A Ship Carrying Comedians Sank. Believe it or Not, Funny Business EnsuedVaudeville costumes washed up on shore, and local workers partied the night away
Biologist Put The Comox Valley On The Bigfoot MapJohn Bindernagel was a biologist and renowned bigfooter who studied and wrote about the big hairy beast until his death in 2018
Comox’s “Man of Mystery” Put the Town on the MapYou can still find bits of his legacy throughout the city
A Window Into the Future from 5,000-year-old FisheriesIndigenous knowledge can provide new paths forward
The Forestry Service De-FangedA retired government forester says the ministry responsible for 56,000,000 hectares of public land has become a servant of industry
Paddle Politics To Boost Local EconomyWest Coast Expeditions, which has operated for 50 years in Kyuquot Sound, is now under indigenous ownership
What We Love: Cameron Lake Big Trestle at DawnIf you're really quiet, you can still hear the sound of the horn
What’s In A Name? Cortes IslandWhat do an island on the BC coast and the fall of the Aztec empire have in common? Well, nothing except a name
How Did 15 Ghost Ships End Up In Royston?Did you know that one of North America's largest ship graveyards is here on VanIsle?
What We Love: “This Land is Your Land”Virtually every Canadian of a certain age can still sing the lyrics
NorthIsle Was a Good Place to Ride Out the Ice AgeWhat if Top Knot Lake was a grassy tundra and not an ice mountain?
A Guy With a Big Heart and A DreamThe anarchist experiment called Poole's Land closed after the owner and founder passed away
Ontario Court Ruling Could Have Huge Impacts on VanIsleCourt rules First Nations can raise the $4/year rent that Canada has been paying for the last 150 years
Guilt-free Hot Rodding – Is It Possible?Parksville's canEV and Victoria-based Webb Motorworks have teamed up to electrify hot rods
How Dare AntiVaxxers Try to Spin Remembrance DayClaims that Canadian WWI soldiers died to defend some crazy anti-vax, anti-mandate ideas are absurd and dangerous
Time to Put This Racist Where He BelongsDuring his career as Port Alberni mayor and MP, A.W. Neill supported Indian residential schools and anti-Asian laws
Island Medic Dies in Ukraine Protecting Fellow SoldierTsekhmisrenko went to serve in Ukraine as soon as fighting erupted
Show Me the Money? No Falcon Way!BC Liberal leader’s creative accounting continues as $125K of expenses evaporate
Animal Rescue Seeing an Influx of Feathered PatientsThere are easy ways you can help keep birds' valley visits as painless as possible
