3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (491+ words) Published 11:09 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Since I moved to Campbell River, each year I have attended the Haig-Brown Festival to know about the fishing community and meet the people locally who support fly fishing and remembering Roderick Haig-Brown. The Festival takes…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (107+ words) Published 12:30 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News Nine graduate students in B.C. have been awarded scholarships through the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), including three students in the Okanagan. Studying at the University of B.C. Okanagan (UBCO), Madeline Frazer,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1025+ words) Published 11:45 am Tuesday, September 8, 2026 After serving up hundreds of thousands of cups of coffee – and likely an obscene number of “double doubles” – over nearly three decades, one woman has brewed herself into legendary status in Colwood. Patty Hall has spent…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (164+ words) Published 5:00 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 ‘Birdie’ is walking proof that Naloxone can save our four-legged friends as well as humans. The energetic, 1 1/2-year-old mixed breed had a Naloxone kit hanging off her harness during the Aug. 31 International Overdose Awareness day event…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (744+ words) Published 9:05 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Delta South MLA Ian Paton is leaving the B.C. Conservative Party to sit as an Independent and intends to form a new party with Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar in the coming weeks. Paton said the two…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (93+ words) Published 11:52 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 The gym at the Campbell River Sportsplex will remain closed from Tuesday, August 4, until Saturday, August 8. This closure is for maintenance required to renew the gym floor’s protective coating and preserve its condition for ongoing use....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (468+ words) Published 12:00 pm Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Five days into an 11 day, 491 kilometre run down Vancouver Island, Darren Kerr says the biggest surprise so far isn’t the terrain, the weather or even the bears — it’s that he’s still going at all. “I planned…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (563+ words) Published 9:11 am Friday, July 24, 2026 Victoria Police Department so far sees an 8.7 per cent increase in calls compared to this time last year – responding to 27,053 so far in 2026 – but it’s not a clear sign of increased crime, the police chief told…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (274+ words) Published 10:30 am Thursday, July 23, 2026 By North Island Gazette Staff The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) is building a $2.4-million renewable-diesel hybrid microgrid at Yuquot (Friendly Cove) on Nootka Island. The project aims to provide clean, reliable power for community and…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (315+ words) Published 8:00 am Thursday, July 9, 2026 Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications. Quarterfinals kick off today with Morocco, ranked 6th by FIFA, taking on France, ranked 1st, at 1 p.m. in Boston. Morocco is the first African country…...