With Red Dress Day happening this weekend, you can take part in a local walk in Courtenay. The Red Dress Walk will be hosted by the MIKI’SIW Métis Association and the Indigenous Women’s Sharing Society, dedicated to spreading awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in...

Damaging the environment in BC Parks will now result in big fines for violators. The provincial government has announced changes to the Parks and Ecological Reserve Acts, which will bring penalties as high as $500,000 for people committing crimes in parks, protected areas, and ecological reserves across B.C. BC Parks says...

A movie centered on reclaiming stolen artifacts is coming to Courtenay today. Called the Great Salish Heist, it follows Steve Joe, a traditional archaeologist for the Moquahat People who brings a group of rebels from the rez to bring back their people’s stolen artifacts from a museum. Producer of the film...

A local organization is helping the homeless population by building housing units in shipping containers. WeCan Shelter Society Co-founder Charlene Davis says they got the idea five years ago. “People were starting to recognize that the structural integrity of the containers would lead to a lot of different architectural challenges and...

An earthquake off the Island’s west coast was recorded last night, but no damage or tsunami is expected. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake happened just before 8:30 pm last night, around 200 kilometres southwest of Tofino. The quake happened at a depth of about 10 kilometres. The Geological...

BC Ferries provided an update as of 10:23pm on May 2 that repairs are ongoing for the Baynes Sound Connector.  They released a revised schedule for today (May 3) for both the Denman Island West – Buckley Bay, and Shingle Spit – Gravelly Bay routes.  According to the service update the...