In today's episode:

• Wilderness International Canada protects 1,250 acres of rainforest on Read Island
• Back at the hall: Campbell River firefighters return home after asbestos all-clear
• Carihi Rotary Interact students push city for crosswalk light at busy intersection
• B.C.’s new time zone could cause confusion, from calendars to medical appointments
• Ottawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest
• No matter what happens in the midterms, Canada-U.S. tensions are likely to remain
• Evacuated Oleshky residents begin the long journey out of the war-ravaged region

Sources:

• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Wilderness International Canada protects 1,250 acres of rainforest on Read Island
• CHEK News — Back at the hall: Campbell River firefighters return home after asbestos all-clear
• Campbell River Mirror — Carihi Rotary Interact students push city for crosswalk light at busy intersection
• CHEK News — B.C.’s new time zone could cause confusion, from calendars to medical appointments
• CHEK News — Ottawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest
• CHEK News — No matter what happens in the midterms, Canada-U.S. tensions are likely to remain
• Times Colonist — Evacuated Oleshky residents begin the long journey out of the war-ravaged region

In today's episode:

• Campbell River author captures national poetry prize
• Plans advance for proposed men’s treatment and recovery centre in Campbell River
• $5.9B B.C. container port expansion of ‘national interest’: Canadian government
• Doctors, advocates fear end of safer supply under new B.C. Conservative government
• De Havilland Canada reaches $2.5B financing deal to double waterbomber production

Sources:

• Campbell River Mirror — Campbell River author captures national poetry prize
• Campbell River Mirror — Plans advance for proposed men’s treatment and recovery centre in Campbell River
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — $5.9B B.C. container port expansion of ‘national interest’: Canadian government
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Doctors, advocates fear end of safer supply under new B.C. Conservative government
• My Cowichan Valley Now — De Havilland Canada reaches $2.5B financing deal to double waterbomber production

In today's episode:

• Fire Hall #1 staff temporarily relocated for precautionary reasons
• Playground resurfacing improves accessible play at Pinecrest Elementary
• Mount Washington sees 30 cm of snow, with more on the way
• Jennifer Whiteside tapped as B.C. NDP interim leader as party regroups after election defeat
• Province releases final drought bulletin of 2026
• Sparwood’s Hadden Kelloway is first known transgender mayor in B.C
• Air Canada fare hikes can’t keep up with soaring fuel costs, as carrier cuts forecast
• Hugh Jackman, William Shatner and George Takei among those paying tribute to Patrick Stewart

Sources:

• Campbell River Mirror — Fire Hall #1 staff temporarily relocated for precautionary reasons
• Campbell River Mirror — Playground resurfacing improves accessible play at Pinecrest Elementary
• Comox Valley Record — Mount Washington sees 30 cm of snow, with more on the way
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Jennifer Whiteside tapped as B.C. NDP interim leader as party regroups after election defeat
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Province releases final drought bulletin of 2026
• Alberni Valley News — Sparwood’s Hadden Kelloway is first known transgender mayor in B.C
• Times Colonist — Air Canada fare hikes can’t keep up with soaring fuel costs, as carrier cuts forecast
• Times Colonist — Hugh Jackman, William Shatner and George Takei among those paying tribute to Patrick Stewart