Vancouver Island Free Daily

3 days ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Lauren Collins

The BC Coroners Service says that 165 people died from toxic drugs in April. That's about 5.5 deaths per day, according to the latest data released Tuesday (June 24). The service is also reporting a return to more than 160 fatal overdoses reported to the BC Coroners Service in a month, following six consecutive months of reporting fewer than 160 deaths each month.

4 days ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Lauren Collins

RCMP say investigators uncovered information related to a suspect they believe was involved in the testing of an explosive device prior to the 1985 Air India bombing. However, the suspect is deceased. Monday (June 23) is the 40th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack that killed 331 people – 329 on a flight departing Canada and two workers in Japan's Narita Airport – on June 23, 1985.

4 days ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Jessica Durling

Nanaimo seniors got a chance to talk to provincial government representatives about their priorities for long-term care in B.C. On Friday, June 13, Nanaimo-Lantzville MLA George Anderson held a town hall on the future of long-term care at the Beban Park Social Centre. Susie Chant, parliamentary secretary for seniors’ service and long-term care, was the evening's special guest.

1 week ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Mark Page

A new Forest Practices Board report says the province needs to do more to ensure logging activity protects B.C. communities from wildfires. Results of a two-year investigation by the board were released Thursday (June 19), finding the government needs to alter regulations to make cutblock clean-up easier, be stricter in holding forestry companies accountable, and encourage local communities to make wildfire risk reduction plans available to logging companies.

1 week ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Robert Barron

A film of a world-renowned mountain biker who took on one of Mount Prevost’s most difficult downhill trails is expected to be released by early June.