On The Island from CBC Radio British Columbia

A proposal to build a gas station atop an aquifer that provides drinking water to the community is causing alarm for some members of the Ucluelet First Nation including Jenny Touchie.

Some teachers assign homework every day, but not Janice Achtem. The teacher at Willows Elementary School in Oak Bay tells Gregor Craigie why not.

Our Friday Political Panel - Martyn Brown, Elizabeth Cull, and Norman Spector - discuss the B.C. Liberals' new focus on Vancouver Island and oil spill response.

When the Big One hits, will your local school be stocked with the emergency supplies that children will need to stay safe and warm? It depends on how successful the parents are at fundraising, according to Marketa Lund.

Times Colonist columnist has written a new book. Hard Knox: Musings From the Edge of Canada is published by Heritage House.

Times-Colonist columnist Jack Knox has a new book out, Hard Knox: Musings From the Edge of Canada. It is published by Heritage House.

A new radio station approved this month for the Campbell River area will broadcast a language spoken fluently by less than two dozen people.

Sculptor Jock Hildebrand is planning a 5-meter bronze sculpture to pay tribute to the Ahousaht mariners who saved the lives of most of the passengers from the Leviathan II, a whale-watching vessel that capsized near Tofino.

Saltspring Island writer Margriet Ruurs teamed up with Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr on the children's book Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey. We spoke to Ruurs and translator Falah Raheem.

Ron Smith suffered a stroke, and survived to tell his tale. His new book, Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke, is a first-hand account of his ordeal.

​Brad Buckham, the director of the West Coast Wave Initiative, says the West Coast of the Island is a "world-class resource" for future wave energy development when it becomes economically feasible.

Tamara Knott is growing fresh lettuce, kale and herbs in a closed shipping container on the Saanich Peninsula.

Saltspring Island author Margriet Ruurs and Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr collaborated on the new Orca Books publication "Stepping Stones - A Refugee Family's Journey". We spoke to Ruurs and translator Falah Raheem.

When the big one hits Campbell River, two dams could fail and that could cause a massive amount of water to flood the downtown area.To find out more we called Shaun Koopman, the Protective Services Coordinator for the Strathcona Regional District.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak says a contaminated soil dump in Shawnigan Lake is complying with a Pollution Prevention Order following a leak of more than 22,000 liters of untreated water.