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Mad Maxime Gets Personal, Twitter Says Too Personal

Twitter slaps Bernier with a 12 hour mute

Dog on Death Row Lives in Jail with Two Roosters

The saga of Bronx the dog just gets weirder

Bursting VanIsle Hospitals Squeeze in Sick Neighbours

The Island's three COVID ICUs are almost full

The Orange Tide Floods VanIsle

Elizabeth May was the spoiler, as the incumbent held onto Saanich-Gulf Islands for the beleaguered Green Party

What Do 120 Charging Dolphins Look Like?

A pleasant whale watching adventure turned into a real circle of life moment

It’s Do or Die Time for Island Rail

The BC Court of Appeal sided with the Island Corridor Foundation in its appeal over who owns a chunk of the E&N right of way

Want to Protect Your Baby Gravy? Lay Off the Ivermectin

This Nobel prize winning deworming drug kills more than just worms

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The Take

Maxime Bernier is a Pro-Virus Extremist

Bernier's anti-mask, anti-lockdown, and anti-vaccine COVID views are dangerous

When Someone Flushes Their Toilet in the US, A Tree Falls in Canada

Toilet paper companies are devastating Canada's boreal forests

Why did Horgan Hand Big Oil $1.3 Billion of Our Money, But Let Them Gouge Us at the Pump?

Instead of opening their books, oil and gas companies lawyered up

Our Home

More Planned Power Outages for NorthIsle

Better get the candles out, things are gonna be dark

Tour de Rock Kicks Off on NorthIsle

COVID and clouds won't stop these riders from doing their part

How the Word “Fvck” on a T-Shirt Started a Whole New Business

This Port Alberni couple had an accidental business idea and now it's a roaring success

Local Heroes

Off-Duty Cop Saves Baby’s Life on the Island Highway

We should probably all learn CPR

Help Arrowsmith Search and Rescue Match Big Donation

Because you never know when you'll need someone to rescue your sorry ass from the trail

Close Call on the Colonel

With the no helcopters available on the island, North Shore Rescue was called in to help

R 'n R

A Better Playground for All Kids in Gold River

New government money will help build a wheelchair-friendly playground at Ray Watkins Elementary

Rainy Forecast Puts a Damper on Ucluelet Soap Box

Start your engines... later!

Campfires Are Back on NorthIsle

A bit of rain and cooler temperatures have brought down the fire risk

New Ways

Are Land-Based Atlantic Salmon Feedlots Safe?

Company got permit, but opponents still concerned about waste and other impacts

Has American-Style Voter Suppression Come to Canada?

Election Canada's Decision Not to Open Polling Booths on Campus Stinks

Big Power Producing Polluter Might Be on the Chopping Block

BC Hydro wants to move on, but the Edmonton-based owner of the plant says closing it would leave a gap in the VanIsle grid

COVID

Has American-style COVID Fury Come to VanIsle? Anti-Vaxxer Threatens Cumberland Pub Owner

Across Canada, more anti-vaccine extremists are turning violent. It's time to take the threat seriously

What the Hell is a Trojan Horse? And What Does it Have To Do With COVID?

No, it's not about condoms

Will Your Kids Be Safe From COVID-19 at School?

BC teachers are worried about kids and COVID-19

North Isle

It’s Finally Safe to Drink the Water Again

The boil water advisory in Port McNeil is finally over

Red or Blue? – Likely Neither if History Repeats Itself

Grit Grenz doesn't live in the riding she wants to represent. Tory Downey has been a Port McNeill resident since 1995.

Dog and Cat Killed, But Chickens Saved From Cougar by Hammer-Throwing Owner

Cougar Put Down After Killing Pets in Port Alice

Comox Valley

Courtenay-Alberni Candidates Eye The Finish Line

Make your choice by Monday, September 20th

Campfires Are Back in the Comox Valley

A bit of rain and cooler temperatures have brought down the fire risk

It Looks Like It Is Not Just Microsoft That Has “Catastrophic Failures”

BC Ferries is hoping thruster engine repairs are a warranty job

West Isle

Hot Sun and Hot Cars at the Port Alberni Fair

The first Alberni District Fall Fair Car Show was small but mighty

Who says white men can’t rap?

Comox Valley rapper makes VanIsle hip

Beaches Are for the People

But some businesses in Tofino are restricting access

Staying Well

Who is Funding the Pro-Virus Rallies?

How many people missed the vaccine passport rally because they had COVID-19?

How Come Our Governments Aren’t Treating Opioid Deaths as a Major Crisis?

Street drugs continue to take a toll on VanIsle communities

Boil Before You Drink, or Wash, or Cook

The boil water advisory has been in place in Port McNeil for almost two weeks now

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More Planned Power Outages for NorthIsle

Overnight power outage will let BC Hydro repair power lines and other infrastructure

A cat drinks water from the kitchen tap.

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It’s Finally Safe to Drink the Water Again

Now go chug some tap water

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Mad Maxime Gets Personal, Twitter Says Too Personal

Mad Maxine targets three reporters and tells his mob to harass them

Lisa Warden

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Dog on Death Row Lives in Jail with Two Roosters

They tried to assess Bronx in the pound, but it didn’t go as planned

Cyclists ride off while people wave on a cloudy day.

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Tour de Rock Kicks Off on NorthIsle

The 24th annual ride raises money for kids with cancer

A nurse checks on man on his belly in a hospital bed. He is hooked up to a ventilator.

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Bursting VanIsle Hospitals Squeeze in Sick Neighbours

Sick people from Northern BC are being transferred to VanIsle hospitals, which were already bursting with sick people from VanIsle

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The Orange Tide Floods VanIsle

A few remaining tight races is all that stands between the NDP and a near sweep of Vancouver Island

Bill and Natasha Dennis with huge smiles in front of the equipment in their t-shirt printing shop.

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How the Word “Fvck” on a T-Shirt Started a Whole New Business

Share your culture and your feelings on your shirt

A dolphin leaping partly out of the ocean.

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What Do 120 Charging Dolphins Look Like?

They really didn’t want to become the Orca’s lunch

A picture of a playground

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A Better Playground for All Kids in Gold River

Now every kid will have an equal opportunity to enjoy themselves

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