A cybersecurity breach in May resulted in sensitive information being hacked, including names, personal health numbers, and demographic information of First Nations across BC.  That’s the recent conclusion of an investigation by the First Nation’s Health Authority (FNHA). The agency says they were the target of a partially successful attack in...

98.9 Jet FM/My Comox Valley Now is reaching out to all of the candidates in the October 19 provincial election to ask for their positions on the major issues.    John Hedican is one of two independent candidates running in the Comox Valley and spoke about what he would do...

Advance voting in the BC General Election begins today, from 8 am to 8 pm, at locations around the province. There are six days of advance voting, and you may cast ballots from today until to Sunday, and on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, but not all polls will...

A North Island whale science organization is working with new technology to identify and track humpback whales around the Island. The Marine Education and Research Society started work this week with a whale biologist from Ocean Wise to do environmental DNA collection, or eDNA, a technique which can identify creatures...

Crews on Mount Washington have been busy getting the landscape ready for the first snowfall, now that the summer season is officially over. They have been cutting brush and grooming areas all around the mountain to make sure that trails and chairlifts are ready for when the snow comes later...

The Conservative Party and the NDP are both pledging increased use of involuntary detention and treatment for people with severe mental health and addiction issues, but organizations that work in the field say that response is already being used far more than it once was. Health Justice says holding people...