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The B.C. government's carbon neutrality program is working, but it needs changes, Environment Minister Terry Lake says. School and hospital funds are being diverted to carbon reduction projects at energy, cement and forest companies.

UBCM convention to mull civic spending watchdog

Expanded cell phone coverage for North Vancouver Island received a boost when the Regional District of Mount Waddington Board of Directors voted last week to approve the installation of a communications tower by Rogers Communications, Inc. in Port McNeill.

New guidelines have been released to help B.C.’s coastal communities update floodplain area maps and adapt to rising sea levels.

A former Port Hardy man is looking to his North Island friends and neighbours to help him get the life-saving surgery he needs, but says he is being denied.

The majority of North Islanders who voted in the Harmonized Sales Tax referendum said they wanted to scrap the controversial tax.

Passenger and vehicle traffic is down this year and is not expected to recover any time soon, so BC Ferries is considering a plan to cut hundreds of sailings to save money.

Married couple Daren Fluke and Lisa Brady stopped in Port Hardy Monday as they began their 2,000-km journey from Anchorage, Alaska — where they purchased a tandem bicycle — to their home in Boise, Idaho. The couple reckons the leisurely trip will take between four and five weeks. Follow their progress at www.tandemrevolutions.com.

PORT McNEILL - Nobody injured as pickup rolls through fence, over embankment and into water

PORT McNEILL - Council approves contractor for Phase V of pipe-replacement project on Broughton Boulevard and Haddington Crescent