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Finance Minister Carole James gave us an update Tuesday on the province鈥檚 economy and finances. Though we had been led to expect bad news, her statement was nevertheless deeply troubling, and in more ways than one. sa国际传媒

Driftwood, kelp and scales from pine cones bring a dragon to life in front of a house on Fairfield Road, one of a growing collection of characters in an impromptu outdoor gallery made possible by COVID-19.

The NDP government is going to continue responding to the pandemic the only way it knows how, by spending as much money as it can to help people through it. That鈥檚 been the automatic response in most of the world.

Some businesses in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood are hiring private security firms and installing upgraded camera systems in an effort to combat vandalism, trespassing and drug use in the area.

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鈥檙e 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.

sa国际传媒 Liberals say small businesses have been suffering ever since the province became their landlord when it purchased hotels to house homeless campers.