WITH ADAM SAWATSKY
Although the Little Pink Piano couldn’t be further from Carnegie Hall, one wonders if the anticipation of its upcoming concert at the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm feels just as momentous.
Adam finds out how crafty mom and her funny son turned a gate in Langford into a showcase for comedy.
A B.C. man who lost use of left hand due to a childhood brain tumour helps others with disabilities and inspires his community to have a positive outlook on life.
To appreciate why a bright, orange poppy is blooming at the end of a bare boulevard beside a busy road, we need to meet the woman who lives across the sidewalk from the plant.
A group of employees at an A&W restaurant on Vancouver Island gifted their "work mom" their wages so she could spend more time off with her newborn baby.
"He’s like a cheeky toddler!" Adam finds out how a Cowichan Valley raven is overcoming adversity through recycling and painting.
For the past few weeks, Dana Crow’s been walking the woods wielding her phone. "I'm constantly waiting for the perfect opportunity to get a picture of the babies."
Adam Sawatsky finds out how a caring little boy’s life is inspiring a legacy of hope for families facing adversity across the country.
"[The pigs] love to play." Adam finds out how a little piano turned into a big inspiration for a band of farm animals.
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Everyone is experiencing sticker shock at the grocery store these days, and a new report is putting a dollar figure on how much it’s costing families, per month, to eat healthy.
Commuters should expect road closures in the Oak Bay area on Sunday morning for the Oak Bay Half Marathon.
British Columbia Premier David Eby has called byelections for two ridings left vacant after the resignations of the previous New Democrat premier and a former cabinet minister.
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died in Duncan, B.C. last week says the RCMP have apologized for how the investigation was initially handled.
Air Canada has been ordered to pay more than $1,500 in damages and fees to two B.C. passengers whose travel plans were delayed more than seven hours due to staffing constraints amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Finance says the Speculation and Vacancy Tax now includes the municipalities of North Cowichan, Duncan, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Lions Bay and Squamish.
Mounties say a 19-year-old Saanich man was arrested after wielding a plastic sword and smashing the window of a transit bus in Colwood.
This weekend, United Way Southern Vancouver Island (UWSVI) will be accepting donations of new menstrual products in the hopes of filling a parked BC Transit bus.
The British Columbia government says central Vancouver Island residents are one step closer to having cancer treatment options available locally after a concept plan was approved for a new cancer centre in Nanaimo.
If you do a bad thing, it doesn't make you a bad person. That's the message behind a program on the West Shore that is taking a compassionate approach to criminal justice, while saving time and money for the courts.
A real estate agent who lent a client $50,000 so she could afford to make a deposit on a property in Richmond, B.C., committed professional misconduct by doing so, according to a provincial regulator.
There was cause for celebration on Thursday afternoon, when another island family was handed the keys to a new affordable home thanks to Habitat for Humanity Victoria.
Victoria police are looking to identify a suspect in an alleged assault that occurred in downtown Victoria last month.
The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are seeking witnesses and videos of a fire that destroyed a popular children's playground in Duncan.
Vancouver Island breweries, wineries and distilleries have been cleaning up on the world stage.
A Vancouver man died while attempting to fulfill his life-long dream of summiting Mount Everest, his family and colleagues confirm.
The struggle to keep up with our province's sky-high cost of living is being highlighted in a new report from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
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