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QUIZ: A celebration of Easter
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (175+ words) Published 5: 20 am Sunday, April 5, 2026 The Cadbury Creme Egg is a popular treat around Easter. Do you know when these treats become available each year? (Pixabay. com) The Jewish observance of Passover is often held around the same time as Easter....
Employee of national non profit accused of $6 M-plus fraud involving First Nations Guardians money
1+ day, 4+ min ago (361+ words) Published 10: 30 am Wednesday, April 8, 2026 By Claire Mc Farlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio An employee at a national non-profit is accused of fraud involving more than $6 million in public funds earmarked for Indigenous Guardians programming. In an email earlier…...
Everyone had an Egg-stremely good time at the Hardy Bay Easter luncheon
19+ hour, 4+ min ago (190+ words) Published 3: 30 pm Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Hardy Bay Senior Citizens Society Board members Ev Rolfe and Candy Nomeland hope everyone had a very Egg-citing Easter! April 2, 2026 (Jenn Montague/Contributor) Hardy Bay Senior Centre members Phyllis Cox and Lucille Beck are resplendent in…...
Litter of puppies, 2 with bullet wounds, found abandoned near Grand Forks
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (524+ words) Published 5: 30 am Tuesday, April 7, 2026 These young dogs were found abandoned in a rural area between Grand Forks and Greenwood, according to Kootenay Animal Assistance Program. (Submitted) Two of the rescued puppies taken in by Kootenay Animal Assistance Program are seen…...
Tofino man sentenced for sex offences against Vancouver Island youth
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (181+ words) Published 9: 30 am Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Port Alberni Law Courts. A Tofino man has been sentenced to 9. 5 years in jail for multiple sex offences committed on Port Alberni youth. Loki Tchir was accused of meeting minors online and travelling to Port Alberni…...
South Island rescue team helps haul injured hiker off Mystic trail
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (153+ words) Published 7: 05 am Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue teams were put to the test, tasked around 1: 30 p. m. with rescuing a day hiker who had sustained a lower leg injury. Upon arrival, the team, alongside paramedics from BC Emergency Health…...
High school musicals, Reel Alternatives, and opera comes to Cowichan this April
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (428+ words) Published 11: 08 am Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Those hungry for a marvelous musical good time will want to plant themselves at the CPAC between April 23 and 25 as Quw'utsun Secondary School's musical theatre program presents "Little Shop of Horrors The Musical'. (Courtesy of CPAC)…...
Online auction to raise funds for trauma counselling begins April 13
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (161+ words) Published 1: 30 am Saturday, April 4, 2026 North Island Survivors" Healing Society online auction runs April 13-15, 2026 and includes several entertainment, spa, gas and restaurant gift cards including Cove Side on Quadra Island. (Janet Carmichael/Contributor) The North Island Survivors" Healing Society (NISHS) is…...
Indigenous Healthy Kids Fair coming to Port Hardy
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (158+ words) Published 1: 30 am Friday, April 3, 2026 An early childhood event promoting wellness is coming up for the North Island region. (Contributed) The Indigenous Healthy Kids Fair, put on by Jordan's Principle, "Namgis, Quatsino, Gwa'sala-"Nakwaxdxa'xw and Kwakiutl will be taking place at…...
Trio of classic rock legends announce Abbotsford show
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (653+ words) Published 1: 10 pm Thursday, April 2, 2026 Deep Purple partnered with Kansas and Jefferson Starship to play a concert in Abbotsford on Sept. 2. (Carlos Delgado/Wikimedia Commons) The lineups might be different, but the hit songs are still the same. That applies to…...
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