The City of Port Alberni has issued a local state of emergency as the nearby Mount Underwood wildfire grows to an estimated 1,618 hectares Wednesday.

Air Canada says it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow an orderly shutdown as it faces a potential work ...

The Mount Underwood wildfire outside of Port Alberni is unusual for Vancouver Island, with the fire growing to 1,391 hectares ...

A trip to a Nickelback concert in the Cowichan Valley last Saturday night ended in a terrifying roadside incident for a group of friends walking along Youbou Road.

Six tenants affected by an apartment fire on Queens Avenue in Victoria are still unhoused as the Canadian Red Cross steps in ...

Courtenay's fire chief says a blaze that sparked close to a travel trailer on a residential property along Highway 19A began ...

RCMP says a man who has been reported as missing is known to travel between Nanaimo and Courtenay. Nikita Yavarosvki, 22, was ...

Family say they're in mourning after a Nanaimo couple well known for their adventure videos passed away following a motor ...

A landmark Aboriginal title claim successfully established by Cowichan Nation last week appears to encompass land occupied by ...

The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never ...

NASA says about 50 to 100 meteors are seen per hour during the shower, with meteors shooting across the sky at about 59 kilometres per second. The U.S. space agency says every Perseid meteor is a tiny ...

A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict should be reconsidered for Canada's top military honour.