Category Archives: Local News

QUALICUM BEACH - The Town of Qualicum Beach has introduced a new tool for builders and developers. It's a 3-D model of uptown made up of aerial photos of the town. Director of Planning Luke Sales says...

PARKSVILLE - Riders are set to hit the road for an emotionally and physically demanding experience in the name of raising money to help children fighting cancer. The 20th anniversary version of the Ca...

PARKSVILLE - Traffic issues continue to make up the majority of calls to the Oceanside RCMP detachment. There have been 874 complaints so far this year. Staff Sergeant Marc Pelletier provided Parksvil...

PARKSVILLE - The City of Parksville has added to their park land inventory. Council has approved the purchase of 36 hectares of land at 790 Hirst Avenue from the Ermineskin Cree Nation at a cost of $1...

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a 30-year-old Errington woman wanted for several property related offences. Police say Jennifer Megan Hannan is wanted on five a...

NANAIMO - A Port Alberni man has serious lower body injures after he was hit on Hwy. 19 in Nanoose Bay while trying to push his broken-down motorcycle across the highway. Central Island Traffic Servic...

QUALICUM BEACH - The Official Community Plan process in Qualicum Beach is ramping up. The town's Director of Planning Luke Sales says a lot of public feedback has been given and two main issues have e...

NANAIMO - The Trans-Canada Trail no longer has to skip over the Strait of Georgia. The Salish Sea Marine trail, a 275 kilometres paddling trail stretching from Horseshoe Bay to Victoria officially ope...

CAMPBELL RIVER - Police say a search is underway for a 37-year-old Vancouver Island woman who has been missing for about a week. Port McNeill RCMP say Twyla Roscovich was reported missing on Sept. 12....

PARKSVILLE - In the face of a brewing crisis in Parksville, city council decided to be patient and delay any decision on having an overdose prevention site. A motion was brought forward before council...