Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - Traditional fare products will soon no longer be sold to Regional District of Nanaimo's transit customers. As of Dec. 1, physical tickets, along with monthly and semester passes, won't be so...

NANAIMO - A forecasted ‘bomb cyclone’ storm system has caused swift and widespread impacts to the region’s power grid. BC Hydro reports over 25,000 of its customers from south of Nan...

PARKSVILLE - Sidewalks lining priority routes could soon be clear of snow when the white stuff falls in Parksville. During a Monday, Nov. 18 council meeting, councillors agreed to advance a two-year s...

NANAIMO - A strong fall storm moving into the region over the next day is already causing some issues for ferry travel. BC Ferries have pre-emptively cancelled the 8:45 p.m. sailing from Nanaimo’...

NANAIMO - A seven-member jury have made a pair of recommendations to both BC RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) following a week-long inquest. The jury were tasked with determining relevant f...

NANAIMO - BC Hydro says they have a full complement of crew ready to respond however they’re needed over the next 24 hours. A strong system from the Pacific, dubbed a ‘bomb cyclone’ ...

VANCOUVER - The use of terms including “atmospheric rivers” and “bomb cyclones” to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in re...

NANAIMO - He was warned he'd likely go back to jail if he didn't report to a southern interior treatment centre and that's exactly what happened. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson was ordered to serve ...

VICTORIA - A freshly sworn-in cabinet features a few ministers retaining their former positions, along with an expected significant turnover. B.C. lieutenant governor Janet Austin swore in the 27-memb...

NANAIMO - A group of Vancouver Island physicians known as Doctors for Safer Drug Policy who tried to launch an unsanctioned overdose prevention site (OPS) outside NRGH were quickly shut down by hospit...