Tag: Science

Hangar 98 – Episode 3: The Great Whites Around Vancouver Island

In the series, we look at the increased sightings of Great White Sharks spotted around Vancouver Island

Citizen Scientists Help Keep Tabs on Coastal Watersheds

Citizen scientists have been trying something new on the Sunshine Coast. Executive Director of Living Lakes Canada, Kat Hartwig,...

Investment for new science centre at VIU

The provincial and federal governments are providing a big investment to Vancouver Island University. A new health and science centre...

North Island College development wins award

An online science lab developed at North Island College has won silver at an international competition. Vice President of Strategic...

Doctors keeping an eye out for cases of Enterovirus

Health Regions across the country are monitoring for cases of Enterovirus in their communities. Dr. Paul Hasselback, Vancouver Island Medical...
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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.

Hangar 98 – Episode 14: Godzilla’s Goldstream Rampage

Hangar 98 opens to Jet Nation revealing a little secret Hollywood's been keeping since they shot Godzilla back in 2014. That secret's buried around Goldstream.

Hangar 98 – Episode 13: The Leechtown Gold Rush

In this featured Hangar 98 Episode, a once bubbling gold rush town near Sooke almost had it all, then it all came crashing down leaving nothing but a piece of land...and possibly hopes of a new 'find' on the island.