In today's episode:

• 2026 General Local Election NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTING, MAIL BALLOT VOTING and NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING
• Oceanside Generals rebound with 2-1 overtime win over Buccaneers
• RDN launches Sip Smart challenge to cut single-use cup waste
• K’ómoks Economic Development acquires Comox Valley winery and events centre
• Election 2026: Nanaimo mayoral candidate questionnaires
• School Board Candidates take the stage in Teachers’ Association forum at Beban Park
• Thanksgiving meal brings sense of home to hundreds at Our Place in Victoria
• Love and resilience – AIRS survivors share stories and hopes for future at reunion
• Leaders clash over B.C. Conservative letter to reverse ICBC no-fault insurance
• B.C.’s top doctor encourages fall vaccines as province sees early rise in influenza cases
• ‘Not fair’: BC Ferry passenger ‘stranded’ in Bella Bella demands compensation
• B.C. winery owner calls for improving interprovincial alcohol sales
• Westons to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots for US$8.9B

Sources:

• Parksville Qualicum News — 2026 General Local Election NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTING, MAIL BALLOT VOTING and NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING
• Parksville Qualicum News — Oceanside Generals rebound with 2-1 overtime win over Buccaneers
• Parksville Qualicum News — RDN launches Sip Smart challenge to cut single-use cup waste
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — K’ómoks Economic Development acquires Comox Valley winery and events centre
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Election 2026: Nanaimo mayoral candidate questionnaires
• CHLY 101.7 FM — School Board Candidates take the stage in Teachers’ Association forum at Beban Park
• Vancouver Island Free Daily — Thanksgiving meal brings sense of home to hundreds at Our Place in Victoria
• Ha-Shilth-Sa — Love and resilience – AIRS survivors share stories and hopes for future at reunion
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Leaders clash over B.C. Conservative letter to reverse ICBC no-fault insurance
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C.’s top doctor encourages fall vaccines as province sees early rise in influenza cases
• CHEK News — ‘Not fair’: BC Ferry passenger ‘stranded’ in Bella Bella demands compensation
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. winery owner calls for improving interprovincial alcohol sales
• Times Colonist — Westons to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots for US$8.9B