The province says Highway 4 at the Cameron Lake Bluffs area will be closed temporarily tomorrow to clean up debris left from heavy rain. The section between Parksville and Port Alberni will be closed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. so crews can clear and remove rock that fell into...

UPDATED 2023-12-07 BC salmon farmers killed a record number of herring last year while trying to manage sea lice. Fisheries and Oceans Canada data shows in 2022, more than 800,000 herring died at BC salmon farms. That’s the most ever recorded by DFO in a single year. In 2021, 157,000...

At the end of the year, the donation website GoFundMe releases a report called the “Year in Help” highlighting the most generous cities in Canada. And this year 8 of the top 10 are in BC.  The stats are based on the number of donations per capita. North Vancouver, Vancouver, Prince...

The province’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe will be retiring when her third term of appointment ends in February. Lapointe made the announcement Wednesday, adding it will mark 13 years as chief coroner and over 30 years as a member of the B.C. Public Service. After starting her public service career in...

Four kittens rescued Monday from a pile of trash at a recycling centre in the Cowichan Valley are now being cared for by a rescue organization in Victoria. Sharon Rubin of Itty Bitty Kitty Committee says the five-to-six week old kittens were discovered at the Bings Creek facility. "At the transfer...

It looks like the ski season is about to get underway with a soft launch at Mount Washington at the end of the week. The ski resort announced today that the Whiskey Jack chair will be spinning from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This will give skiers and boarders access...