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

In today's episode:

• A guide to voting in municipal elections in Parksville Qualicum Beach
• ‘This happens all the time’ Mid Island resident died without access to modern cardiac care, NRGH doctor reports
• ‘Quite surprised’: Hullo Ferries workers stay calm facing passenger armed with knife
• Chapman, Findlay step away from B.C. politics after ‘threats and abuse’
• Person from Washington State arrested in connection with Tumbler Ridge shooting
• U.S. Coast Guard releases names of all six aboard missing Canadian air ambulance

Sources:

• Parksville Qualicum News — A guide to voting in municipal elections in Parksville Qualicum Beach
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — ‘This happens all the time’ Mid Island resident died without access to modern cardiac care, NRGH doctor reports
• CHEK News — ‘Quite surprised’: Hullo Ferries workers stay calm facing passenger armed with knife
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Chapman, Findlay step away from B.C. politics after ‘threats and abuse’
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Person from Washington State arrested in connection with Tumbler Ridge shooting
• Times Colonist — U.S. Coast Guard releases names of all six aboard missing Canadian air ambulance

In today's episode:

• 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:

• 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