British Columbia

Nanoose Bay hit hard by road rehab season

NANOOSE BAY - Dueling traffic construction projects and significant gridlock in Nanoose Bay forced one project to be temporarily abandoned. Mainroad Mid-Island Contracting announced it is shifting awa...

Maria Doty Aug 19, 2019 Mainroad Contracting crews temporarily ditched work at the south end of Northwest Bay Rd. Monday to create a bit of relief for motorists dealing with delays on multiple points of the road through Nanoose Bay. (Mainroad Contracting)

More than 100K view stunning sand sculptures at Parksville Beach

PARKSVILLE - For a fifth straight year more than 100,000 people viewed the world-renowned sand sculptures at the popular Parksville Beach Festival.Cheryl Dill, festival society president, said the lar...

Maria Doty Aug 19, 2019 Peter Vogelaar's entry titled Beneath the Waves. Vogelaar won the people's choice award in the solo division of the 2019 Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition as part of the Parksville Beach Festival. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Turtles, butterflies and foxes: Captive breeding for endangered species growing

LANGLEY, B.C. - The turtle in my hand dangles its churning feet as I set it down. It touches its first dirt and immediately, unerringly, points toward shore and races as fast as a turtle can to the wa...

Aug 19, 2019

Entrepreneurs turning beer byproduct into bread, cookies and profits

VANCOUVER - When Jeff Dornan opened a brewery six years ago, he knew the brewing process would produce hundreds of kilograms of spent grain, and he had a plan for it. Rather than pay to dump it i...

Aug 18, 2019

Sea-to-Sky Gondola in British Columbia likely out of commission until 2020

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The operators of the Sea-to-Sky Gondola say the popular tourist attraction near Squamish, B.C., likely won't reopen until early next spring. In a message on the company...

Aug 17, 2019

Canada sending plane to Uganda to help with peacekeeping in Africa

VANCOUVER - A Canadian Forces Hercules plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission during the next 12 months, transporting troops, equipment and s...

Aug 17, 2019

Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88

VANCOUVER - Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88. His youngest son, Mark Konyk, says his da...

Aug 16, 2019

Parksville supportive housing getting move-in ready

PARKSVILLE - The finishing touches are being put in place before more than 50 people experiencing or close to experiencing homelessness have a new place to thrive. Orca Place, an $8.4 million supporti...

Maria Doty Aug 16, 2019 Many residents of Orca Place won't have personal effects to fill their rooms, but are expected to quickly make each suite feel like home. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert

VANCOUVER - A criminal profiler says investigators should find clues about why two men might have killed three people in northern British Columbia and whether there was a leader and a follower. Jim Va...

Aug 15, 2019

Defence minister to announce military will be sending plane to Uganda

VANCOUVER - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...

Aug 15, 2019