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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

A red helicopter lowers someone onto a mountain on a sunny day.

The New Rescue Team in Town

TEAAM opens a new base in Campbell River

How Many More Strikes Does Horgan Get?

Since 2010, BC officials knew there weren't enough staff at the River Forecast Centre, but did nothing

A still shot from the cartoon "Transformers" with little COVID shapes on it like decorations and a Christmas tree pasted into the background.

Happy Holidays, How About a New COVID Variant?

The Omicron variant sounds like Transformers gone wrong

A closeup of a big white avalanche with the words "LOOK OUT!" over top.

Don’t Mess With The Avalanche Alert

Did anyone else have avalanches on their 2021 bingo card?

A black-and-white still from a security camera shows a bear on its hind legs with its paws on the front door.

Mr. Chims at the Chims

Maybe it was trying to get out of the rain

A weather map of rainfall totals on Vancouver Island with Tahsis and Zeballos region highlighted.

NorthIsle Getting Soaked—Again

Environment Canada says Tahsis and Zeballos will get especially drenched

Joyce Murray smiling on a cloudy day. Her hair is grey and she is wearing a small red scarf around her neck.

Jordan Out, Murray In

Did the fish farm industry pop their champagne corks too early?

The John Hart Dam releases lots of water into the river below.

Steer Clear of the Campbell River

BC Hydro is releasing extra water to protect the dams from flooding

A hand-drawn map of Vancouver Island with the words "You call that a flood map?" over top.

BC’s Floodplain Maps Suck

Just when we need a good map we find out the BC government has dropped the ball

A shot of Virgin Falls on a sunny day.

WATCH: A Moment of Zen at Virgin Falls

The weather is wild and the road is blocked, but you can still watch this video

The camera looks down on a cougar standing on a covered back patio of someone's house.

This Was No Cat In The Hat

Vancouver Island has the most cougars in the world, but they normally stay hidden

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In An Emergency, Who Ya Gonna Call?

Honestly it looks like the Ghostbusters are more reliable at this point

One Storm Away From Empty Shelves?

And we should be - more than 90% of Islanders food comes from off-island

A map of an atmospheric river hitting Vancouver Island with cartoon boxing gloves lining up to punch the Island.

Ranking Atmospheric Rivers

Environment Canada is coming up with a new way to warn us when a bad one is coming

Is Aaron Gunn Going To Launch a New Extremist Party? Or is He Just Bluffing?

He teased us that there would be a big announcement at a rally in Chilliwack on November 6th. Nothing happened

WATCH: Courtenay Songwriter Releases Another Hit

Oktiv6's new video features Island landmarks

Two orcas swim past on a cloudy day.

WATCH: Orcas Seen More Than 40 km Inland, Near Port Alice

A small group of killer whales were spotted passing by Jeune Landing

People stand on the other side of a flooded section of road in front of the Pathfinder RV Park sign in the rain.

Arrowsmith Search & Rescue Save the Day Again

Twenty-three ASAR members braved the floods to help folks who were stranded in Parksville

It’s a Bear, It’s a Sasquatch, It’s Hugh Jackman – No, It’s a ‘Hyena of the North.’

There hasn't been a confirmed sighting of a wolverine on Vancouver Island for 30 years

It Didn’t Kill Him (Yet), But It Cost Him Jobs

Comox Valley Pipefitter in a Battle Over Asbestos

Ontario Court Ruling Could Have Huge Impacts on VanIsle

Court rules First Nations can raise the $4/year rent that Canada has been paying for the last 150 years

The World is on Fire, But Don’t Worry, It’s Fine

Will the government treat the race to stop rising temperatures like the space race? Don't count on it

Guilt-free Hot Rodding – Is It Possible?

Parksville's canEV and Victoria-based Webb Motorworks have teamed up to electrify hot rods

How Dare AntiVaxxers Try to Spin Remembrance Day

Claims that Canadian WWI soldiers died to defend some crazy anti-vax, anti-mandate ideas are absurd and dangerous

A huge fallen tree lies over a power line. Two trucks and workers try to fix the problem.

Big Storm Means No Power for Thousands

Wind and rain knocked out power in pockets all over VanIsle

Anti-Vaxx Nurses Put On Notice

Unvaccinated nurses are trying to open their own clinics throughout BC

Christmas Presents Aren’t Under the Tree, But on the Beach

But where are the shipping containers filled with toxic chemicals?

Didn’t You Want To Be a National Geographic Explorer When You Were Growing Up?

Big tree activist TJ Watt gets award and recognition

Waves crash on a stormy day while a buoy bobs around.

VanIsle Still Riding the COVID Fourth Wave

There are now more active COVID cases on VanIsle than in the Northern Health Region

Comox Woman Pokes Holes in the Patriarchy

She's made a career out of breaking down barriers for women in the male dominated forestry industry

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s “Holy War” Targets 18 BC Groups

Kenney’s Public Inquiry says no one did anything wrong, but it still supports dangerous conspiracy theories

Cumberland-Based Company is Building a Better Bike

Forbidden now employs 11 people, all but two live in the Comox Valley

A man takes a selfie on a mountain trail while wearing a banana costume.

WATCH: Man Hikes Mount Prevost—as a Banana

This guy had always wanted to climb a mountain as a piece of produce

Alberta Company’s Dirty Power Sometimes Cools Us, But Mostly Makes Us Hot

Projects like Port Alberni's Upnit Power Corporation are what we need - locally owned and sustainable

The words EGG MAN on a black background with a picture of a van with broken windows showing through the text.

Do You Know the Egg Man?

Comox Valley RCMP are looking for more information on the egg man, coo coo ca choo

Comox Teen Wins Two Mountain Biking Gold Medals

Lan won gold at downhill and enduro mountain biking nationals

Three members stand outside the fire hall in front of their new rescue truck on a cloudy day.

Woss Volunteer Fire Department Gets New Wheels

Volunteer fire crews are the big hearts at work in small places

A truck drives away along a pockmarked logging road in the rain.

Bamfield is Finally Getting Its New Sealed Road

Huu-ay-aht First Nations have been asking for a better road for decades, and now they're leading the project to make it happen

Cross-Border Salmon at Risk So MP Bachrach Goes To Washington

BC MP raises concerns about Alaskan's interception of BC steelhead and salmon

A man in a red hoodie stands in the middle of the cell phone store with a carton of eggs. Two employees sit behind the desk looking bewildered.

Why Did This Man Throw Eggs and Swear in the Phone Store?

He is yelling about 5G and COVID including lots of F-bombs

Kenny Brown in a black hooded sweater standing on the dock with water and mountains behind him.

This is the Second Time Kenny Brown has Saved Strangers from Drowning

As soon as he saw the plane hit, he knew what he had to do

Surfing Cedar

Patrick Salamon's company, Waterman Surfboards, has customers and collectors from around the world

A man stands smiling in front of a pool in the land-based fish farm.

Homegrown Fish Farms Do It Better

A homegrown salmon farming experiment outlives 100 other projects while Norway's Cermaq experiment failed

Pinky the humpback rises out of the water with one big fin waving as if to say hello.

Beloved Mother Whale Sets Off for Hawaii

Pinky was spotted struggling in Barkley Sound with a crab trap dragging behind her

Finally Someone’s Doing Something with Wood Waste

Wood waste left behind at the clear cut or mill represents a huge opportunity for innovation

Why Industrial Forestry is Bad for the Planet and Local Communities

But if we change to a system of forestry that maintains biodiversity and promotes local manufacturing, we can stop the big timber, log exporting juggernaut

A satellite view of an atmospheric river flowing into Vancouver Island.

Atmospheric River Targeting VanIsle – So It’ll Be Wet This Weekend, Real Wet

Watch out for the "river in the sky"

A closeup of a pink salmon being held just about sparkling water on a sunny day.

Record-breaking Year for Pinks in the Tsolum

After a tough summer, the rains came in September and the salmon came back

When Reality TV Is All Too Real

Watch closely Horgan - this is what Vancouver Island logging looks like on your watch

A woman lies in an ICU bed with wires and tubes hooked up to her body.

Sick Northerners Get Help on VanIsle, But the Beds Are Filling Up

It was a sad Thanksgiving for 14 northerners who were flown to ICU beds in the south

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