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Nanaimo school superintendent Scott Saywell announces tomorrow’s school closure in song. (SD68 photo)

UPDATE: Vancouver Island schools and colleges closed Tuesday

WATCH: School superintendent delivers Snow Day message in song

Nanaimo school superintendent Scott Saywell announces tomorrow’s school closure in song. (SD68 photo)
A fallen fence in Ladysmith yesterday afternoon is a more ordinary example of the sort of widespread property damage caused across the Island by yesterday’s windstorm (Gerry Beltgens photo)

More than 90,000 remain without power on Vancouver Island

BC Hydro working around the clock in the wake of most severe windstorm in years

A fallen fence in Ladysmith yesterday afternoon is a more ordinary example of the sort of widespread property damage caused across the Island by yesterday’s windstorm (Gerry Beltgens photo)
(Facebook/Find Ben Kilmer)

B.C. man’s disappearance galvanized Vancouver Island

A look back at the search that tore at the fabric of a young family and close-knit friends

(Facebook/Find Ben Kilmer)
Wayne Salmon, here with his grandson Beckett, was one of 6,941, who cast an early ballot during the 2018 municipal election. General election day is Saturday, Oct. 20 (Wolf Depner/News staff)

Advance poll turnout way up for Saturday’s election

Interest in voting early evident across Vancouver Island

Wayne Salmon, here with his grandson Beckett, was one of 6,941, who cast an early ballot during the 2018 municipal election. General election day is Saturday, Oct. 20 (Wolf Depner/News staff)
Wrap up your summer on one of Vancouver Island’s best beaches

Wrap up your summer on one of Vancouver Island’s best beaches

Big read: Fourteen picture-perfect places to catch a few rays this long weekend

Wrap up your summer on one of Vancouver Island’s best beaches
The air quality map for the south Island and lower mainland as of 6 a.m. Monday

Mid-Vancouver Island air quality risk very high

Residents of the mid-Island area went to bed last night and awoke…

The air quality map for the south Island and lower mainland as of 6 a.m. Monday
Clockwise from top left: Pamela Anderson, the Steller’s jay, Simon Fraser Tolmie, Cassie Sharpe, Rod Brind’Amour and a 70.5-pound chinook. (CP/Mike Benbow/VIFD file photos)

Test your B.C. Day knowledge, Vancouver Island style

Do you know your provincial bird? And other trivia all Islanders should know

Clockwise from top left: Pamela Anderson, the Steller’s jay, Simon Fraser Tolmie, Cassie Sharpe, Rod Brind’Amour and a 70.5-pound chinook. (CP/Mike Benbow/VIFD file photos)
As Canadian as Vancouver Island

As Canadian as Vancouver Island

You’ve seen the symptoms of being Canadian, how Canadian are we?

As Canadian as Vancouver Island
An aerial view over Oak Bay and the Marina. Oak Bay residents pay the highest taxes on Vancouver Island. Don Denton/Black Press

Taxing Vancouver Island

Big Read: find out which communities are paying the lowest and highest taxes on Vancouver Island

An aerial view over Oak Bay and the Marina. Oak Bay residents pay the highest taxes on Vancouver Island. Don Denton/Black Press
Trans Mountain pipeline: First Nations remain divided

Trans Mountain pipeline: First Nations remain divided

Indigenous question looms as court challenge overshadows Kinder Morgan project

Trans Mountain pipeline: First Nations remain divided
A black cat on Friday the 13th? Could your day get off to a worse start? Pixabay photo

Who’s afraid of Friday the 13th?

Is friggatriskaidekaphobia harmless fun, or should we be proceeding with caution today?

A black cat on Friday the 13th? Could your day get off to a worse start? Pixabay photo
Pixabay photo                                 A black cat on Friday the 13th? Could your day get off to a worse start?

Who’s afraid of Friday the 13th?

Is friggatriskaidekaphobia harmless fun, or should we be proceeding with caution today?

Pixabay photo                                 A black cat on Friday the 13th? Could your day get off to a worse start?