Emily Vance

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NEWS File photo - The Town of Qualicum Beach has approved a recommendation to back-pay crossing fees owed to the Island Corridor Foundation, in hopes of a smoother negotiation with the ICF about land use to install a trail. Council moved to stop payments back in 2013.

Qualicum Beach to pay approximately $80,000 in overdue rail crossing fees

Council had moved to stop paying Island Corridor Foundation in 2013

NEWS File photo - The Town of Qualicum Beach has approved a recommendation to back-pay crossing fees owed to the Island Corridor Foundation, in hopes of a smoother negotiation with the ICF about land use to install a trail. Council moved to stop payments back in 2013.
RCMP investigate after reports of shots fired in Qualicum Bay

RCMP investigate after reports of shots fired in Qualicum Bay

Police found four empty shell casings

RCMP investigate after reports of shots fired in Qualicum Bay
NEWS File photo

Windows smashed, tires slashed: Island woman’s vehicle hit 3 times by vandals

‘Senseless and costly ($2,500) mischief’, say RCMP

NEWS File photo
Marcy Sjostrom’s son’s 2002 Acura was totalled after a stolen car smashed into it in the driveway of their Nanoose Bay home, just off the Island Highway, on Oct. 28, 2019. (Courtesy of Marcy Sjostrom)

Stolen Langford vehicle smashes into parked car in Nanoose Bay driveway

Two cars demolished, police dogs called in after suspect runs away

Marcy Sjostrom’s son’s 2002 Acura was totalled after a stolen car smashed into it in the driveway of their Nanoose Bay home, just off the Island Highway, on Oct. 28, 2019. (Courtesy of Marcy Sjostrom)
NEWS File photo - Oceanside RCMP say that five mailboxes in Parksville have been targeted by thieves in October of 2019.

RCMP investigate string of thefts from apartment lobby mailboxes in Parksville

Five separate boxes hit during October

NEWS File photo - Oceanside RCMP say that five mailboxes in Parksville have been targeted by thieves in October of 2019.
Vancouver Island mushroom picking not a sport for amateurs

Vancouver Island mushroom picking not a sport for amateurs

Mushroom festival co-organizer Terry Taylor shares tips, safety advice for would-be mycologists

Vancouver Island mushroom picking not a sport for amateurs
Courtesy of Wendy Alexander - Parksville’s Wendy Alexander lives in two worlds. When she’s not rehearsing for the role of Mimi in Opera Nanaimo’s upcoming performance of La Boheme, she’s waiting tables at the Rod & Gun pub.

Server-turned-opera singer brings old-world styles to Vancouver Island

Wendy Alexander to star in Opera Nanaimo production

Courtesy of Wendy Alexander - Parksville’s Wendy Alexander lives in two worlds. When she’s not rehearsing for the role of Mimi in Opera Nanaimo’s upcoming performance of La Boheme, she’s waiting tables at the Rod & Gun pub.
A celebration of life has been organized for Spencer Alexander Moore who died in the early hours of Aug. 24, 2019. – Emily Vance photo

Celebration of life announced for Parksville man who died following reported hit and run

Investigation still underway following death of Spencer Alexander Moore

A celebration of life has been organized for Spencer Alexander Moore who died in the early hours of Aug. 24, 2019. – Emily Vance photo
Gord Johns addressing his supporters in Parksville after being re-elected in Courtenay-Alberni on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. - Cloe Logan photo

ELECTION 2019: NDP’s Gord Johns re-elected in Courtenay-Alberni

Conservative Byron Horner finishes second, with Green Party’s Sean Wood third

Gord Johns addressing his supporters in Parksville after being re-elected in Courtenay-Alberni on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. - Cloe Logan photo
NDP supporters gather at the Beach Club in Parksville, awaiting the results of the 2019 federal election in Courtenay-Alberni. (Cloe Logan photo)

NDP’s Gord Johns re-elected in Courtenay-Alberni

Conservative Byron Horner finished in second spot

NDP supporters gather at the Beach Club in Parksville, awaiting the results of the 2019 federal election in Courtenay-Alberni. (Cloe Logan photo)
Vancouver Island writer Linda Tenney dies after battle with cancer

Vancouver Island writer Linda Tenney dies after battle with cancer

Celebration of life set for Nov. 2 in Qualicum area

Vancouver Island writer Linda Tenney dies after battle with cancer
Emily Vance photo - Qualicum Beach Museum Manager Netanja Waddell tries out one of the interactive exhibits as part of the Royal B.C. Museum’s exhibit on indigenous languages.

Touring exhibit from Royal B.C. Museum highlights First Nations languages

Qualicum Beach Museum will be home to a variety of interactive stations

Emily Vance photo - Qualicum Beach Museum Manager Netanja Waddell tries out one of the interactive exhibits as part of the Royal B.C. Museum’s exhibit on indigenous languages.
News file photo - B.C. Attorney General David Eby and former RCMP investigator Peter German deliver portions of report on money laundering at the B.C. legislature, March 7, 2019.

Talk ‘Dirty Money’ in BC casinos with the man who knows

‘This is an evolving study’: Dr. Peter German presenting up-to-date information on organized crime

News file photo - B.C. Attorney General David Eby and former RCMP investigator Peter German deliver portions of report on money laundering at the B.C. legislature, March 7, 2019.
Emily Vance photo - The Parksville Fire Department says there was extensive damage to the house on the corner of Lee Avenue and Craig St in Parksville following a blaze on the evening of Wed. Oct. 9.

One person taken for treatment after fire guts Parksville home

Investigators still checking on cause of blaze

Emily Vance photo - The Parksville Fire Department says there was extensive damage to the house on the corner of Lee Avenue and Craig St in Parksville following a blaze on the evening of Wed. Oct. 9.
Courtesy of Carl Savage - The team of Ballenas Secondary students that managed to grow alfalfa sprouts in space! Alexander Marshall, Marco Ioffredi, Robert Lachance, Victor Kamel and Filipe Canavarro Pereira.

‘It was kind of surreal’: Island students grow sprouts in space

Ballenas Secondary team receives results from International Space Station project

Courtesy of Carl Savage - The team of Ballenas Secondary students that managed to grow alfalfa sprouts in space! Alexander Marshall, Marco Ioffredi, Robert Lachance, Victor Kamel and Filipe Canavarro Pereira.
Courtesy of Kai Calvato - Blues singer Layla Zoe, who grew up in Errington and Bowser, recently won big at the Unsigned Only Music Competition in Nashville.

Vancouver Island blues singer wins big in Nashville

Layla Zoe takes gold in ‘Unsigned Only’ songwriting competition

Courtesy of Kai Calvato - Blues singer Layla Zoe, who grew up in Errington and Bowser, recently won big at the Unsigned Only Music Competition in Nashville.
Courtesy of John MacFarlane - ‘Around the World in a Dugout Canoe,’ written by two Vancouver Island authors, tells the story of Captain John Voss’ deep-sea sailing voyage around the world, and will hit bookshelves on Sept. 28.

Vancouver Island author tells the story of epic, treacherous maritime voyage

Captain John Voss launched from Victoria in 1901 and sailed around the world

Courtesy of John MacFarlane - ‘Around the World in a Dugout Canoe,’ written by two Vancouver Island authors, tells the story of Captain John Voss’ deep-sea sailing voyage around the world, and will hit bookshelves on Sept. 28.
Emily Vance photo - Eleanor Thompson braved the crowds and was the first of the three women to get her head shaved at the Tour de Rock Burger and Beer fundraiser night.

Island communities welcome 22nd annual Tour de Rock riders

Trio of locals in Parksville Qualicum Beach shave their heads to raise funds for cancer research

Emily Vance photo - Eleanor Thompson braved the crowds and was the first of the three women to get her head shaved at the Tour de Rock Burger and Beer fundraiser night.
News file photo - Oceanside RCMP say they have no timeline on when they will release an update about a fatal hit-and-run in Parksville on Aug. 24.

RCMP: No timeline for update on fatal hit-and-run in Parksville

Complexity of case a factor in length of the investigation

News file photo - Oceanside RCMP say they have no timeline on when they will release an update about a fatal hit-and-run in Parksville on Aug. 24.
Courtesy of Bill Rawlins - Bill Rawlins in Cap Haitien, Haiti where Live Different has done significant work. Rawlins has been awarded the Governor General’s Sovereign Medal for Volunteers.

Islander honoured for 56 volunteer international aid missions

Former Parksville principal Bill Rawlins receives Sovereign’s Medal from Governor General

Courtesy of Bill Rawlins - Bill Rawlins in Cap Haitien, Haiti where Live Different has done significant work. Rawlins has been awarded the Governor General’s Sovereign Medal for Volunteers.