It is election day in the U.S. as millions of Americans head to the polls to choose their next president. As of midnight Monday, voters cast more than 82 million advance ballots, down from 110 million four years ago, according to the Associated Press. Democratic candidate and sitting vice president Kamala...

October saw a jump in home sales and active listings throughout Vancouver Island. That comes from a report by Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, saying 722 homes were sold last month with 4,015 active listings, a 42 percent and 12 percent increase respectively. For single families, 346 homes were sold, a...

UPDATE: Thousands of BC Hydro customers lost power as of 11 a.m. because of a wind storm. UPDATE: More Hydro customers are without power as of 1:30 p.m., according to BC Hydro. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's stormy weather has caused multiple power outages and ferry cancellations along the Island and Coast. According to BC Hydro, a...

Enjoy the mild weather while it lasts, there’s another big storm on the way tonight. Environment Canada says strong winds and heavy rains are on the way tonight, and are expected to affect most of the Island. The west coast is expected to get up to 100 millimetres of rain...

Almost 7,000 opposition forms from electors across Nanaimo have been submitted to the city telling council they aren’t in favor of borrowing $90 million for a new public works yard.  Ten per cent of the electorate needed to have their opposition forms in by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday if they...

BC Transit and the CVRD say they'll be providing free service for all Veterans and Canadian Forces members in the week leading up to Remembrance Day.   It will be offered between Nov. 4 to 10, and BC Transit says it will also include HandyDART services and all local routes....