Author Archives: Syndicated Content

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s health ministry says 10 people are hospitalized with measles in the province, with one active, contagious case as of July 8. It says the infections are among 102 co...

PARKSVILLE - A new era of sand sculpting has arrived in Parksville. A new, enlarged and more accessible location behind the Parksville Curling Club debuts this year, as the Quality Foods Sand Sculptin...

LADYSMITH - A pair of speeders received a swift and expensive lesson after being stopped recently along the Trans Canada Hwy. Mounties in Ladysmith report a driver on Canada Day was stopped after bein...

COOMBS - More than 30 firefighters from multiple regional departments responded to a substantial house fire. Ron Schildroth, Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department chief, said they were alerted to ...

In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham cracke...

NANAIMO - Island Top Team had a gold medal winning weekend at the Grappling Industries Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament at BCIT in Burnaby. The Nanaimo based martial arts school had four first place fin...

NANAIMO - Nearly three dozen townhouses are envisioned for a currently wooded lot in the city’s centre. City Councillors moved through the first three readings of a rezoning application on Monda...

NANAIMO - A man awaits his sentence for firing a gun a young driver during an extreme case of road rage. Reza Rahiman, 46, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 8 to a charge of intent to endanger life, alo...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is proposing to ban the breeding, sale and future ownership of all exotic and non-domestic cats, including servals, ocelots and European wildcats. The propos...

LADYSMITH - High levels of bacteria in water samples collected from Transfer Beach is prompting a warning. Island Health, via the Town of Ladysmith, issued an advisory late on Monday, July 7, advising...