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What We Love

What We Love: Dragonflies

These teeny tiny helicopters are like magic in flight

The Take

The Slimy Underbelly of Choosing Premiers

Our regular elections are fair, why are leadership races so scandalous?

Folks Addicted to Drugs Need Detox and Long-Term Help in Port Alberni

The highest death rates but no treatment centres?

The Logging Industry Costs Us $1 Million a Day

BC logs should be processed in BC. It's that simple

Our Home

Pot Prices Go Up In Smoke

Folks who mortgaged their houses to get into the cannabis game are worried

It’s Time to Upgrade Your Girls Night Out

100 Women Who Care can make a world of difference

Campbell River Has Never Had an Indigenous City Councillor

Tanille Johnston would work for "equity across the board"

Local Heroes

Black Creek Runner Breaks Canadian Record…Again!

He's back and better than ever!

Qualicum Kids Are The Next Greta Thunbergs

They've been skipping a lot of class, but they're getting an education

Comox Hero Laughs Her Way to Victory

World champion in....snort laughing??

R 'n R

Yee Haw, We Got Crawdaddies!

One species, the signal crayfish, is native to rivers and lakes in southern BC

Anyone Up for a Treasure Hunt?

One hikers loss could be the ultimate geocache adventure

Powerhouse Indigenous Hip Hop in Spirit Square

The River Concert Series continues this Thursday July 28th at 7 p.m.

New Ways

Have You Tried Canada’s Most Elite Maple Syrup?

This mouthwatering Pacific flavour is worth the price

Geoducks—If You Know, You Know

Remember digging up geoducks as a kid? Turns out we could have been making a ton of pocket money

There’s Magic in Those Woods

Vancouver music promoter pivots to mushrooms

COVID

Firing the CEO Won’t Protect Ferry Workers from Getting COVID

Our highway to the mainland is pretty bumpy these days

Hate Speech Sneaking into Port Alberni Homes

No one wants to get hateful propaganda with their morning coffee and paper

Why is a Pro-Labour Government Silencing Health Care Workers?

Is the BC NDP actually pro-worker?

North Isle

ER Closure on Cormorant Island and Folks Are Not Having It

This one will last every night for two weeks straight

What We Love: Cluxewe Beach

It's a great spot to watch the sun sink behind the horizon

The Story of a National Crime

We have a history of ignoring hard truths about residential schools

Comox Valley

What’s in a Name? Cumberland

More than 100 immigrant Asian workers died in Dunsmuir's mines

Did Your Kid Come Home Covered in White Paint?

Comox RCMP are searching for the person causing "absurd mischief" in the Valley

Heat Dome 2: Dome Harder?

It won't be quite as hot, but it'll still be spicy

West Isle

What’s Scaring Off Docs Who Want to Work Here?

Pediatrician who tried to work on the Island calls it a bureaucratic nightmare

If the Tseshaht Find Buried Children, Who Will Be Held Accountable for Their Deaths?

Thousands of dead children found, but no moves to charge suspects

How Would You Take Care of Folks Suffering From the Toxic Drug Crisis?

Have your say

Staying Well

NorthIsle Hospital Closures Are Giving Patients Whiplash

Patients struggling to keep up with back and forth closures

One $150 Million Settlement Down, 39 More to Go

1 out of 40 drug companies goes for a payout, but this won't solve the Island's toxic drug crisis

What Do New BC Doctors Actually Want?

Our old healthcare system doesn't attract modern graduates