Parksville News

Forward House invites everyone to their seventh annual summer barbecue and live auction on July 24.

Tanya Ayotte's cocker spaniel Archie ran away on Canada Day in Parksville and Ayotte is seeking help in finding him.

Dignitaries ride in a Cadillac in Parksville's Canada Day Parade. Sue Frause photo.

The lure of unrelenting B.C. singletrack has drawn about 400 riders to hurl themselves into this year's B.C. Bike Race, the seven-day stage race that kicked off Sunday in the legendary North Shore trails.

Day 2: Riders enjoyed the breathtaking views of BC coastline during the ferry ride to Nanaimo.

The wind howled for most of the night, and Hill, who had forgotten his sleeping bag at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, was using a store-bought fleece liner as a blanket.

Biking in B.C. offers a well-known smorgasbord of sweet singletrack trails, but how often do riders get the chance to take in some of the tastiest morsels everywhere from Whistler and Squamish to North Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast in one epic, seven-day package? Wrapping up the gems of the region in one 300-kilometre racing adventure, the B.C.

The families of three young people killed in a basement fire are devastated the landlords won't face criminal charges, saying they won't rest until someone accepts responsibility for their deaths.

The prospect of overnight stays becoming part of sought after improvements to local health care is on life support with virtually no chance of recovery following a Regional District of Nanaimo board meeting Tuesday.

Police are this week reporting success in their investigations into a spate of robberies in Parksville and Qualicum Beach following one man's guilty plea and the laying of additional charges against a man accused of three break and enters.

The sweet stench of pig manure may soon be wafting over downtown Parksville. "If we did bring the pigs in, we'd probably start off with 100," farmer Bud Shelly said Friday.

Stimulus dollars won't help Parksville, B.C.-based Ballenas Engineering, which is set to close its doors permanently later this month.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority has a five-year contract with Nanaimo's Seafield Medical Clinic but refuses to provide a cost comparison to have the same surgical procedure performed at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Readers will be left in suspense no longer. I am back. Back after one glorious week on Vancouver Island, staying at picturesque Arrenglen with its apple orchards, secret garden, nature trails, duck ponds and rolling hills - " spring home to nesting trumpeter swans.

Allan Snowie smiles from the cockpit of his Nieuport 118PS replica fighter plane shortly after touching down from a demonstration flight Friday.

One of naturea s most powerful and awe inspiring sites, waterfalls dot the province and the mid-Island is no exception.

The legal process involving the two men accused of the Dec. 6, 2008 killing of a Parksville photographer continues next week in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo.

Low Tide at Parksville : More of Beautiful British Columbia, this time from Parksville, B.C. Parksville is just north of Nanaimo, which we passed by without so much as a taste of a Nanaimo Bar! I just love the tones in the west coast photos.

Jeanne Robinson isn't ready to let her husband go yet. For that reason, she wants to thank everyone who was involved in saving the life of former Parksville councillor Charles Robinson's life when he suffered a ruptured aneurism in his stomach on June 5. The Robinsons were at Bugsy's Bar and Grill just past 6 p.m., laughing and joking with some ...

Parksville Mayor Ed Mayne and the rest of city council must stop calling their plans to re-route Jensen Avenue a ring road project.