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Canada Post 'effectively bankrupt', workers issue strike notice

Canada Post 'effectively bankrupt', workers issue strike notice

Workers will take to the picket line at 12 a.m. on Friday.
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Groundbreaking B.C. municipal medical clinic has a cure to growing pains

Groundbreaking B.C. municipal medical clinic has a cure to growing pains

So far things are going well for the Colwood Clinic who hope to add two doctors this year.
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North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre celebrates 40 years of aiding animals

North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre celebrates 40 years of aiding animals

Variety of special events scheduled to mark NIWRA's anniversary
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Pattullo Bridge reopens early to Victoria Day weekend traffic

Pattullo Bridge reopens early to Victoria Day weekend traffic

Bridge reopened to traffic Sunday evening, May 18
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Conservationists seek out hard-to-find black swift nests on Vancouver Island

Conservationists seek out hard-to-find black swift nests on Vancouver Island

Black swifts can fly with a speed up to 111.5 km/h, without landing for eight months a year, and nest around waterfalls
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Become an outdoors woman with B.C Wildlife Federation in Peachland

Become an outdoors woman with B.C Wildlife Federation in Peachland

The three-day course is taking place at Silver Lake Forest Centre June 6-8
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Two victories: Museum celebrates Chinese Canadian bravery during Second World War

Two victories: Museum celebrates Chinese Canadian bravery during Second World War

'A Soldier for All Seasons' commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of the war
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Shopper who resisted COVID mask rule at B.C. Costco has human rights complaint thrown out

Shopper who resisted COVID mask rule at B.C. Costco has human rights complaint thrown out

Customer complied with mask policy on subsequent shopping trips
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Okanagan distiller says maple leaf stickers 'duping' B.C. liquor consumers

Okanagan distiller says maple leaf stickers 'duping' B.C. liquor consumers

Tyler Dyck says 'maple leaf washing' is fooling Canadians into thinking they're purchasing Canadian-made liquor as companies take unfair advantage of the Buy Canadian movement
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Vancouver Island University sets record for world's largest Nanaimo bar

Vancouver Island University sets record for world's largest Nanaimo bar

Community members get a taste of 1,100-pound, 70-foot treat
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