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Drivers are scrambling to buy gas at just 96.9 cents per litre at a new Costco in Courtenay. But while the low price is good news for motorists, owners of independent stations say the store-opening promotion is causing them grief.

Ministry: Recovery a balancing act, but early tests show promise

C an't get much closer to paradise than the float-home village at Fisherman's Wharf. Kayaks nestle up to the dock. Harbour ferries and whale-watching boats slide by.

The average number of people admitted to hospital in central Vancouver Island after trying to injure themselves is higher than both the provincial and national average, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute of Heath Information.

While many of the issues during a federal election are national in scope, the 2011 campaign has seen a number of local topics dominate discussions at candidate debates and on the doorsteps in the six Vancouver Island ridings.

A flash mob with a purpose aims to put University of Victoria voters into the federal polling booths. As many as 70 students have taken part in the filming of a flash-mob style "vote mob" at the campus.

Originally published April 15, 2011 Back before Glee, before the hordes of adoring fans, before life got good, Cory Monteith had a place he felt accepted.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff will speak at Crystal Gardens in Victoria on Sunday.

No buts (or butts) about it: Arizona's governor is going after smokers and the overweight. Jan Brewer wants to charge $50 a year to recipients of Medicaid -the state's health-care plan for the poor -who don't follow a weight-loss plan.

A handful of thieves recently released from jail are thought to be responsible for more than doubling the rate of break-ins in Nanaimo, police said. There have been 34 break-ins in the past three weeks, RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O'Brien said.