The provincial curling spotlight is sliding back onto Esquimalt, with the Archie Browning Sports Centre set to host a packed week of championships that will send B.C.’s best to some of the sport’s biggest national stages. From Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, the Esquimalt Curling Club will become the hub for teams chasing berths at […]

A pair of Vancouver Island communities are among the most travelled this winter, based on lodging searches. Ucluelet – up 45 per cent – and Victoria – up 30 per cent – land fourth and sixth in a list of trending domestic destinations for Canadians, according to Expedia’s Winter Travel Outlook. PEI, Jasper and Kitchener

Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko says she will not be a candidate in the B.C. Conservative leadership race to replace John Rustad. “I won’t be running,” Sturko told Black Press Media. Sturko, who remains an Independent, said that she feels the best way for her to have an impact is to focus on the major issues

Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy is calling the diversion of expectant mothers from the Ridge Meadows Hospital maternity ward “unacceptable.” The mayor says the province has to keep up to the demand for services in one of the country’s fastest-growing cities. On Dec. 6, the Fraser Health Authority gave a public service announcement for expectant