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Laura Palmer of Island Crime podcast. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: Island Crime Podcast explores Whiskey Creek deaths

PQBEAT: Three people shot Halloween night, 2020

Laura Palmer of Island Crime podcast. (Supplied photo)
Co-hosts Jennifer-Lee and Mike tackle how to establish a cost per square foot in this episode of Measure Twice, Cut Once. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Scope and Cost: Tackling Cost per Square Foot

TODAY IN BC: HAVAN’s podcast ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’

Co-hosts Jennifer-Lee and Mike tackle how to establish a cost per square foot in this episode of Measure Twice, Cut Once. (HAVAN photo)
Air support works on the Pelican Lake Fire Thursday, May 18. (Fred Cahoose video screen capture)

VIDEO: Wildfire evacuation alert impacting 257 properties in B.C. Chilcotin

Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre issued alert Thursday night

Air support works on the Pelican Lake Fire Thursday, May 18. (Fred Cahoose video screen capture)
Snuneymuxw Chief Michael Wyse and director of development at Seacliff Properties Georgia Desjardins as they officially sign the land transfer agreement at the Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre Gymnasium on Thursday, May 18. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo River land, including ancient village site transferred to Island First Nation

Signing ceremony between Snuneymuxw First Nation and Seacliff Properties marks ‘profound milestone’

Snuneymuxw Chief Michael Wyse and director of development at Seacliff Properties Georgia Desjardins as they officially sign the land transfer agreement at the Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre Gymnasium on Thursday, May 18. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
A woman clinging to the outside railings of the 204th Street Overpass in Langley City was rescued and brought to the ground on Thursday during afternoon rush hour. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Woman hanging from Langley overpass railing rescued

Firefighters, police hung on to woman until ladder truck arrived

A woman clinging to the outside railings of the 204th Street Overpass in Langley City was rescued and brought to the ground on Thursday during afternoon rush hour. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Sheila Malcolmson, B.C. minister of social development and poverty reduction, and Peter Sinclair, Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank executive director, at a conference where the province announced a $7 million contribution to the food bank’s warehouse construction project. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

B.C. government chips in $7 million for construction of food bank warehouse in Nanaimo

Loaves and Fishes still seeking $5 million for project on East Wellington Road

Sheila Malcolmson, B.C. minister of social development and poverty reduction, and Peter Sinclair, Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank executive director, at a conference where the province announced a $7 million contribution to the food bank’s warehouse construction project. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
An SUV near 200th Street and the Langley Bypass was riddled with bullet holes in the shooting incident July 25, 2022. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Officer who shot Langley spree shooter should be ‘commended’ for bravery: report

IIO has released details of the final moments of the rampage that killed two in Langley last summer

An SUV near 200th Street and the Langley Bypass was riddled with bullet holes in the shooting incident July 25, 2022. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Police had streets in the Glendale area closed to traffic in Williams Lake Wednesday night, May 17. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

UPDATE: Two arrested, streets reopened after ‘violent altercation’ in Williams Lake

The suspects were arrested at a house in the Glendale neighbourhood

Police had streets in the Glendale area closed to traffic in Williams Lake Wednesday night, May 17. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A 52-year-old public works employee has died in Oak Bay after being struck by an SUV. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Public works employee killed after being hit by an SUV at Oak Bay job site

‘I could see that something horrific had happened’: Neighbour hears workers scream for help

A 52-year-old public works employee has died in Oak Bay after being struck by an SUV. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Dr. Reka Gustafson, Chief Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Island and the former Medical Health Officer for the City of Vancouver. (Island Health photo)

PODCAST: Dr. Reka Gustafson talks COVID in a one-on-one interview

TODAY IN B.C.: Medical Officer says review of pandemic response should be global

Dr. Reka Gustafson, Chief Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Island and the former Medical Health Officer for the City of Vancouver. (Island Health photo)
Flooding in the Old Remo area west of Terrace May 16. (Viktor Elias/Terrace Standard)

State of Local Emergency declared for parts of Northwest B.C. due to flooding

Areas of the City of Terrace now under evacuation alert

Flooding in the Old Remo area west of Terrace May 16. (Viktor Elias/Terrace Standard)
Ross Peterson, board chair, and Regan McKeever, program manager of VIU Elder College. (Peter McCully photo)

PODCAST: VIU Elder College celebrates 30 years of community courses

PQBEAT: A wide range of topics offered for those 50+

Ross Peterson, board chair, and Regan McKeever, program manager of VIU Elder College. (Peter McCully photo)
Shaun St-Amour, Clay Construction. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Passive House Passion

TODAY IN BC: HAVAN’s podcast ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’

Shaun St-Amour, Clay Construction. (HAVAN photo)
Penticton law courts. (File photo)

Oliver man deemed ‘huge problem’ by police gets house arrest for breaking correctional officer’s wrist

Arjen Jessy Alexander Huber is still facing trials for several other charges

Penticton law courts. (File photo)
Brenda Bailey, B.C.’s minister of jobs, announced a new youth in manufacturing initiative at a press conference held at VMAC Global Technology Inc. in Nanaimo on Monday, May 15. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

B.C. government partnering with industry to attract youths to manufacturing sector

Province makes announcement at VMAC in Nanaimo

Brenda Bailey, B.C.’s minister of jobs, announced a new youth in manufacturing initiative at a press conference held at VMAC Global Technology Inc. in Nanaimo on Monday, May 15. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo RCMP seek witnesses after an assault in downtown Nanaimo left a man with life-threatening injuries. (News Bulletin file photo)

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in ‘vicious assault’ in Nanaimo

Witnesses sought after incident May 11 near Bastion, Wallace and Fraser streets

Nanaimo RCMP seek witnesses after an assault in downtown Nanaimo left a man with life-threatening injuries. (News Bulletin file photo)
A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Patrol car rammed, officer hurt, suspect shot in B.C. RCMP parking lot

Incident closes street near North Cowichan/Duncan detachment Friday morning

A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Woman dies after falling in creek in West Kelowna

Went into water in Powers Creek

Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The City of Victoria will have added measures in place for summer heat events. (Black Press Media file photo)

Record-breaking heat to hit Vancouver Island: Environment Canada

Temperatures beyond 30 C expected for parts of the province

The City of Victoria will have added measures in place for summer heat events. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP rushed to the Salvation Army New Hope Centre after a man was stabbed with a corkscrew on Tuesday, May 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Two people stabbed, one with a corkscrew, in separate incidents in downtown Nanaimo

Incidents happened in the afternoon on Nicol Street and at night on Wesley Street on May 9

Nanaimo RCMP rushed to the Salvation Army New Hope Centre after a man was stabbed with a corkscrew on Tuesday, May 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)