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Algae Blooming on the Shores of Port Hardy

Heat can cause the tiny plants to grow like crazy

Need a Sugar Fix – Visit the Flourchild

Local vegan baker captures Comox Valley's sweet tooth

Driver-less Electric Logging Trucks – What's Next?

Swedish tech firm wants to get drivers out of the driver's seat

Al Hopwood – A Small Operator Doing Forestry Different and Outperforming the Big Corporations

It's time big timber starts learning a thing or two about sustainable forestry

Courtenay Woman Melts Her Shoes Fighting Grass Fires

Courtenay firefighters put out the blazes before they could reach houses about 50 feet away

Norwegian Factory Fish Farm Loses in Canadian Federal Court

Cermaq once again fails to stop the removal of their fish farms in the Discovery Islands

Vancouver Island MusicFest Goes Virtual

The festival will be largely Island-focused with a combination of emerging artists and local music veterans

FireSmart Assessment Coming to Gold River

With all of the fires happening, it's good to get smart about fire protection

Cleaning Up How We Get Around

Feds set a goal to electrify transport but will it force automakers to make a wider range of ZEVs available

Big Winners in the Ducky 500

The Rotary Club of Comox raised $35,830 by selling virtual duckies

Vancouver Island Fire Crews Keep Blazes in Check

On the north island the fire danger rating is high, but fire fighters are putting out new fires before they get really bad

New Pacific Rim Trail Opens to the Public

The new 25 km trail is still under construction, but folks can use it as long as they're careful

Tofino Church Torched by Vandals

A Tofino church is targeted by vandals, one of many across Canada in recent weeks

Think About it – Big Trees Are More Valuable Left Standing

Port Renfrew shows the economic upside of keeping old-growth standing

Commercial Salmon Fishing Takes a Big Hit

Ottawa’s 60% cut to BC's commercial salmon fishery is a desperate – but necessary – effort to save critically endangered salmon

Great – Do We Really Need Another Old Growth Panel?

With each delay, report, and panel announcement, BC’s unprotected old growth slips closer toward extinction

Who Saved the Tsolum River?

Cleaning up the toxic legacy of the short-lived Mount Washington copper mine is a testament to what dogged community effort can achieve

$500,000 in COVID Funding for Pachena Bay Campground Upgrades

"Pachena Bay Campground is our hidden jewel, it’s something that all people on Vancouver Island and the Mainland love coming to"

North Island Roasts with No Power

There's only one transmission line to Northern Vancouver Island, so when it fails we're all toast

Island in Salish Sea Saved

An endangered Douglas fir ecosystem on the dry side of Vancouver Island gets preserved

Enjoy suspension bridges and waterfalls just 2 kms from Campbell River

Wild Salmon Still at Risk – Cermaq Goes to Federal Court

Dad said no, so Cermaq has gone to ask Mom instead

A Machine that Keeps Your Summer Cool and Your Winter Warm

And the government will even give you money to install one

You Think It's Hot – What About the Fish?

Salmon need cool, clean water to survive