In today's episode:

• Homeward Bound
• Oceanside Junior Sharks open lacrosse season with 16-4 win over Cowichan
• Vancouver Island sees first wildfire of season as temperatures soar
• Eby backs off changes to DRIPA this legislative session
• Wildfire extinguished near Horne Lake caused by vehicle blaze
• Ucluelet program diverts wetsuits and surfboards from landfill
• Where’s Roger? Empress hotel’s famous marmot goes missing – for now
• Nanaimo pedestrian struck near Value Lodge
• Evacuation Order issued for Old Fort area
• Suspected impaired driver drifts off Nanaimo highway, hits hydro line
• VIDEO: Fire destroys RV at Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre
• Beach stairs replacements underway in Nanaimo

In today's episode:

• HULLABALOO
• Eby backs down on DRIPA, will seek joint path on B.C. Indigenous law
• Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued
• Mill worker seriously injured in workplace incident at Domtar’s Port Alberni plant
• WHAT’S ON: A list of PQB community events, week of April 19, 2026
• Victoria woman cold dips 20 times in 30 days to raise money for the Soweto Junior School
• Police incident aboard BC Ferries vessel causes delays on Nanaimo–Vancouver route
• THORPE REPORT: Nanaimo curlers wrap up season
• Newer Nanaimo neighbourhood asks for $50,000 grant toward park
• Tofino removes authorization for district to borrow $6 million
• Lantzville taxes planned for between four to five per cent
• Clippers stun Capitals with 2-0 road lead in second round series

In today's episode:

• No sign of Roger the Empress marmot so far this spring
• After two years of cuts, Vancouver Island University reports a surplus
• 'Superman' Kevin Pillar to land at Royal Athletic Park
• Clippers stun Capitals with 2-0 road lead in second round series
• Whitecaps score 1st place in MLS with league-leading 22 goals
• Beyond Van Gogh
• City of Nanaimo and Island Corridor Foundation open new trail
• Uniformed military members walking in the Victoria Pride Parade
• Crimson Coast Dance Society, artist host male intimacy event at Nanaimo Art Gallery
• Victoria set to host Canada’s national choral festival, PODIUM 2026