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Due to the high fire risk this summer, the final three weekends of fireworks were cancelled at Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay. (Butchart Gardens/Facebook)

State of emergency prompts Butchart Gardens to cancel summer fireworks

Night illuminations will still glow at the Brentwood Bay tourist attraction

Due to the high fire risk this summer, the final three weekends of fireworks were cancelled at Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay. (Butchart Gardens/Facebook)
Diane Dou portrait by Lia Crowe

Strategy. Innovation. Compassion.

Diane Dou is a rising star in the banking world, embracing her role as chief experience officer at BlueShore Financial

  • Aug 23, 2023
Diane Dou portrait by Lia Crowe
Bear carvings have always been the biggest seller for Liam Tromans. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Famous chainsaw carver leaving Chemainus

Tromans returning to his native Nova Scotia where he’ll start his days much earlier

Bear carvings have always been the biggest seller for Liam Tromans. (Photo by Don Bodger)
A Hullo ferries vessel docked in Nanaimo earlier this summer. The ferries will remain docked until Wednesday, Aug. 16, the company has advised. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry cancels half its scheduled sailings for August

Hullo says it needs to ‘better operationalize,’ new launch date is Aug. 16

A Hullo ferries vessel docked in Nanaimo earlier this summer. The ferries will remain docked until Wednesday, Aug. 16, the company has advised. (News Bulletin file photo)
A giant deal is being completed to purchase 7 Liquor Express stores. (Don Denton/Black Press Media)
A giant deal is being completed to purchase 7 Liquor Express stores. (Don Denton/Black Press Media)
The Cowichan Valley Regional District is considering a re-zoning application from Schnitzer Steel Canada in Cassidy. (News Bulletin file photo)

Regional district says steel recycler isn’t negatively impacting Cassidy aquifer

Staff says there’s no evidence of water contamination as directors consider re-zoning application

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is considering a re-zoning application from Schnitzer Steel Canada in Cassidy. (News Bulletin file photo)
The entrance to a Bed Bath & Beyond store is seen in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Bed Bath Beyond returns as an online retailer

Overstock.com after a purchase of the box store is bringing it back in a online format

The entrance to a Bed Bath & Beyond store is seen in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ford Electric F-150 Lightning Truck (Ford Canada Facebook)

Ford triples electric truck output after a six-week shutdown of a factory

Ford shut down a Dearborn factory to upgrade equipment and increase capacity

Ford Electric F-150 Lightning Truck (Ford Canada Facebook)
Tyler Dyck is CEO of Okanagan Spirits and he’s also the president of the Craft Distillers Guild of BC and the Canadian Craft Distillers Alliance. Nina Dombowsky photo

Capturing the tastes and scents of the valley

Okanagan Spirits — locally made internationally renowned

  • Jul 28, 2023
Tyler Dyck is CEO of Okanagan Spirits and he’s also the president of the Craft Distillers Guild of BC and the Canadian Craft Distillers Alliance. Nina Dombowsky photo
The new McDonalds restaurant that is being built in Port Hardy is coming along at a quick pace. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)

Golden Arches set to expand its grill beyond the Island’s northern frontier

McDonald’s on track for fall opening in Port Hardy

The new McDonalds restaurant that is being built in Port Hardy is coming along at a quick pace. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
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Car buyers bear a heavy burden as Federal Reserve keeps raising rates: Auto-loan rejections are up

The Federal Reserve’s expected move Wednesday to raise interest rates for the…

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Michelle Webber of SONDR - Lia Crowe photography

Making clean mainstream

SONDR produces ethical, healthy and effective deodorant

  • Jul 26, 2023
Michelle Webber of SONDR - Lia Crowe photography
FILE - An employee walks past a logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. shown at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to bet on devices with bending screens, a budding market that has yet to fully take off because of high prices. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung unveils foldable smartphones in a bet on bending device screens

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to…

FILE - An employee walks past a logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. shown at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to bet on devices with bending screens, a budding market that has yet to fully take off because of high prices. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
The B.C. government (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

As Twitter fades to X, TikTok steps up with new text-based posts

The same day Elon Musk abruptly dropped Twitter’s name and bird logo…

The B.C. government (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what you need to know

The clock is ticking. As the deadline to reach a new contract…

UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Elon Musk reveals new black and white X logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white “X” logo to…

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
A Zellers pop-up store inside the Hudson’s Bay store at the Burlington Centre in Burlington, Ont. shown in a July 2021 handout photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hudson’s Bay Co.)

Zellers pop-up coming to downtown Victoria this summer

Bay Centre among the next 21 locations opening in Canada

A Zellers pop-up store inside the Hudson’s Bay store at the Burlington Centre in Burlington, Ont. shown in a July 2021 handout photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hudson’s Bay Co.)
The Catalyst Crofton Paper Excellence mill has been idled the last two weeks. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Uncertainties remain for Crofton mill employees amid curtailment

Paper Excellence continuing to monitor market conditions ahead of scheduled restart in two weeks

The Catalyst Crofton Paper Excellence mill has been idled the last two weeks. (Photo by Don Bodger)
People shop in a grocery store in Montreal, Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The picture of how the economy fared in May will become a little clearer with a pair of reports from Statistics Canada this week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the…

People shop in a grocery store in Montreal, Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The picture of how the economy fared in May will become a little clearer with a pair of reports from Statistics Canada this week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Elton Pereira portrait by Lia Crowe photography

Elton Pereira’s personal reboot

Saanich Renaissance man is living a life of gratitude

  • Jul 17, 2023
Elton Pereira portrait by Lia Crowe photography