With warmer weather bringing more road construction to Vancouver Island highways, a provincewide campaign is reminding drivers to stay alert in work zones.
The City of Nanaimo and the Regional District of Nanaimo will host a pair of open houses before major water infrastructure work begins on the Departure Bay pump station and forcemain expansion project.
A contract has been awarded to Windley Contracting Ltd. Work on a roundabout at Highway 4 and Beaver Creek Road in Port Alberni, construction will start this fall and take approximately one year to complete.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.
The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board recorded 13 per cent fewer home sales in September than a year earlier, while benchmark prices remained relatively stable.
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is facing criticism after confirming his family benefited from a $10-a-day child care program his government froze to new providers.
