Premier David Eby addressed the State of the Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Thursday morning, speaking about housing, transportation and the toxic drug crisis.
Read MoreThe 17th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit opened at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in downtown Nanaimo on Wednesday.
Read MoreHighway 4 will be closed between 8:30 a.m and 9 p.m. today as rock-scaling work continues to shore up the cliffs at Angel Rock which were destabilized during the Cameron Lake wildfire earlier this summer.
Read MoreA heat warning has been issued by Environment Canada for East Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.
Read MoreDr. Lauren Mayes, a professor of criminology at Vancouver Island University, says that while increases in the crime severity index can be scary the solution is addressing the root causes of crime.
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