Parksville News

"This is potentially the most important public hearing we'll have during the entire three years of this council," mayor Ed Mayne told the media, calling for the entire community to come out and give input at Thursday's transportation open house.

Parksville mayor Ed Mayne stresses that the public should attend Thursday's transportation open house to help shape the future of the city.

Ita s condensed theatre without benefit of fancy staging or props when the One Act Play Festival returns to the Village Theatre for a three day run beginning this Friday.

Gina Jung carries the torch during the Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay in Cowichan Lake , B.C. October 31, 2009.

The only lines bigger than those for H1N1 flu shots, were those at the weekend's Olympic torch relay in Parksville.

Hundreds of Parksville residents lined both sides of the Island Highway on Sunday as Olympic torchbearers ran through this seaside retirement community known for its huge beaches and calm lifestyle.

Teaching people to become better advocates for themselves in the public health-care system is the aim of a one-day conference Nov.

Nanaimo Anglican churches are a bright spot on the Island, having escaped the recession unlike others that could face restructuring.

One person is dead following an accident at Cameron Lake, approximately 20 kilometres east of Port Alberni, Sunday afternoon.

Summertime and movies -- a winning combination -- will come to Parksville Community Park Tuesday, Aug.

With projections for summer tourism down as much as eight per cent, any gain could be seen as positive.

Kwalikum Secondary School teacher Kevin Spicer runs with the Olympic torch Nov. 2 in Royston.

There wasn't a lot of drama when Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek officially opened the roundabout on Tuesday, but the tale he told of the unofficial opening certainly had it - in spades.

For 10 years, Sara DaCosta has owned and operated a Parksville-based home decorating centre that has become synonymous with know-how and quality.

Pharmasave Health Centre in Parksville is a pharmacy that specializes in exceptional customer service, natural and home health products, Live Well clinics and seminars.

Two of the men accused of a series of bank robberies appeared in court recently, with one being sentenced to time behind bars.

When considering changes to their storefront, Bill and Carol Ormiston decided the best adornment should be a tribute to the past.

There is little hope in preaching salvation to hungry people. That was the philosophy of Salvation Army founder William Booth back in 1878.

A mysterious fungus that has killed humans on Vancouver Island and mammals in the Strait of Georgia since 1999 has now dealt death to humans on the mainland.

As far as I could tell through the Dashiell Hammett fog, the highway we followed across Vancouver Island had turned rather abruptly into, well, a fishing pier.