Local News

SD 69 passes budget, hopes for more cash

Trustee who questioned prudence of passing budget absent from meeting

May 26, 2017 1:30 PM Read more >

RDN board approves economic grant to five groups

The Regional District of Nanaimo board last week approved five Northern Community Economic Development funding requests.

May 26, 2017 4:24 AM Read more >

Vimy volunteers pay back Parksville council with visit

Ballenas field trip group shares tour highlights during council presentation

May 25, 2017 2:15 PM Read more >

VIDEO: PQB News highlights for May 25

Publisher Peter McCully shares the top stories and highlights from today’s edition of the PQB News

May 25, 2017 6:00 AM Read more >

Power outages remain in Parksville Qualicum Beach

Windstorm Tuesday leaves 15,000 Island homes without electricity

May 24, 2017 9:49 AM Read more >

RV fire kept from spreading to apartment building in Qualicum Beach

No injuries according to Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department

May 23, 2017 6:01 PM Read more >

VIDEO: Bowser man hospitalized after Highway 19 crash

Car rolls 200 feet down embankment near Qualicum Beach

May 23, 2017 2:02 PM Read more >

One in three Canadian high school students have rode with drinking drivers, study reveals

Nearly one in five rode with a driver who’d been smoking pot

May 23, 2017 11:30 AM Read more >

Regional District launches campaign against illega dumping

Initiative aims to highlight the costs and problems of this long-standing concern in the region

May 23, 2017 8:57 AM Read more >

New pass to keep youth active this summer in Regional District of Nanaimo

$99 Play and Ride Pass make it affordable to travel to drop-in recreation programs

May 23, 2017 8:55 AM Read more >