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Duchess of Dirt: May flowers, tomatoes and epsom salt

Wouldn’t you just know it - mere hours after I had submitted the article for my last Duchess of Dirt column, I was “shown up”

May 8, 2025 10:45 AM Read more >

B.C. honours sacrifices made by its paramedics in the line of duty

Legislature lawn event was held on the 10th anniversary of the Fallen Paramedics Memorial

May 8, 2025 10:28 AM Read more >

School's out for Port Alberni students after small fire at high school

Fire contained to room of origin thanks to school sprinklers, quick-thinking staff

May 8, 2025 10:25 AM Read more >

Vancouver Island RCMP seeks information on ‘dangerous’ wanted woman

Sandra Humphreys, 42, is wanted on at least 8 warrants, including for assault and theft

May 8, 2025 10:24 AM Read more >

‘All your senses come alive’: BC bat program calls for volunteer counters

1,089 counts at 268 roost sites documented 7 species in 2024

May 8, 2025 10:04 AM Read more >

RCMP find powdered cocaine, crack and meth in big Vancouver Island drug seizure

Three arrested, more than 1,100 grams of crack cocaine and other drugs seized in Campbell River

May 8, 2025 9:47 AM Read more >

Lights out, North Island: BC Hydro schedules all-day power outage

Port Alice will not be impacted during May 25 outage to enable work related to powerline conversion project

May 8, 2025 9:15 AM Read more >

Nine ballots from Island ridings included in the 822 mistakenly not counted

Total of 822 special ballots from 74 districts not counted

May 8, 2025 9:02 AM Read more >

Crops, hope, optimism bloom in B.C. fruit industry, fertilized by collaboration

Fruit farmers are working together as part of a collaborative pilot project

May 8, 2025 7:46 AM Read more >

B.C. pastor praises passing water truck driver who saved his church

Fire broke out in the early hours of April 4, and was extinguished by an AIM Roads worker

May 8, 2025 7:37 AM Read more >