On Sept. 23, Black Press Media spent a day with the outreach team of Our Place Society, a charity serving Greater Victoria’s ...

By using the waste of Koi fish to grow fresh produce, Vancouver Island University (VIU) engineering student Ja ...

A proposed fire protection service for residents living in the Wycliffe and St. Mary Lake areas of the RDEK will not go ahead ...

Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are just plain eerie. Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity ...

If you think you're too old to roll with it, think again. And if you're looking for inspiration at any age, look no farther than Carol Lalonde. The White Rock senior is in the midst of "90 days of 90 ...

Harrison Hot Springs' mayor and resort management met this week to hash out mutual solutions after popular hot springs pools were filled in with boulders last week. Talen told The Observer that resort ...

It was a ringette frenzy over the weekend in Vernon as the annual Autumn Blast tournament took over the city. Three different rinks in Vernon (Kal Tire Place North/South and Priest Valley Arena) ...

Amid British Columbia’s lawless gold rush era, thousands of prospectors from California, Australia, Mexico, Europe, and as far away as China flocked to the capital city in 1857, hoping to strike it ...

North Okanagan murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has elected to be tried by a Supreme Court judge and jury. Stefanski appeared in provincial court in Vernon Wednesday morning for the purpose of electing ...

Halloween is observed in many countries on Oct. 31. Originally a time to remember the dead, it has become associated with horror and all things macabre and supernatural. Canada has a long tradition of ...