Paper production at the Catalyst-Crofton mill will not resume next month. Mill owner Paper Excellence has extended the curtailment of its paper operations in Crofton until the end of February 2024. The decision means about 70 employees will not return to work in December as expected. The company says the decision is...

BC Ferries says they have seen an increase in net earnings for their second quarter, which they attribute to the increased passenger when compared to the previous year.  According to the quarterly report, BC Ferries’s earnings were $102.1 million which is an increase of $21.7 million from last year for...

A Nanaimo professor is studying how to make farmed oysters more resistant to ocean bacteria. Dr. Andrew Loudon is working at the Deep Bay Marine Research Station along with Vancouver Island University’s Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Health and Genomics, Dr. Timothy Green. They are working to find out if...

Municipalities are worried the province is meddling with their ability to manage homeless encampments. The Union of BC Municipalities issued a statement Thursday, calling on the province to pull legislation that will prevent communities from using court injunctions to remove or regulate homeless camps. Union president Trish Mandewo has personally...

Most people in BC actually like photo radar, says a new poll by a private research firm. According to numbers from Vancouver’s Research Co, two out of three people support mobile speed cameras similar to the unpopular photo radar program scrapped in 2001. The main differences between the hated "photo radar"...

According to Tourism Industry Association of Canada, 4VI has won the Air Transat Sustainable Tourism award for 2023. In a statement released by 4VI, they say the accolade acknowledges their commitment to stewardship through the development of a “ground breaking” climate action plan and carbon audit for the Vancouver Island...