8 hours New housing complex aims to tackle home shortage for Cowichan Tribes A new 32-unit multi-family housing project on Cowichan Tribes hopes to make a dent in the ongoing housing crisis on the First Nation.
8 hours Tahsis man, 54, joins wife as rural paramedic team When paramedic Mike Mountan slides into the driver's seat of the ambulance at Station 133 in Tahsis, he's often sitting with someone he knows very well — his wife of 30 years, Virginia.
8 hours 'This is a must-have': VicPD Chief shocked after city council cuts funding for late-night task force In a move made last month, council voted to end the late-night task force program that patrolled bars and clubs.
8 hours 10-year-old Central-Saanich boy suffers major burns in backyard explosion 10-year-old Riley Pelkey and his cousin were playing in a backyard on the Tstartlip First Nation last Friday when a jerry can next to a campfire exploded. The cousin suffered minor injuries but Riley's condition was much worse.
11 hours Historic train bell stolen from Port Alberni museum An original brass train bell was stolen from the Western Vancouver Island Industrial Heritage Society in Port Alberni.
11 hours Squamish, B.C., LNG facility plans to achieve net-zero emissions at operation's start Woodfibre LNG says in a statement it plans to meet net-zero emissions by the time operations start at the south coast export facility in 2027.
12 hours Construction on Nanaimo Regional General Hospital units now underway The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital will soon have expanded intensive care and high acuity units each with a capacity of 12 beds.
13 hours Comox Community Centre to receive $485,000 in upgrades Most of the funding will come from the federal government, for a total of $376,917. The other $108,915 is being put forward by the town.
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