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PROGRESS 2025: Matthews West begins vision for Somass Lands

Squamish-based company signs contract with city, prepares development ideas for prime waterfront property

Jun 18, 2025 3:00 PM Read more >

PROGRESS 2025: Small business reaches new heights at airport

Vancouver Island Soaring Centre attracts visitors, locals who want ultimate aerial experience

Jun 18, 2025 1:00 PM Read more >

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

Jun 18, 2025 10:36 AM Read more >

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

Jun 17, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

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

‘Game changer’: All-electric, wave-skimming vessel could revolutionize coastal travel in B.C.

Jun 16, 2025 2:24 PM Read more >

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

Kimberly Daradics earns Vital Links award following family-focused medical event

Jun 16, 2025 5:30 AM Read more >

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

Labour Day Lake fire under control, says B.C. Wildfire Service

Jun 16, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

Injured hiker rescued by helicopter from Della Falls

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad takes hoist team to remote hiking spot to airlift hiker

Jun 15, 2025 3:06 PM Read more >

Fire razes mobile home on outskirts of Port Alberni

Family, friends rally around couple with fundraiser after they lost their home

Jun 14, 2025 8:40 PM Read more >

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

Jun 13, 2025 10:32 AM Read more >