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A storm knocked out power to much of the island Sunday evening. Ferry cancellations meant that BC Hydro trucks didn't make it to the island until Monday morning.

"So what. I’ll give them all my telephone number and my email and tell them what colour my underwear are," says Nicole with a laugh.

Compared to 2017, length of time on the market increased 64 per cent in 2018 and number of sales decreased 13 per cent

Finding somewhere to socialize after 5 p.m. that's not an an alcoholic establishment is difficult say some of the island's young people.

The following are briefs from the Jan. 28 municipal council meeting. T he rezoning of the Unions Steamship Company Marina to accommodate up to 16 “floating attached dwellings” passed second reading and will go to public hearing.

Byelection campaigns can be extremely complex events. Voter turnout tends to be lower than in a regular electoral contest, when all the seats in a particular legislative body are at stake.

Canada's new food guide was released this week but before that happened, Susan Swift and Elaine Cameron got the chance to interview a key player in the new publication - Dr. Hasan Hutchinson.

It's the second incident at the Little Red Church in as many months.

Susanne Allan has witnessed dementia's incursion first in her mother and now her in father. She runs a support group for caregivers like herself who need information and someone to talk to.

Patient threatened to blow up Burnaby General Hospital, nurse testifies