Concerns over inflation, policing costs, and asset management prompt officials to consider alternatives to a record rate hike ...

As the Township of Esquimalt begins its 2025 budget deliberations, a 14 per cent budget increase is on the table for the coming fiscal year.

There was minimal damage to a house on Troy Anne Way, after Nanaimo Fire Rescue put out a chimney fire using a garden hose borrowed from the house's resident. Capt. Shelby Nickel, with the fire ...