More salmon are returning to Pacific rivers than ever before, and that’s a good thing for coastal ecosystems, new research shows. A study published in the science journal Nature this week reviewed data from 1976 to 2015, and found the amount of salmon returning increased overall by 32%. Researchers found...

An NDP MP from Vancouver Island is tabling a private member's bill hoping to make mental health services more accessible for Canadians.  Courtenay-Alberni NDP MP and Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns introduced a bill aiming to include community-based mental health, addictions, and substance use services to the...

A new health and wellness service has been established for residents on Gabriola Island and the RDN says it will help address the needs of many residents and mitigate future challenges. According to the district, the need for service was identified after extensive research was done showing Gabriola residents...

Advance voting in the BC General Election begins today, from 8 am to 8 pm, at locations around the province. There are six days of advance voting, and you may cast ballots from today until to Sunday, and on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, but not all polls will...

A Vancouver Island lake is featured in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award in the British Natural History Museum’s 60th anniversary photo contest. Marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross beat out more than 59,000 entries from around the world with his photo of western toad tadpoles in Cedar Lake, which...

The wild life of a 1920s cult leader who started a colony near Nanaimo, scammed his followers, then escaped on a tugboat will be explored at the Nanaimo Museum next week. Brother XII , real name Edward Arthur Wilson, was a self-proclaimed English mystic who started a colony in Cedar-by-the-Sea...