Tag Archives: Environment
Repeat highway blockader avoids jail, but hit with criminal record
NANAIMO - While he's not going to jail, a key organizer behind a pair of disruptive Vancouver Island highway blockades vows he'll find other ways to get his message across.Derek Hugh Menard, 34, was i...
May 18, 2023
Man fined for illegal angling, including dumping fish overboard near Nanaimo
NaNANAIMO - A recreational fisherman was fined and stripped of his right to fish for a year after being caught dumping his catch overboard in a conservation area. Colin Richard Wood pleaded guilty to ...
May 17, 2023
Mid-Island heat records smashed during spring heatwave
NANAIMO - Less than a week after a meteorologist said we could be in for some record-setting heat this spring, those predictions came true. Communities across Vancouver Island and much of the province...
May 16, 2023
Island Health preaches water safety as heat picks up
NANAIMO - While the first heatwave of the spring isn't deemed a considerable health threat, the same can't be said for those looking to cool off in rivers and lakes.Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical healt...
May 13, 2023
Stretch of Little Qualicum River protected under Nature Trust of B.C.
QUALICUM BEACH - A prized section of land adjacent to a local waterway is set to be protected and preserved forever.The Nature Trust of B.C. purchased 15 hectares along Little Qualicum River, using gr...
May 11, 2023
Despite 'really quiet' start to season, mid-Islanders asked to be bear aware
NANAIMO - Following consistent reports this time last year, conflicts between humans and bears have evidently dropped substantially in the region this year.Caitlin Bickford, conservation officer BC Co...
Apr 25, 2023
BC Hydro's Peak Saver program cuts consumption, reduces bills
NANAIMO - A BC Hydro promotion offering monetary incentives for people who reduced their electricity usage has finished its first province-wide run with positive results.BC Hydro's Peak Saver program ...
Apr 25, 2023
'We're ready for anything:' dry fall and winter has province prepared for worst-case wildfire scenarios
NANAIMO - Provincial officials are readying for what could be a busy fire season this summer.That's according to the ministry of emergency management and climate readiness, which released its report o...
Apr 13, 2023
Easter rains across central Island hoped to dampen concerns of active fire season
NANAIMO - Forecasted downpours over the coming Easter long weekend are being watched closely by those preparing for the upcoming fire season.While an exact summer forecast is still about a week out, t...
Apr 06, 2023
The Closest Living Relative Of Extinct ‘Bigfoot’ Found?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! For decades, the legend of Bigfoot has fascinated people around the globe. Is the massive 10-foot-tall ape-like creature with shaggy hair a human relative ...
Apr 06, 2023