In today's episode:

• Rain expected to help crews make progress on Sooke wildfire
• Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
• Update: Woodfibre LNG expresses disappointment after Squamish council turns down $142 million offer
• Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
• 3 US news outlets return to White House after judge orders Trump to lift ban
• Canadian astronaut ready for NASA mission to International Space Station
• Macklemore announces concerts benefiting Palestinian aid organizations

Sources:

• CHEK News — Rain expected to help crews make progress on Sooke wildfire
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
• Times Colonist — Update: Woodfibre LNG expresses disappointment after Squamish council turns down $142 million offer
• Times Colonist — Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
• Times Colonist — 3 US news outlets return to White House after judge orders Trump to lift ban
• Times Colonist — Canadian astronaut ready for NASA mission to International Space Station
• Times Colonist — Macklemore announces concerts benefiting Palestinian aid organizations

In today's episode:

• Public Notice Waiver of Public Hearing – Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1366, 2026
• District of Ucluelet: Public Notice of Tax Sale
• Pacific Coastal, Air Canada ink agreement to connect flights
• BC RCMP should review vulnerable prisoner care after in-custody death: Inquest
• Reactions as B.C. Premier David Eby calls snap election set for Oct. 24
• ‘Trump-style’ or ‘progressive-ideas’? Both sides rush to redefine B.C. Conservatives
• 328 kilograms of cocaine, worth $5.8M, seized from Vancouver shipping container
• NDP leader says Ottawa breaking labour law as Bank of Canada strike nears 100 days
• Pressure from the bond market hits a new level on Wall Street, and stocks slide on inflation worries

Sources:

• Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News — Public Notice Waiver of Public Hearing – Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1366, 2026
• Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News — District of Ucluelet: Public Notice of Tax Sale
• CHEK News — Pacific Coastal, Air Canada ink agreement to connect flights
• Alberni Valley News — BC RCMP should review vulnerable prisoner care after in-custody death: Inquest
• Times Colonist — Reactions as B.C. Premier David Eby calls snap election set for Oct. 24
• CHEK News — ‘Trump-style’ or ‘progressive-ideas’? Both sides rush to redefine B.C. Conservatives
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — 328 kilograms of cocaine, worth $5.8M, seized from Vancouver shipping container
• Times Colonist — NDP leader says Ottawa breaking labour law as Bank of Canada strike nears 100 days
• Times Colonist — Pressure from the bond market hits a new level on Wall Street, and stocks slide on inflation worries

In today's episode:

• 4 Vancouver Island hotels earn spots in Michelin Guide’s 2026 Key hotel list
• B.C. will head to the polls twice in October as premier calls election for Oct. 24
• Carney promises $100 million for Palestinians in humanitarian aid, police training

Sources:

• Victoria Buzz — 4 Vancouver Island hotels earn spots in Michelin Guide’s 2026 Key hotel list
• Times Colonist — B.C. will head to the polls twice in October as premier calls election for Oct. 24
• CHEK News — Carney promises $100 million for Palestinians in humanitarian aid, police training

In today's episode:

• Wildfires leave B.C. wineries short of grapes, revenue
• Grain, oil exports fuel record cargo volumes at Port of Vancouver
• Government plans to introduce economy bill critics say will threaten right to strike
• Pakistan says airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 28 militants; Kabul reports 3 civilians killed

Sources:

• Times Colonist — Wildfires leave B.C. wineries short of grapes, revenue
• Times Colonist — Grain, oil exports fuel record cargo volumes at Port of Vancouver
• Times Colonist — Government plans to introduce economy bill critics say will threaten right to strike
• Times Colonist — Pakistan says airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 28 militants; Kabul reports 3 civilians killed

In today's episode:

• ‘Why walk away?’: Emotional Danielle Smith speaks against separation at online forum
• Municipalities demand B.C. to optimize industrial lands amid U.S. tariff pressures
• Canada’s defence minister calls U.S. deal on Greenland ‘encouraging’
• North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward the sea and dials up pressure on the US

Sources:

• CHEK News — ‘Why walk away?’: Emotional Danielle Smith speaks against separation at online forum
• Times Colonist — Municipalities demand B.C. to optimize industrial lands amid U.S. tariff pressures
• CHEK News — Canada’s defence minister calls U.S. deal on Greenland ‘encouraging’
• Times Colonist — North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward the sea and dials up pressure on the US

In today's episode:

• Suicide awareness day ends with lantern walk at Blair Park
• Cellphone return scam reported in Cowichan Valley after similar warning in Nanaimo
• ‘We just want to bring Brandy back:’ Dad pushes for search for daughter’s body under Stamp Falls
• B.C. pauses planned expansion of PST to professional services
• Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader
• Canada’s defence minister calls U.S. deal on Greenland ‘encouraging’
• Trump targets more news outlets, saying he will ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

Sources:

• Alberni Valley News — Suicide awareness day ends with lantern walk at Blair Park
• CHEK News — Cellphone return scam reported in Cowichan Valley after similar warning in Nanaimo
• Times Colonist — ‘We just want to bring Brandy back:’ Dad pushes for search for daughter’s body under Stamp Falls
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. pauses planned expansion of PST to professional services
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader
• CHEK News — Canada’s defence minister calls U.S. deal on Greenland ‘encouraging’
• Times Colonist — Trump targets more news outlets, saying he will ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

In today's episode:

• 3 more MLAs out from B.C. Conservatives
• B.C. pauses sales tax expansion, unveils $90M in business aid for trade war: Eby
• Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%

Sources:

• Nanaimo News Bulletin — 3 more MLAs out from B.C. Conservatives
• CHEK News — B.C. pauses sales tax expansion, unveils $90M in business aid for trade war: Eby
• Times Colonist — Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%

In today's episode:

• BC Housing advances revised Nanaimo housing proposal
• VIDEO: Pokémon cards stolen from Nanaimo hobby shop
• 2026 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION
• UBCM president urges premier to hold off on provincial election call
• B.C. Conservative party official allegedly hired private investigator to scrutinize MLAs
• Suspended Hellebuyck casts shadow as Jets open camp without star netminder
• Malaysia's king allows former leader Najib to serve rest of his graft sentence under house arrest

Sources:

• NanaimoNewsNOW — BC Housing advances revised Nanaimo housing proposal
• NanaimoNewsNOW — VIDEO: Pokémon cards stolen from Nanaimo hobby shop
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — 2026 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — UBCM president urges premier to hold off on provincial election call
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. Conservative party official allegedly hired private investigator to scrutinize MLAs
• Times Colonist — Suspended Hellebuyck casts shadow as Jets open camp without star netminder
• Times Colonist — Malaysia's king allows former leader Najib to serve rest of his graft sentence under house arrest