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NDP secures tax break for volunteer firefighters, SAR teams in federal budget

Fire chiefs say MP Gord Johns’ advocating for higher benefits will help with recruitment, retention

Apr 23, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

Univ. of Victoria unions call for post-secondary funding reform amid budget cuts

Student and worker unions call on the province for change during $13 million budget cuts

Apr 22, 2024 2:33 PM Read more >

Budget 2024 a win for Courtenay-Alberni but ‘disappointing’ for Canada: MP

Housing, youth mental health, school lunches are all benefits for Vancouver Island riding

Apr 22, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

First Nation on Island west coast wins Aboriginal title to limited territory

Nuchatlaht First Nation secure title to parcels of land near existing reserves

Apr 19, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >

Joshua Dahling running for BC United in Mid Island-Pacific Rim

Provincial election will take place in October 2024

Apr 17, 2024 9:00 AM Read more >

Western Forest Products curtails Alberni Pacific sawmill ‘indefinitely’

Firm says it has been unable to achieve an outcome that would allow the site to keep operating

Apr 17, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

Hikers help free man trapped in waist-deep mud on popular B.C. trail

A hiker’s ordeal on the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail ends with help from strangers

Apr 15, 2024 11:45 AM Read more >

Ucluelet food bank receives land for new facility as need hits unprecedented levels

Ucluelet’s council approves gifting parkland to Food Bank on the Edge Society

Apr 15, 2024 9:05 AM Read more >

Puzzling zoning calls for large pub at Ucluelet beach

A bewildering zoning decision made about 20 years ago allocates a Big Beach property for brewpub

Apr 11, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

Residential school sites host potential unmarked graves: Ahousaht First Nation

Scanning, document combing continues as project looks to reveal truths of former students

Apr 10, 2024 4:56 PM Read more >