The brunt of tonight’s windstorm is expected to begin hitting communities on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine coast in the next few hours. Along East Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, Southern Gulf Islands, and Inland Vancouver Island regions, easterly winds of 80 kilometres per hour are expected, gusting to 90-100...

For the second time this year, BC will be testing their emergency alert system. The provincial government says they will be doing a test of the system to make sure it works in the event of an actual emergency. They do this twice a year when possible. They say you’ll hear...

Uber services will soon be made available to Vancouver Island residents outside of Victoria.  Uber plans to expand the ridesharing program in early 2025, encouraging British Columbians to sign up as drivers.  General Manager of Mobility for Uber Canada Michael van Hemmen said despite the plan to go all over the...

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...

Port Hardy RCMP has a new Detachment Commander, Staff Sergent Kim Rutherford, who joined in September. Rutherford has nearly 22 years of service with the RCMP. She has been posted in several communities, including Nootka Sound and Campbell River, and has also served with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. She says...

As tributes continue for former premier John Horgan, who passed away yesterday from cancer, Port Hardy Mayor Pat Corbett-Labatt says he was a remarkable man. “He had a brother that lived just Southside of Port McNeill for many years, so I had the opportunity to meet John Horgan on a...