The Arrowsmith Community Recreation Association (ACRA) has been providing a variety of programs that foster active living and enhancing people's health and quality of life in Electoral Area F (Coombs, ...

The Parksville Civic and Technology Centre closed for the afternoon after smoke from roofing renovations set off the fire alarm on Oct. 21. Parksville Fire Rescue was dispatched to the PCTC, located ...

The 2024 B.C. provincial election was historic in many ways. The B.C. Conservative party — which won 1.91 per cent and zero seats in 2020 — finds itself within inches of power, leading in 45 ridings ...

Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada’s energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project’s massive cost ...

The provincial police watchdog is investigating a vehicle incident on the 900-block of Douglas Street that resulted in the death of one person. On Oct. 19, around 1 a.m., Victoria Police Department ...

The Parksville Qualicum Beach News poll is a sampling of public opinion intended solely to allow our readers to express themselves on issues of the day. Its findings may not be representative of the ...

Some residents are frustrated with the removal of several small painted figures, doors and rocks from Shelly Creek Park in Parksville. The figurines included characters familiar to children, such as ...

The defeat of the provincial Green party leader. The election of its first two Conservative representatives in ages. And a razor-thin margin of victory where a judicial recount could reset the balance ...

As a youngster, my real heroes were my parents and grandparents. Role models I could love and look up to each day. But in my sports-mad youth, right behind them were the athletes whose posters adorned ...

Colder weather is on the way and there are no definite plans yet for a cold weather shelter in Parksville. Concerned residents rallied on Oct. 11 outside the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre ...

Former Surrey mayor Linda Hepner went out to an early lead in Surrey-Serpentine River for the B.C. Conservatives against the B.C. NDP's Baltej Singh Dhillon — and she never looked back. The ...