Two Vancouver Island organizations are receiving a combined $35,000 in funding to help strengthen local food security as part of a $1.5-million investment in rural communities across Canada.

Some government websites have been taken down temporarily as a precaution against a security risk, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Wednesday.

Island Health is warning of a spike in drug poisonings in the Nanaimo area. On Tuesday it issued an overdose advisory for the region, saying “friends, family and community members using unregulated ...

The Liberal government says while its proposed digital safety legislation might affect freedom of expression, the bill itself is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

A popular tourist town on Vancouver Island has been named one of the top 10 trending travel destinations in the world for 2027, according to travel website Skyscanner.

Canada's largest federal public service union says 120,000 workers will take part in nationwide strike votes starting next month after contract talks with the federal government broke down.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if members of her United Conservative Party can't get behind a pro-Canada position they should hand in their memberships.

A suspected impaired driver on the Trans-Canada Highway crashed into a rock wall on Saturday evening, resulting in the car bursting into flames.

Nanaimo RCMP say there is no threat to public safety after concluding an investigation into reports of a suspicious person allegedly following two youth near Dover Bay Secondary School last week.

Lorne Doerkson, the party’s interim leader, has also been focused on fundraising in the home stretch of the campaign, with two events scheduled on Wednesday, after five others in the past week.

Comox Valley RCMP are asking for the public's help identifying a man suspected of stealing merchandise from a Courtenay business earlier this month.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will "not budge" from its goal of making immigration intake numbers sustainable and the federal government is "getting them to that level now." ...