KPMG Report Ranks Victoria Among Top Places to Do Business


VICTORIA – The Victoria Chamber of Commerce is once again happy to report a large professional development firm has ranked Victoria among one of the best cities to do business in. KPMG places only Vancouver higher when it comes to its 2012 Competitive Alternatives Report. Continue reading

Trio Train In Preparation For Famous Ultra Marathon


VICTORIA — The race is still months away, but three Victoria trail runners are training hard for a famous ultra marathon. The Leadville 100 chews runners up and spits them out. The one-hundred mile race covers tough terrain, including a climb to 12,000 ft, and sees less that fifty percent of people who start, finish. Continue reading

Will Teachers Return To Classrooms?


VICTORIA – The government says it could take two weeks for its legislation to end the job action by B.C. teachers to become law. Continue reading

Felled Eagle Tree Raises Anger


CAMPBELL RIVER – A Campbell River neighbourhood remains upset following the destruction last week of a tree with a well known eagles nest in it. The tree was brought down on the morning of February 27th on private property on Galerno Road overlooking Campbell River’s waterfront. Continue reading

Weaver: Oil Not Biggest Climate Change Culprit


UVIC — Ask Andrew Weaver about our addiction to fossil fuels, and you’ll get an answer along these lines. “We’re just going crazy and burning them all as fast as we can. This is completely unsustainable.” Continue reading

Your Island News: January 5, 2011


A compilation of other Vancouver Island news stories aired on CTV News with Andrew Johnson on CTV Vancouver Island on January 5, 2012.

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