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Mosaic changing how it approaches recreation on Vancouver Island forest lands
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (345+ words) Published 4:30 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 By Marc Kitteringham Company owns 550,000 hectares of Vancouver Island forest land Mosaic Forest Management, owner of 550,000 hectares of Vancouver Island’s forest, is revisiting how it will allow access to its lands for recreation. After receiving over…...
Security increased after vandalism incident at B.C. sand sculpture competition
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (197+ words) Published 4:15 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 Parksville Beach Festival is increasing security on-site after suspected vandalism to several sculptures at the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition over the weekend. Cheryl Dill, president of the Parksville Beach Festival Society, said the number of…...
VIDEO: B.C. cathedral bells still ringing strong after 90 years of history
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (621+ words) Published 4:15 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 Several dozen spectators gathered near Christ Church Cathedral on July 12 to listen to a quarter peal – a 45-minute change-ringing performance – marking the bells’ 90th anniversary since their installation in 1936. (Olivier Laurin/Victoria News) The bells of Victoria’s…...
B.C. Nurses’ Union to pause picket lines as mediation begins
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (232+ words) Published 3:58 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 BC Nurses Union president Adriane Gear talking to the media on the picket line outside of Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Anna Burns/ Surrey Now-Leader) In a gesture of “good faith,” the B....
B.C. grants environmental assessment for sand mine near Prince George
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (227+ words) Published 3:30 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 B.C. has issued an environmental assessment certificate for a new open-pit silica sand mine north of Prince George. The Vitreo Minerals-owned Angus Project, roughly 60 kilometres north of Prince George and 10 kilometres east of Bear Lake, is expected…...
B.C. nurses expand strike to Vancouver Island as bargaining stalls
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (486+ words) Published 12:10 pm Monday, July 13, 2026 BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear (foreground) addresses a crowd of nurses outside Victoria General Hospital as strike action expands to Vancouver Island on July 12, 2026. (Olivier Laurin/Goldstream Gazette) Dozens of nurses gather outside Victoria General…...
Opening weekend draws more than 8,600 visitors to Parksville Beach Festival
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (400+ words) Published 11:45 am Monday, July 13, 2026 The 2026 Parksville Beach Festival is off to a strong start with thousands of visitors taking in the April Wine concert and Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition July 10 to July 12. 8,629 visitors watched 30 world-class sculptors transform 255 cubic yards…...
Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (337+ words) Published 11:41 am Monday, July 13, 2026 Forests Minister Ravi Parmar in Vancouver on June 16, 2026. (Lauren Collins/Black Press Media) B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who…...
Man presumed dead after falling from tube into Okanagan Lake
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (232+ words) Published 9:10 am Monday, July 13, 2026 West Kelowna RCMP is investigating after a man presumably drowned during an outing on the lake. At around 11:53 a.m. on Saturday, July 11, the 45-year-old man was thrown into Okanagan Lake and did not resurface. Following this, a…...
Baynes Sound observatory upgrade supports BC shellfish industry
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (452+ words) Published 10:44 am Monday, July 13, 2026 The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region. Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s…...