Highlights

Local authors are also among the participants named in the newly unveiled 2023 lineup.

Staff running pools across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says.

The season for pool parties, beach excursions and trips to the cottage has begun.Sadly, some of these events turn tragic each year and drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years old in Canada.

The federal public safety minister says reports of teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo being transferred to a medium-security prison are “shocking and incomprehensible.

The school district wrapped up its elementary track and field season last week with their high jump competition taking place at Chatelech, and the 400+ athletes from Grades 3 to 7 braving the hot day at the Elphinstone Secondary School track.

And, remembering the time the school burnt down

Also, Pender Harbour Blues Fest runs all weekend

The suit alleges a Port Hardy Secondary School teacher sexually abused the child starting in 1981 or 1984.

 In what Sunshine Coast Drag Race Association’s Richard Austin called the best May race in a decade, more than 1,150 people – including 70 competitors – crowded to the Sechelt Airport last weekend.

The extension to Feb. 1, 2025, applies to the order issued two years ago at the request of the Pacheedaht First Nation.