The following day we have our first encounter with belugas on a tour in a small inflatable boat. Within minutes of leaving the Port of Churchill, several belugas come alongside us. Two are adults, as ...

Multiple cars of a CPKC freight train — four of them loaded with fuel — derailed near Kamloops just before 7 p.m. PDT on ...

The former Stone Butter Church structure sits atop Comiaken Hill off of Tzouhalem Road near the Cowichan River estuary. As the sun set on the night of the full Harvest moon I wandered through the ...

Shari Green was awarded the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People at a gala event in Toronto on Oct. 27 for her novel, Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams. “Green’s gripping novel ...

A few days after Halloween, it was raining pumpkins in Saanich – literally. Returning for its second year, Tillicum Centre hosted the community-favourite Pumpkin Smash Bash, where countless orange ...

Originally from Alberta, McAllister moved to the Cariboo earlier this year after spending most of her adult life on Vancouver Island. She runs a nondescript animal rescue out of her home on Meadow ...

When Ladysmith artist Sarah Leo began fainting without warning, she didn’t know if she’d ever get her health — or her rhythm — back. For two months, she lost consciousness regularly. Doctors never ...

A CPKC freight train derailed near Kamloops late in the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1. The derailment occurred approximately one kilometre east of Cherry Creek Station Road, west of Kamloops near the ...

A Qualicum Beach couple decided to dedicate two new seats in the newly-renovated Village Theatre to their pups. Diane Moran ...

There’s no secret about it: the filmmaking industry is important on southern Vancouver Island An average of $60 million per ...

While the hobby has changed, it is far from dead. There are still a lot of stamp enthusiasts, and, on Dec. 16, they’ll be gathered at the Sandman Hotel in Victoria where dealers will offer stamps, ...

Whitecaps FC will host a Western Conference semifinal match Saturday, Nov. 22 at BC Place Stadium, against either Los Angeles ...