Kirk Penton

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kirk Penton |Nono Shen |Wolfgang Depner |Jeremy Hainsworth

A shipwreck that has been part of Vancouver Island's history for more than a century is a charred skeleton after a fire earlier this month. Photographer Geoff Johnson said he went to look after hearing of the fire at the wreck that has been sitting on Big Beach in Ucluelet for almost 130 years.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kirk Penton |Darron Kloster |Brieanna Charlebois |Stefan Labbe

The City of Langford says it will spend $1.7 million to help open a new medical clinic with 10 new doctors in its downtown area. When it opens early next year, the 4,400-square-foot clinic at the Westshore Masonic Centre on Bryn Maur Road, just off Goldstream Avenue, is expected to serve 12,500 patients. Five physicians — all from the United Kingdom — have already signed contracts to provide primary care in the space, the city said.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kirk Penton |Darron Kloster |Stefan Labbe |Ty Lim

Editor'snote:Plansdetailedinthearticle are,fornow,justideasrelayedbythecityduringtheirdowntowntour.Anychangestalkedaboutareunofficial. The City of Merritt is currently looking at plans to spruce up the core of the city; downtown. The plan is to align the city's signage and public property into one distinct vision representing the unique culture of Merritt.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kirk Penton |Adam Campbell |Sandor Gyarmati |Brent Richter

B.C.’s cannabis industry is facing disruptions from tariffs, at a time when the sector is already facing challenges. Supply chains, in the form of packaging materials and cultivation equipment, are the areas where tariffs are having the most impacts on cannabis producers, said DIG360 executive retail advisor Rick Bohonis in an email response. The cannabis product itself is not being impacted, as cannabis imports and exports between Canada and the U.S. are not allowed, he said.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kirk Penton |Sandor Gyarmati |Brent Richter |Hannah Link

West Vancouver police are searching for a missing man presumed drowned in Cypress Provincial Park. BC Emergency Health Services called first responders to Cabin Lake, a small lake on Black Mountain above the resort area’s ski runs, around 6:30 p.m. SundayAccording to police, the a 29-year-old Burnaby man had been swimming at the lake with his fiancée when he began to struggle.