Tag: First Responders

Third edition of Wounded Warrior Charity Hockey game returning December 5

The Comox Valley’s featured charity sporting match will make its return next month. 

‘I’m doing this for the kids’: Comox Valley nurse to take part in 2022 Tour de Rock

After years of working with kids ill with cancer, a Comox Valley licenced practical nurse will be in the...

Free fares for first responders honouring slain Abbotsford officer

BC Ferries is offering free rides for emergency first responders. They’re for those who plan on attending Constable John Davidson’s...

Fentanyl workshops to be held across the province

A series of workshops is being held throughout the province in partnership with the Justice Institute of British Columbia...

New deal for North Island 911 Corporation

North Island 911 and the City of Campbell River have reached a new five-year agreement for dispatch services. North Island...

Remembering 9/11

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks. Trish Greenwood with the Powell River Fire Department says...
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B.C. NDP pledges millions for clean energy and climate programs

The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections. 

First Nations leaders call on B.C. Conservatives to drop candidate over alleged residential school denialism

First Nations leaders are calling on the B.C. Conservatives to remove a candidate over allegations of residential school denialism.

Trio of candidates vying to serve as Courtenay mayor

Courtenay voters will see three names on the ballot for mayor on Oct. 17.

Hangar 98 – Episode 16: The Great Victoria Blackout of 1979

During a long power outage in 1979, Victoria became the focal point of a story that has lasted the test of time...and quite possibly led to one of the best memories from one of the island's worst storms.

Hangar 98 – Episode 15: Pachena Point Foghorn Incident

Over on the island's west coast, mariners have been haunted by a coastline nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Pacific", but alone at Pachena Point sits a lighthouse with stories of it's own.