In today's episode:

• The Village of Cumberland drops to Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• A Lasting Welcome to Comox: Totem Pole Blessed and Unveiled at Comox Avenue/Glacier View Roundabout
• Paddleboards and broomsticks: Comox Valley Witches Paddle conjures good spirits
• 19 Wing Comox holding local training exercises this week
• Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
• ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
• Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
• B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
• Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
• Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND

Sources:

• Comox Valley Record — The Village of Cumberland drops to Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• Town of Comox — A Lasting Welcome to Comox: Totem Pole Blessed and Unveiled at Comox Avenue/Glacier View Roundabout
• Comox Valley Record — Paddleboards and broomsticks: Comox Valley Witches Paddle conjures good spirits
• My Comox Valley Now — 19 Wing Comox holding local training exercises this week
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Invasive lizard widens reach, especially on Vancouver Island
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2
• Times Colonist — Woman charged after allegedly pulling knife on Hullo ferry staff in Nanaimo
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. Conservatives hold 5 point lead over NDP, says election poll
• CHEK News — Prime Minister Mark Carney to take ‘active role’ in new AI advisory council
• CHEK News — Two Canadian Armed Forces members arrested in organized crime, kidnapping probe: DND

In today's episode:

• Remarkable recovery: Skier paralyzed from the neck down 13 years ago is running the Royal Victoria Marathon to help others
• Victoria housing market slips as inventory outpaces September sales
• B.C.’s Eby promises new tax on millionaires to help pay for health care
• Free microchips help 123 B.C. pets stay connected to their families
• U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Ontario air ambulance
• Brazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a majority of votes
• US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

Sources:

• CHEK News — Remarkable recovery: Skier paralyzed from the neck down 13 years ago is running the Royal Victoria Marathon to help others
• Vancouver Island Free Daily — Victoria housing market slips as inventory outpaces September sales
• CHEK News — B.C.’s Eby promises new tax on millionaires to help pay for health care
• CHEK News — Free microchips help 123 B.C. pets stay connected to their families
• Times Colonist — U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Ontario air ambulance
• Times Colonist — Brazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a majority of votes
• CHEK News — US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

In today's episode:

• Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Manno Theos
• City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Bob Wells
• City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Trish McPhail
• New monument to Japanese Canadians reminder of dark period in B.C.’s past
• B.C.’s Firearm Violence Prevention Act now in effect, bringing new rules for gun owners
• Whyte boots club-record eight field goals to earn Lions 24-17 win over Argonauts

Sources:

• Village of Cumberland — Stage 2 Water Restrictions
• Comox Valley Record — City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Manno Theos
• Comox Valley Record — City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Bob Wells
• Comox Valley Record — City of Courtenay mayoral candidates: Trish McPhail
• Times Colonist — New monument to Japanese Canadians reminder of dark period in B.C.’s past
• CHEK News — B.C.’s Firearm Violence Prevention Act now in effect, bringing new rules for gun owners
• Times Colonist — Whyte boots club-record eight field goals to earn Lions 24-17 win over Argonauts

In today's episode:

• Vickey Brown acclaimed as Cumberland mayor
• 19 Wing Comox personnel to conduct training in early October
• LUSH Valley publishes municipal candidates’ food security survey responses
• Another landslide hits near condominium building in Campbell River
• ‘A special day:’ Tour de Rock wraps up in downtown Victoria
• B.C. Conservatives, NDP in tight election race, polling suggests
• Eby announces B.C. grocery ‘price guard’ during Kelowna visit

Sources:

• My Comox Valley Now — Vickey Brown acclaimed as Cumberland mayor
• Comox Valley Record — 19 Wing Comox personnel to conduct training in early October
• Comox Valley Record — LUSH Valley publishes municipal candidates’ food security survey responses
• Times Colonist — Another landslide hits near condominium building in Campbell River
• Vancouver Island Free Daily — ‘A special day:’ Tour de Rock wraps up in downtown Victoria
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. Conservatives, NDP in tight election race, polling suggests
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Eby announces B.C. grocery ‘price guard’ during Kelowna visit

In today's episode:

• Traffic Advisory: intersection closed on Aspen Road, at Grumman Plc (Oct 5-8, 2026 / 7:30am-6pm)
• CVRD welcoming community grant applications
• Tensions increasing in Cowichan Valley Regional District’s Area A election race
• Most CVRD water systems downgraded to Stage 1
• Missing teen found safe: Saanich Police
• Sooke Brewing Company terminates co-owner after controversial T-shirt sparks backlash
• IMPORTANT NOTICE: Trail Closure – Wilmot Trail
• Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline listed as ‘project of national interest’ by Carney
• With great rain comes great responsibility: October is Drive Relative to Conditions month
• Eby promises plan to cut BC gas prices by up to 30 cents per litre if re-elected
• Canadian astronaut reaches International Space Station for six-month mission

Sources:

• Town of Comox — Traffic Advisory: intersection closed on Aspen Road, at Grumman Plc (Oct 5-8, 2026 / 7:30am-6pm)
• My Comox Valley Now — CVRD welcoming community grant applications
• Ladysmith Chronicle — Tensions increasing in Cowichan Valley Regional District’s Area A election race
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Most CVRD water systems downgraded to Stage 1
• CHEK News — Missing teen found safe: Saanich Police
• Victoria Buzz — Sooke Brewing Company terminates co-owner after controversial T-shirt sparks backlash
• CVRD — IMPORTANT NOTICE: Trail Closure – Wilmot Trail
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline listed as ‘project of national interest’ by Carney
• BC RCMP News — With great rain comes great responsibility: October is Drive Relative to Conditions month
• Victoria Buzz — Eby promises plan to cut BC gas prices by up to 30 cents per litre if re-elected
• Times Colonist — Canadian astronaut reaches International Space Station for six-month mission

In today's episode:

• ‘Ribbon of orange’ winds through Courtenay for Truth and Reconciliation Day
• LETTER: Water should be on the ballot in the Comox Valley
• Inclusive communities are places where everyone wins
• Victoria man receives Carnegie Medal for rescue of Chemainus paraglider on Mount Prevost
• Tlowitsis Nation celebrates opening of Nenagwas community south of Campbell River
• Fatal Tsawwassen crash not an intentional attack on B.C. Truth and Reconciliation event: police
• Carney announces $1.2B for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision

Sources:

• Comox Valley Record — ‘Ribbon of orange’ winds through Courtenay for Truth and Reconciliation Day
• Comox Valley Record — LETTER: Water should be on the ballot in the Comox Valley
• Comox Valley Record — Inclusive communities are places where everyone wins
• Ladysmith Chronicle — Victoria man receives Carnegie Medal for rescue of Chemainus paraglider on Mount Prevost
• Campbell River Mirror — Tlowitsis Nation celebrates opening of Nenagwas community south of Campbell River
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Fatal Tsawwassen crash not an intentional attack on B.C. Truth and Reconciliation event: police
• Times Colonist — Carney announces $1.2B for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision

In today's episode:

• Cumberland fire chief turns off his pager for the last time after 52 year career
• Comox Fire Rescue is Now Recruiting Firefighters
• Braidwood Road infrastructure upgrades begin this fall
• Comox Valley Spirit Walk set for Wednesday
• Elk head discovered in Courtenay River prompts report to BC Conservation Service
• Man who attacked Oak Bay woman in home with machete gets 7 1/2 years
• Hupačasath hereditary chief orders Cermaq to close Boot Lagoon hatchery
• Stage 1 Water Restrictions Effective October 1, 2026
• Was Eby’s snap election call a bad bet for the B.C. NDP?
• Okanagan Nation Alliance blasts white nationalist group seen in Kamloops
• LNG Canada approves more than $30B Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat
• 'Separation will not solve problems': Poilievre speaks in Alberta ahead of referendum
• Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
• 4.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles 32km southwest of Seattle

Sources:

• CHEK News — Cumberland fire chief turns off his pager for the last time after 52 year career
• Town of Comox — Comox Fire Rescue is Now Recruiting Firefighters
• City of Courtenay — Braidwood Road infrastructure upgrades begin this fall
• My Comox Valley Now — Comox Valley Spirit Walk set for Wednesday
• Comox Valley Record — Elk head discovered in Courtenay River prompts report to BC Conservation Service
• Times Colonist — Man who attacked Oak Bay woman in home with machete gets 7 1/2 years
• Ha-Shilth-Sa — Hupačasath hereditary chief orders Cermaq to close Boot Lagoon hatchery
• CVRD — Stage 1 Water Restrictions Effective October 1, 2026
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Was Eby’s snap election call a bad bet for the B.C. NDP?
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Okanagan Nation Alliance blasts white nationalist group seen in Kamloops
• My Cowichan Valley Now — LNG Canada approves more than $30B Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat
• Times Colonist — 'Separation will not solve problems': Poilievre speaks in Alberta ahead of referendum
• Times Colonist — Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
• CHEK News — 4.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles 32km southwest of Seattle

In today's episode:

• Courtenay council approves library’s new initial 15-year lease
• Magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Port Hardy
• Man serving sentence for extortion, break-and-enter, wanted on Canada-wide warrant: VicPD
• Campbell River City Council green-lights security camera at Ken Forde Park to deter troublemakers
• HMCS Max Bernays returns to Esquimalt after record-setting Arctic deployment
• Heavy rain in forecast as warnings issued for Metro Vancouver, B.C. coast
• Former Conservative MLA who crossed the floor to NDP drops out of provincial election
• B.C. parties tout plans for critical minerals and LNG as election campaign enters second week
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford comes to Calgary, urges Albertans vote to remain in Canada
• Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms

Sources:

• Comox Valley Record — Courtenay council approves library’s new initial 15-year lease
• EmergencyInfoBC — Magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Port Hardy
• CHEK News — Man serving sentence for extortion, break-and-enter, wanted on Canada-wide warrant: VicPD
• Campbell River Mirror — Campbell River City Council green-lights security camera at Ken Forde Park to deter troublemakers
• Victoria Buzz — HMCS Max Bernays returns to Esquimalt after record-setting Arctic deployment
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Heavy rain in forecast as warnings issued for Metro Vancouver, B.C. coast
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Former Conservative MLA who crossed the floor to NDP drops out of provincial election
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. parties tout plans for critical minerals and LNG as election campaign enters second week
• Times Colonist — Ontario Premier Doug Ford comes to Calgary, urges Albertans vote to remain in Canada
• CHEK News — Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms