A Duncan teen will be able to see her dream artist perform in Vancouver thanks to an Island foundation.  The “Help Fill a Dream” foundation will send 18-year-old Kayla Dosen to Vancouver on December 7th to see Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour.  Kayla was diagnosed with a rare pediatric cancer called...

Harbours on Vancouver Island from north to south are getting new federal money to do repairs and improvements over the next three years. On Tuesday Liberal MP Parm Bains (Steveston - Richmond East) announced the new funding on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dianne Lebouthillier. More than $30 million...

UPDATE: 1,046 customers regained power in Comox, Sayward, and Nanaimo as of 1:00 p.m. this afternoon, according to BC Hydro. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Over 4,570 people are without power on parts of the Island and Coast today. According to BC Hydro, a total of 4,574 customers are without power after an intense windstorm affected several...

Several thousand people were without power on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island early this morning after a windstorm passed through the region. In the Gibsons area, BC Hydro reports a transmission circuit failure affected about 3,500 customers. Elsewhere, strong winds caused several isolated outages in places such as Halfmoon Bay,...

Former B.C. Premier John Horgan passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 65 following a third cancer diagnosis.  Horgan became Premier in 2017 leading the province until 2022 before stepping down to focus on his health.  Horgan’s family said in a statement he was surrounded by family, friends, and love...

North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas says John Horgan will be remembered as one of BC's finest Premiers. Horgan passed away Tuesday morning at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at the age of 65 from cancer. Douglas says one of his strongest memories of Horgan was that he had "kind of a...