Campbell River School District Unveils Plan for New Childcare CentersCampbell River and Quadra Island parents have been advocating for childcare facilities for years.
Port Strike Day Seven: Workers Call Out “Dirty Tricks Campaign”“They’re trying to wait for the government to do their dirty work because they don’t want to treat us with respect," says workers union.
Battle on the Docks: Port Workers Fight for Fair TreatmentThe Island relies on shipped-in supplies, that's 120+ less workers making sure we get everything we need.
From Dirt to Dollars: How Cumberland’s Trails are Boosting the Local EconomyThe regions volunteer-built and maintained trail network is one of the busiest in North America
From Low to High: BC’s Minimum Wage JourneyAt $16.75, it's still far short of the $20.26/hour needed to survive in Courtenay
Surfing CedarPatrick Salamon's company, Waterman Surfboards, has customers and collectors from around the world
Homegrown Fish Farms Do It BetterA homegrown salmon farming experiment outlives 100 other projects while Norway's Cermaq experiment failed
Finally Someone’s Doing Something with Wood WasteWood 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 CommunitiesBut if we change to a system of forestry that maintains biodiversity and promotes local manufacturing, we can stop the big timber, log exporting juggernaut
When Reality TV Is All Too RealWatch closely Horgan - this is what Vancouver Island logging looks like on your watch
Shred the Gnar with Custom PlanksMerville-based Kindred Snowboards sells to snowboarders around the world
Logging Companies Cut and RunTimberWest and Island Timberlands are BC's biggest raw log exporters. Even though they control hundreds of thousands of hectares on VanIsle, neither owns a single mill
FX Mini-Series Shōgun Transforms UclueletThe production team searched the whole world for a place as beautiful as Ucluelet
How the Word “Fvck” on a T-Shirt Started a Whole New BusinessThis Port Alberni couple had an accidental business idea and now it's a roaring success
When Someone Flushes Their Toilet in the US, A Tree Falls in CanadaToilet paper companies are devastating Canada's boreal forests
It’s Do or Die Time for Island RailThe 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
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
It Looks Like It Is Not Just Microsoft That Has “Catastrophic Failures”BC Ferries is hoping thruster engine repairs are a warranty job
Are Land-Based Atlantic Salmon Feedlots Safe?Company got permit, but opponents still concerned about waste and other impacts
Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations Versus Norwegian Corporation- Round TwoGrieg Seafoods tries sneaky tactic to get around recent fish farm closures
Tofino Worker Campground Saved from the Brink – For NowCampground has six months to get its act together
