Goldstream News Gazette

Two writings. Two honours. Two countries. One subject.

Vernon elementary school teacher Chad Soon’s desire to have Vernon hockey player Larry Kwong’s story reach out to new audiences is working.

Soon’s article, The Legend of Larry Kwong and his Legions, won the B.C. Historical Federation’s Anne and Philip Yandle Best Article Award. It’s the story about Kwong bec...

More doctors and nurses may soon be on their way to View Royal.

On June 2, council directed staff to undertake a detailed feasibility assessment for the town’s own primary care clinic.

The proposed clinic would focus on attaching View Royal residents without a family physician or nurse practitioner to ongoing primary care, helping reduce locals’ reliance on walk...

After more than 80 families were locked out of the childcare facility ProducKIDvity, at The Block on Bernard Avenue, on May 29, the daycare has filed a civil suit against the landlord and property manager.

Parents arrived at the daycare to find the doors locked and a letter posted in the foyer of the building, stating that “the landlord had made the difficult decision ...

Jason Clark was out on his boat a few kilometres off the coast near Ucluelet when he says he spotted an unusual sight — a deceased humpback whale.

The decomposing, bloated whale carcass was floating in the waters close to the Ucluelet Lighthouse on the afternoon of June 3, according to Clark.

“I’ve been out here for 25 years. We’ve seen dead greys before, but ne...

Premier David Eby depicted a British Columbia at a crossroads between falling divided or succeeding together, in his keynote address at Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference.

On Wednesday, June 3, Eby took the podium for a keynote address during the first day of the three-day event held in Nanaimo.

“Our fates are tied, whether we are Indigenous or non-Ind...