The volunteer fire department is fortunate in that there is some permanent fire suppression equipment available on site, such ...

Canada will hold the Terry Fox Run, an event to raise money for cancer research. The run is an annual event in honour of ...

Heather Edward spent 5 or 6 years in addiction but found her way to recovery in the very community she used to use in ...

He trained with the Nanaimo Track and Field Club in his youth and got back into the sport a couple of years ago. There was no ...

PQB News/Vancouver Island Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and local story ideas. He can be ...

Dennis Johnson was named VIU's interim president and vice-chancellor in June, taking over from predecessor Deborah Saucier ...

AFC Toronto defeated Vancouver Rise FC 7-0 on Saturday, Sept. 13, ending the Rise's eight-game undefeated streak. The Rise FC ...

Traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Nanaimo Airport is flowing again after a crash at a nearby bridge this afternoon ...

Dr. Charmaine Enns, medical health officer for North Island and the Alberni West Coast, says Island Health responded ...

In a Sept. 20 ceremony at Courtenay's Sid Williams Theatre, social advocates Senator Kim Pate and activist Jim Egan will be ...

Reading a recent story promoting the building of ferries in Canada brought back for me a variety of fond and not-so-fond ...

It's nothing short of vibrant and includes living through World War II, becoming a war bride, and having an adventurous life ...