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Orcas May Hate The Rich Too

Their new favourite game seems to be "yacht-zink"

Battle of the Paddle: Islanders Divided Over Pickleball

No sport generates more adoration or drama in BC than Pickleball

Sea kelp waves around in the water with a beam of light coming in.

What We Love: Life in the Sea

Local underwater cinematographer John Roney captures the beauty of the coast

Tofino’s Parking Puzzle: From Free to Fee

Offshore residents struggle to find parking space

Whistleblower’s Testimony Renews Questions About VanIsle’s Extraterrestrial Secrets

1981 was a year unexplained UFO phenomena on Vancouver Island

Giving Back Made Easy: New Guide on Supporting the Homeless

Document outlines heartfelt efforts to support neighbors in need

VIDEO: Blind Swimmer’s 11-Hour Triumph Across the Strait

Watch his triumphant arrival at Pipers Lagoon

Will You Be At Ukee Days This Weekend?

72 hours of community and culture for everyone

What We Love: Close-Ups Of Curious Bears

Funny video captured in Malahat Territory gives bears eye view a whole new meaning

VIDEO: Unraveling Van Isle’s Ancient Secrets

Archeologist merges science with traditional knowledge to explore history

Another Take On Dr. Henry

BC's Health Officer shouldn't resign, but she needs to up her game

A man lies on a couch looking miserable with cloth on his head. He is surrounded by dirty kleenex.

Don’t Go Get Omicron to “Get it Over With”

It's not the new chickenpox party

Alaska Plunders BC Bound Salmon While Our Fleet Sits Idle.

And many of these stocks are threatened and endangered

A closeup of a medical professional with a syringe delivering a vaccine shot into someone's arm.

So You Got Omicron—Should You Still Get a Booster?

Docs advise that you wait, but for how long is still up in the air

What We Love: EagleIsle

Photographer captures 10 Eagles sitting in a tree

Is Shipbreaking Business Polluting Bayes Sound?

Residents want the CVRD to tell the American-owned company to stop operations immediately

The Highs and Lows of Dr. Bonnie Henry

The Provincial Health Officer looks like she has given up

What We Love: Stormy NorthIsle

There is beauty in the eye of the storm.

Another Wet One This Way Comes

But with colder temperatures, precipitation may fall as snow at higher elevations avoiding flooding

Heavy snow weighs down trees over top of a hydro line.

The Power’s On Again On The Northwest Coast

It's not all good news, though—there's another storm coming

A woman puts her feet in the ocean on a sunny day. There are mountains in the background.

22 Things to Make Your Life a Little Better Without Really Trying

Are you already breaking your New Year's resolutions? Try these instead

Actor Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler on Yellowstone

Which Yellowstone Character is Your Town?

The Langford one might make you howl

Six Takeaways From Crazy Times

The pandemic has revealed some lessons we should have learned-but there's still time to turn the ship around

Healing from COVID at Home

Here are suggestions for how to heal at home and when to seek emergency care

A picture of Port Alberni's mountain background with "47%???" over top.

Property Assessments Go Up Up Up

Many Island towns had the biggest jumps

A picture of Dr. Bonnie Henry with the words "We're on our own."

Dr. Henry Tells Us—You’re On Your Own

Staff is sick? Kids are sick? Hospitals are filling up? Figure it out yourself

Search and rescue volunteers in red coats and black snowpants trudge through knee deep snow.

Five Rescued from Snowy Danger in Strathcona Park

The backcountry doesn't mess around

Don’t Look Up, It’s All Around Us, Say Scientists

Don't Look Up is worth a watch

What the Crystal Ball Tells Us

Wild (and Serious?) Predictions for 2022

Stacks of empty beer cans from Canadian brewers.

How Much Beer Have You Been Drinking?

It's been a boozy pandemic

American Company Doubles Down on Land-Based Fish Farming

The made-in-Nanaimo land-based steelhead farm was recently bought by Blue Star and is poised to scale up production

A little kid lays on a pillow with his eyes closed. He has his hand on his forehead and a thermometer in his mouth.

School Pushed Back for Most Kids

Kids of essential workers can go back on January 4th

Living the Canadian Winter Dream

Ponds rarely freeze into ice you can skate on, but when they do, it's time to do your patriotic Canadian duty, and play some pond hockey

Winter on the Streets Doesn’t Make for a Very Merry Christmas

The province is falling behind as homelessness becomes a community crisis across BC

A baby black bear huddles for warmth against a shed in the snow. The image has the bear inside a heart shape with cartoon snowflakes and the words BABY BEAR RESCUE.

Bear-Savvy Folks Save Cub in Gold River

The cub was seen wandering without her mother for days

An outline of Vancouver Island in dark red with lots of green COVID molecules scattered over it.

It’s Another COVID Christmas

Province brings in new restrictions to try to calm the COVID storm

A closeup of a snowflake on a dark blue background.

What the Hell is an Arctic Outflow?

It's why your nose hairs are freezing together

Billionaires In Our Midst

They love to go there to fish, play golf, and entertain executives and clients

A drone shot from high above the top of Mount Gibson on a sunny day with whispy clouds. There are mountain peaks in the background.

WATCH: The Banana Man Drags a Drone to the Top of Mount Gibson

Watching this video is way warmer than climbing the mountain

A New Doctor in the House

Newly elected Comox councillor faced a bizarre smear campaign in the run-up to the by-election

Roslyn Smith waves to the camera in a pack of brightly dressed runners.

Comox Valley Senior Crushes the Competition in California

Roslyn Smith just broke a 38-year-old course record at the California International Marathon

Adrian Dix stands in front of a podium with BC flags in the background. He looks tired.

Dix Warns Against Travel When the Bug is Already Raging on the Island

Omicron sends us into another COVID Christmas

NorthIsle Winter Wonderland Images: December 2021

The North Island sure is pretty under a blanket of snow.

A shot from above of crystal blue waves wrapping around black rocks off the coast of Ucluelet.

WATCH: Beautiful Sunset and Waves Off Ucluelet

Can't get to Ucluelet? Watch this video instead

The Bulldogs team and minor hockey players pick up stuffies that were tossed onto the ice after a goal.

Alberni Valley Bulldogs Send the Fur Flying

The Teddy Bear Toss was the best-attended game in years

A shot of a skyscraper from the ground up with the words "Big banks, bigger bonuses"

Banking Fat Cats Take Home Huge Bonuses While Hiking Your Fees

Canada's banks are some of the richest in the world

Surfing the East Side

Of course, timing is everything

A map of Vancouver Island with some COVID virus molecules swimming up to the Comox Valley area.

We’re Number One?

Comox Valley leads BC in COVID infections

The Milky Way above the horizon with a bright green meteor streaking toward the earth.

Bolide Goes BOOM!

The meteor was probably part of the Geminid shower

Look Out Tesla, Here Comes the Might-E Truck

Innovative Island company helping to green up transportation

Norwegian Fish Farming Boss is Out of Touch with British Columbians

Innovation in cleaner fish farming technology is happening - in Nanaimo and Florida

Canada’s Auditor General Finds “Systemic Problems” on Farms

AG found "88 percent of inspections could not demonstrate that the employers were protecting the health and safety of workers"

We Have Spent Millions, and the Problems Keep Coming

$4 million was spent upholding Teal Jones’ right to log old-growth in Fairy Creek

A closeup of a power pole with lots of wires and a street lamp on a cloudy day.

BC Hydro Tells North Islanders to Deal With It

No new power coming from BC Hydro

Snow Is Falling, Slopes Are Calling

Mount Washington is set for its best opening in years

A view from the forest floor up to the sky up the trunk of a very tall tree.

Huu-ay-aht First Nation Press Pause on Most Old-Growth Logging

They'll only log 4% of the old growth in their territory

Will it Stay or Will It Go?

A new ship breaker wants to take apart an old ferry in Union Bay, but residents are worried about pollution

Living The Winter Dream, Without the Corporate Logos

The drive may be long, but Mount Cain's charm and incredible skiing is worth it

Danielle Goulet, looking incredibly buff, poses with her new gold medal. She has a huge smile.

This Cumberland Body Builder is Buffer Than You

And she's got the gold medals to prove it

A group of people in traditional dress gather behind a table in a community centre.

Planned Fish Farm Causing Rift Between Neighbours

Joint venture between the Tlowitsis First Nation and Grieg Seafood is creating divisions

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