Another small earthquake was detected off the West Coast of Vancouver Island early this morning, one week after a similar quake in the same location. Earthquakes Canada says it was measured at 4.2 magnitude at a depth of five kilometres, about 170 kilometres southwest of Port Alice. No damage or tsunami...

A dog has been found deceased east of Cowichan Lake with a gunshot wound to the chest.  According to Find Lost and Escaped Dogs (FLED), the dog was found on Wednesday up on Hill 60 when volunteers received a call from someone in the Shawnigan Lake area.  FLED says the male...

A tax increase of over six per cent has been approved by the City of Parksville which council says translates into $171 in increases.  Council approved the financial plan on May. 6 with an increase of 6.6 per cent to general property taxes, five per cent to metered water and...

The SCRD says Katerine Lake Park will remain closed until July for road repairs after significant weather caused damage to the access road.  According to the district, heavy rainfall in February caused major damage to the park’s road which led to a sinkhole forming on the road. They add the...

A spectacular Northern Lights show may be visible tonight from Vancouver Island. Several geo-magnetic eruptions from the Sun are scheduled to strike the earth today through Sunday, possibly causing disruption to communications and power grids. It's a G4 event, the second-highest on the scale and according to the National Oceanic and...

After decades in operation there’s still no solid proof BC salmon hatcheries help rebuild wild stocks. That’s from a series of studies done last year by the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF). The review of all 15 was published April 30 by the American Fisheries Society, covering decades of data from...