Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - Starting Sept. 1, 2021, children 12 and under will be able to "Get on Board" any BC Transit or TransLink service for free as part of the provincial government's commitment to efficient, rel...

NANAIMO - Crews are continuing to halt the progress of a wildfire burning approximately nine kilometres southwest of Chemainus.The Copper Canyon wildfire, formerly the Holyoak Creek fire, hasn't grown...

NANAIMO - A local family is praising the support they received from doctors, nurses and their close contacts after every parent's worst nightmare came true.Autumn Techen, nine-years-old at the time, c...

VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says showers brought some relief and stalled significant overnight growth at a fire that's forced thousands out of their homes in the southern interi...

DUNCAN, B.C. - A Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new kind of ambassador after deciding it will no longer send a town crier to greet visitors or represent the community at events. Dun...

NANAIMO - Community spirit is helping the Nanaimo SPCA pay medical bills for animals in need. The annual Lock-In For Love event, held virtually in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, raised $16, 410. Ex...

VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...

VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...

NANAIMO - It may have ended a little earlier than he'd hoped, but a Nanoose high jumper is relishing his fourth Olympic experience.Michael Mason cleared 2.25 metres in the qualification round, but fel...

NANAIMO - The streak is over.After a bone dry stretch of 52 days without measurable precipitation at Nanaimo Airport's monitoring station, showers moving across the region on Friday, Aug. 6 finally st...