Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - The City is aiming to remove a few layers of red tape to encourage more affordable housing units to be built. Councillors have unanimously supported the idea of overlay zoning for over 2,000...

VICTORIA - The president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police says people will not be arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs after the end of decriminalization on Jan. 31, “unles...

NANAIMO - Local conservation officers believe someone, or a group of people, may be illegally poaching deer in a mid-Island community. Multiple animals in the Nanoose Bay Fairwinds neighbourhood have ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country. Branded as the "Canada Gr...

NANAIMO - Significant post-offence strides by a Nanaimo man to turn his life around didn't go unnoticed by a BC Supreme Court justice. Daniel Nicholas Kipp, 38, was handed two-years' house arrest, fol...

QUALICUM BEACH - The Town is considering whether to fully ban the sale and use of fireworks within the community, closing the small window of approved use during Halloween. During the Wednesday, Jan 2...

COQUITLAM - The Clippers trailed by multiple goals in all three of their road games in Chilliwack, Langley and Coquitlam but came up with three of a possible six points and a 1-1-1 record. In the conc...

NANAIMO - Recent mandated dam-clearing work at a lake on the lower slopes of Mount Benson is not expected to have notable impacts on scarce local groundwater inventory, according to the Regional Distr...

PARKSVILLE - Plans to put condos on an undeveloped lot near downtown Parksville are in the works once again. A development permit was reissued for a currently vacant lot at 440 Island Hwy. W, just nor...

LANGLEY - The Clippers led 1-0 for most of the first 35 minutes against Langley but then ran into an avalanche of Rivermen goals. Landon Pappas opened the scoring with a power play marker three and a ...