A host of innovative building projects and companies on Vancouver Island have been nominated for this year’s commercial building awards. They include Campbell River’s Rail Yard Market, which took a problem downtown property and turned it into a place for micro-businesses to thrive. Courtenay’s Big Wheel Burger, Powell River’s new...

Public engagement will begin this week and last until April 26th on the plan to relocate the treated sewage outfall from the Cowichan River to a deep outfall in Cowichan Bay. The Joint Utilities Board intends to construct a pipeline from the treatment plant in Duncan to a suitable deep-water...

Ten South Vancouver Island communities were unsuccessful in their attempt to have the province continue funding 911 dispatch costs on their behalf. North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas says the municipality, along with Duncan, Ladysmith, Colwood, Langford, Metchosin, North Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, and View Royal will have to fund E-Comm for...

RCMP officers were recognized for their service in their community and were presented with the King Charles III Coronation Medals in Duncan.  A total of 56 medals were issued on March, 20 to officers and staff across Vancouver Island, which recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the service,...

This federal election will see recent changes to Island riding boundaries kick in, affecting voters in three different ridings. It’s resulted in some strange new divisions. For example, the Woodgrove Mall and Costco in Nanaimo are now part of the Courtenay-Alberni riding, with the new north-south boundary set along Hammond...

A previously missing man in Duncan has been found deceased.  Duncan RCMP say the 51-year-old man went missing on March 18 in a release today.  Although the investigation is not finished, they believe criminality was not a factor in the man’s death.  Family and friends have been notified and the RCMP has...