Sarah Crookall

3 days ago | castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Sarah Crookall |Brendan Kergin |Adam Campbell

A 21.5-acre island on Canada's very west coast has hit the market. Located just off Tofino (which itself is located on Vancouver Island's west coast), Neilson Island (also known as Bond Island) has been listed for an even $10 million. The large island, which sits less than one kilometre from the resort community of Tofino, is a single property with just a house and a guest cabin. The main house is tucked away in the dense forest with views of the ocean through the trees.

3 days ago | castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Sarah Crookall |Jami Makan |Glen Korstrom

A stowaway porcupine is hoping for help to buy a ticket home following a plane crash salvage that left her stranded in a strange part of the province. Mackenzie, as she has now been dubbed, is a young female porcupine in the care of the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at its facility in Summerland. She was discovered by the crew of a wreck recovery company that had hauled the remains of a plane crash in Northern B.C. to Kelowna.

3 days ago | castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Glen Korstrom |Wolfgang Depner |Jeremy Hainsworth

B.C. drivers are continuing to travel far less frequently to Washington State through border crossings near Vancouver than they did one year ago. Data from the Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse show a 46.7-per-cent plunge in the number of southbound crossings at the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas points of entry in May: to 113,997 such crossings from 213,714 in the same month in 2024.

5 days ago | okanaganedge.net | Sarah Crookall

Sarah Crookall - 10:33 am - Biz ReleasesOsoyoos game studio Simply Sweet Games is taking casual word games to the next level using artificial intelligence. SSG is currently in early testing stages of its first game release, Criss Cross Castle, where players are taken on a unique word challenge fantasy adventure.

5 days ago | castanet.net | Sarah Crookall

Cyclists are encouraged to ride their wheels during the Spring GoByBike and challenge this week. In a public notice Friday, the municipality encouraged residents to participate in the bike event taking place across the province from May 31 to June 6. "To participate in Spring GoByBike Week, ride your bicycle at least once during Spring GoByBike Week (but, the more you ride the better)," reads the notice.