Patti Mertz

Workers at Vancouver Island Regional libraries could go on strike this week. The last collective agreement between the library and BCGEU Local 702 expired at the end of 2020. In a...

North Island College has announced that it is creating its first on-campus student housing project. The Comox Valley campus in Courtenay will see 157 individual and 60 family-specific options in...

One person is dead following a workplace fatality in Coombs.  Oceanside RCMP confirm that a crew was blocking a 62-foot long mobile home Wednesday afternoon, when one of the workers...

BC Daycares are set to receive $20million dollars to beef up their defenses against the Omicron covid variant.  The new, one time Health and Safety grant can be used to...

Programs that address homelessness issues can apply for the recently-opened second intake for BC’s Strengthening Communities' Services Program. The Strengthening Communities' Services Program gives local governments and First Nations additional...

More reminders today that the online scammers are out there, in social media and on dating apps.  Sunshine Coast RCMP are reporting two recent thefts.  In the first case, a person...

A convoy of truck drivers from British Columbia is making its way to Ottawa.  They will be joined in the Nations’ capital by other big-riggers from Alberta, Ontario, the Atlantic...

The Canadian Propane Association says high international demand, coupled with increasing transportation costs, have caused a spike in propane prices, which many people on Vancouver Island use to heat...