The City of Parksville has received a large COVID-19 recovery grant from the provincial government. Council voted on Dec. 7 to allocate just under $2 million of the $2.86 fund and save the remainder for next year.
The Parksville Fire Department, with help from the Qualicum Beach detachment, responded and extinguished an electrical fire.
A Statistics Canada study involving 17 police departments across the country found domestic disturbance calls increased by 12 per cent from March–June this year.
Oceanside RCMP received 264 complaints between Nov. 15 and 21. If you have information on any of these incidents, you can call the Oceanside RCMP non-emergency line at 250-248-6111 and quote the associated file number.
The province is providing 20 unique grants to Indigenous community groups to create, develop and offer opportunities to address gender-based violence.
The City of Parksville is closing the Parksville Community Centre (PCC) as a rental facility due to increasing operating costs
I thought cold weather shelters were a given, a right even. Every city has one, right ? Not here in Parksville apparently.
The Society of Organized Services’ (SOS) Caring for Community at Christmas program will look a little different this year because of COVID-19.
A small Oceanside charity provides an opportunity for low-income families to get extra help during the holiday season.
Police were called on Nov. 19 around 11:15 p.m when an employee who was leaving work saw a man cutting bike locks.
