In today's episode:

• The Village of Cumberland drops to Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• A Lasting Welcome to Comox: Totem Pole Blessed and Unveiled at Comox Avenue/Glacier View Roundabout
• Paddleboards and broomsticks: Comox Valley Witches Paddle conjures good spirits
• 19 Wing Comox holding local training exercises this week
• Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
• ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
• Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
• B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
• Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
• Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND

Sources:

• Comox Valley Record — The Village of Cumberland drops to Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• Town of Comox — A Lasting Welcome to Comox: Totem Pole Blessed and Unveiled at Comox Avenue/Glacier View Roundabout
• Comox Valley Record — Paddleboards and broomsticks: Comox Valley Witches Paddle conjures good spirits
• My Comox Valley Now — 19 Wing Comox holding local training exercises this week
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
• Times Colonist — Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
• CHEK News — Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
• CHEK News — Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND