Elections BC reports 171,381 people cast ballots on the first day of advance voting in the October 19, 2024, provincial election. On Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, the highest turnouts on Thursday were in Courtenay-Comox and Ladysmith-Oceanside. In Courtenay-Comox, 4,038 people cast ballots on Thursday. In Ladysmith-Oceanside, 4,252 people turned out...

The Police Complaints Commissioner is now reviewing a police discipline authority report by Delta Police Chief Neil Dubord clearing Vancouver police officers of abuse of authority and neglect of duty over their involvement in the death of Sunshine Coast businessman Myles Gray. The mandate of the OPCC is not to...

More salmon are returning to Pacific rivers than ever before, and that’s a good thing for coastal ecosystems, new research shows. A study published in the science journal Nature this week reviewed data from 1976 to 2015, and found the amount of salmon returning increased overall by 32%. Researchers found...

An NDP MP from Vancouver Island is tabling a private member's bill hoping to make mental health services more accessible for Canadians.  Courtenay-Alberni NDP MP and Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns introduced a bill aiming to include community-based mental health, addictions, and substance use services to the...

Advance voting in the BC General Election begins today, from 8 am to 8 pm, at locations around the province. There are six days of advance voting, and you may cast ballots from today until to Sunday, and on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, but not all polls will...

A North Island whale science organization is working with new technology to identify and track humpback whales around the Island. The Marine Education and Research Society started work this week with a whale biologist from Ocean Wise to do environmental DNA collection, or eDNA, a technique which can identify creatures...