More than 135 staff members in three local governments in the Cowichan Valley made more than $100,000 last year, according to financial statements from 2024. They include 66 in the Cowichan Valley ...

The BC Wildfire Service is reporting an out-of-control wildfire near Comox Lake during the afternoon of July 21.

Victoria turns into a car lover’s dream destination every July and this year was no exception. Under sunny skies, an estimated 100,000 people packed Victoria’s Inner Harbour for the 11th Northwest ...

Downtown Chemainus was bustling June 22 as families, car enthusiasts and community members turned out for the annual Chemainus Summer Fest hosted by the Rotary Club of Chemainus. The event featured ...

If you ever have the chance to talk to a school crossing guard, flag person, highway maintenance worker or anyone else whose job requires them to work in the cone zone on our highways, ask them how ...

Though I haven’t exactly sailed the ocean blue, lately the concept of sailing has been a bit of a daily mantra. As Alan Watts said, “Life is most skillfully lived when one sails a boat rather than ...

Rooted in the community for over four decades, Victoria-based Orca Book Publishers has quietly grown into a major player on the North American children’s publishing scene. With a catalogue of more ...

I put on a pair of gloves and tried my best to catch the back ends of the obviously deeply perturbed crustaceans ...

The Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary has donated $30,000 to Cowichan Hospice to help fund programs that provide compassionate care to individuals and families navigating serious illness, grief and loss ...

The RCMP's E-Division Serious Crime Unit have arrested three people in relation to the 2022 murders of Alannah Brown and Douglas Barker.

Vancouver Coastal Health listed six more Vancouver-area beaches as "not suitable for swimming" this week due to high levels of E. coli bacteria. This is in addition to the two that already have ...

The Town of Ladysmith is warning residents about scam robo-calls falsely claiming to be from municipal staff. Reports suggest the calls refer to internet or fibre services, which the town does not ...