Campfire prohibitions will be lifted across the Coastal Fire Centre starting Thursday (Sept. 3), as wildfire danger continues to decline following recent rainfall and cooler temperatures. Effective at ...

The Campbell River Italian Cultural Society is putting community spirit into action, contributing $2,750 towards a new Transport Ventilator for the Campbell River hospital. The HAMILTON-T1 is a ...

The last long weekend of summer traditionally starts early aboard BC Ferries, proven by the near-sellout of Friday (Sept. 4) and return Monday reservations. Island residents can expect an influx of ...

Former Okanagan Sun and current BC Lions football player Jacob Bond has been suspended by the CFL after being found in violation of the league’s drug policy. A positive drug test for D-amfetamine, ...

A group of Vancouver Island men are baring it all (almost) to remind the world that dudes matter too. Under the creative direction of Comox Valley photographer Rhonda Posegate, gents of all shapes and ...

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP and Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement Jeff Kibble is calling on the federal government to immediately assess the former pulp mill property in Crofton for potential ...

Local search and rescue teams are hailing coordination as a key to successful aid with the latest rescue off Chin Beach on the Juan de Fuca Trail. Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue was called out Monday ...

A longtime Vancouver Police Department officer has been charged with multiple counts of fraud, theft, and breach of trust following a comprehensive two-and-a-half-year covert investigation that found ...

Two friends and filmmakers from Kelowna have set off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure overseas, attempting to bike across Japan, all the way from Cape Soya to Kagoshima, a distance of more than 2,700 ...

After passing through pouring rain, darkness and a gruelling climb, two cyclists on a 30,000 kilometre journey from Alaska to Patagonia arrived in Williams Lake to the sights of city lights. Leanna ...

Parksville swimmer Nicholas Bennett earned two silver medals and recorded a fourth-place finish at the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships held in Walnut, Calif. The former member of the Ravensong ...

An arrest has been made following two suspicious grass fires started in the Swan Lake Nature Reserve, which grew to wildfire status but were quickly brought under control Tuesday, Sept. 1. RCMP say a ...