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Nanaimo is getting sporty again as it begins to reopen ice rinks and switches on a $1.1-million LED field lighting system at Serauxmen Stadium.

The Saanich Centennial library branch will reopen July 22, nearly a year after a broken water pipe flooded the facility, causing $500,000 in damage.

Central Saanich council followed the lead of Saanich Monday night in rejecting the idea of allowing public drinking in municipal parks.

As the city attempts to move campers from environmentally sensitive areas in Beacon Hill Park, some are resisting, saying they’re worried that living in more exposed locations will lead to conflict with other park users.

Having weathered the effects of COVID-19, a Vancouver Island window manufacturer is giving back, donating more than $42,000 to food banks in communities in which it serves.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberals say small businesses have been suffering ever since the province became their landlord when it purchased hotels to house homeless campers.

Welcome to another edition of Hindsight 2020. If there were no pandemic … 1. A restaurant patio would be a novelty, not an economic necessity. 2. WE would be the 2020 version of 2019 blackface and 2018 SNC. 3.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and the City of Nanaimo have announced a major initiative to develop about 190 permanent supportive housing units and another 125 affordable rental homes to help ease the years-long housing shortage in that community.

You can still get on your bike and take part in this year’s Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria, with the launch of the 2020 #ridelocal Summer Challenge last week.

Film production on Vancouver Island has been showing signs of life in recent weeks, which is welcome news as casts and crews look to get back to business after months of inactivity.