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...

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...

One of Vancouver Island’s largest employers announced yesterday that it would reduce lumber production at its BC sawmills from October to December.  Western Forest Products says the curtailment will cut approximately 30 million board feet from production.  WFP says in a media release that the curtailments are due to “a combination...

Groups across Vancouver Island are partnering together to keep people and bears safer in potential encounters.  4TVI (Tourism Vancouver Island) is partnering with the Commercial Bear Viewing Association of British Columbia, Tourism Tofino, and Destination Campbell River to create a bear viewing and awareness campaign.  Executive Director of the Commercial Bear...

The BC Conservative leader says it’s time to put an end to violent crimes and abolish the catch and release policy to make communities safer again.  According to Statistics Canada, the violent crime rate in Canada has increased five per cent since 2019, but the province has said there is...

A local business will get a showcase at a Vancouver Island-wide summit. Leverton & Associates Ltd., a company focused on giving consulting services to private business, government, and non-profits, will be part of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Summit this year. They’ll be showcased under Rising Stars: Businesses to Watch, with...