Restoring trust in government is a key aspect of Mike Farnworth's campaign for the BC New Democrat Party leadership. To do so, the longtime Port Coquitlam MLA suggests getting away from a "top-down approach" in the premier's office and back to working with communities to solve the problems and challenges they face.

A surge of signatures in the final week of the Recall Don McRae campaign was not enough to unseat the rookie MLA, but the effort produced very positive results, according to organizers.

The people living and working in the area around Lake Trail School are banding together to make their community safer.

The Canadian Coast Guard鈥檚 latest attempt to eliminate lighthouse keepers was quashed Wednesday by the federal government.

A group of early childhood educators is hoping a new signage project will make children more comfortable in their community.

Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan should explain his role in the most recent Conservative scandal involving a former aide to the prime minister who is under RCMP investigation, says federal NDP candidate Ronna-Rae Leonard.

Cumberland council has adopted bylaws and a covenant for the Coal Valley Estates Joint Ventures residential development.

The year 2010 was one of the quietest for the Courtenay Fire Department, which responded to 110 fewer calls than it did the year before. Fire chief Don Bardonnex presented his 2010 annual report to Courtenay council Monday.