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PROGRESS 2025: Matthews West begins vision for Somass Lands

PROGRESS 2025: Matthews West begins vision for Somass Lands

Squamish-based company signs contract with city, prepares development ideas for prime waterfront property
PROGRESS 2025: Small business reaches new heights at airport

PROGRESS 2025: Small business reaches new heights at airport

Vancouver Island Soaring Centre attracts visitors, locals who want ultimate aerial experience
Island student shoots for the stars with $70K scholarship

Island student shoots for the stars with $70K scholarship

Mount Doug's Nathan Hellner-Mestelman, 18, is an author, cartoonist, community leader, and space buff
Port Alberni students dedicate orange crosswalk to AIRS survivors

Port Alberni students dedicate orange crosswalk to AIRS survivors

Two-year project from ADSS Social Justice classes honours Truth and Reconciliation, notes more work is needed
Next-gen hydrofoil ferry makes waves in B.C. waters

Next-gen hydrofoil ferry makes waves in B.C. waters

‘Game changer’: All-electric, wave-skimming vessel could revolutionize coastal travel in B.C.
'This whole event was a miracle': Alberni woman saves husband with CPR

'This whole event was a miracle': Alberni woman saves husband with CPR

Kimberly Daradics earns Vital Links award following family-focused medical event
Nahmint wildfire southwest of Sproat Lake shrinks, still 'held'

Nahmint wildfire southwest of Sproat Lake shrinks, still 'held'

Labour Day Lake fire under control, says B.C. Wildfire Service
Injured hiker rescued by helicopter from Della Falls

Injured hiker rescued by helicopter from Della Falls

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad takes hoist team to remote hiking spot to airlift hiker
Fire razes mobile home on outskirts of Port Alberni

Fire razes mobile home on outskirts of Port Alberni

Family, friends rally around couple with fundraiser after they lost their home
A quiet crisis: The unspoken struggles of men’s mental health in B.C.

A quiet crisis: The unspoken struggles of men’s mental health in B.C.

Men make up nearly 75% of suicide deaths in Canada; a new Victoria grassroots initiative aims to be a tool to address the problem