Neil Horner

Trevor Fielding shows off some of the more obscure titles he carries at Catacomb Video in Qualicum Beach.

Catacomb video bucks the trend

New Qualicum Beach video store opens while most others are closing or struggling

Trevor Fielding shows off some of the more obscure titles he carries at Catacomb Video in Qualicum Beach.
Brian Cormie of Cormie Farms is one of the producers who has made a point of having early produce ready to go for the weekly spring market.

Moving outdoors bit by bit

Popular Qualicum Beach Farmers' Market indoor season will include 10 booths just outside the doors next week

Brian Cormie of Cormie Farms is one of the producers who has made a point of having early produce ready to go for the weekly spring market.
This dinosaur has been stolen from Nanoose Bay

Dinosaur hard to hide

Velociraptor sculpture takes a walk from its home in Nanoose Bay

This dinosaur has been stolen from Nanoose Bay

Off the rails?

Regional District of Nanaimo director wants a drop-dead date for the Island Corridor Foundation

The China Cloud is not just a fond memory on the B.C. coast

SHIPPING NEWS: Legendary junk ties up at Deep Bay

The China Cloud has been immortalized by the Lasqueti Mint

The China Cloud is not just a fond memory on the B.C. coast

Coast Guard closures debated

Scott Fraser and Ron Cantelon mixed it up in the B.C. legislature over the impending closure of Coast Guard facilities on the West Coast.

Idle No More from the inside

Parksville Qualicum Beach branch of Canadian Federation of University Women invites Kim Recalma-Clutesi to speak

One woman suffered minor injures in Parksville when her bicycle was struck by a vehicle at Island Highway and Shelly Road late last week.

Spring means bicycles

In light of recent incidents and the advent of nicer weather, police asking Parksville Qualicum Beach drivers to lookout for cyclists

One woman suffered minor injures in Parksville when her bicycle was struck by a vehicle at Island Highway and Shelly Road late last week.
Gary Nickel gives a spring tuneup to a scooter at Qualicum Bay Small Power.

Qualicum Bay business feature

Putting a local face on automotive repair in Qualicum Bay - Part of the appeal of the business is its diversity

Gary Nickel gives a spring tuneup to a scooter at Qualicum Bay Small Power.

French Creek water supply news

Residents of French Creek near Parksville want to keep their share of dam

RDN pays back Qualicum Beach for vicious dog control duties

The incident took place in November of 2011 when two dogs attacked a dog and its owner in Qualicum Beach

Canadian Cancer Society’s annual daffodil fundraising campaign is looking for door to door canvassers.

Call goes out for canvassers

Canadian Cancer Society in Parksville Qualicum Beach looking for help for its annual daffodil campaign

Canadian Cancer Society’s annual daffodil fundraising campaign is looking for door to door canvassers.

HORNER: That other road

Columnist Neil Horner explains his approach to writing this weekly column in the Parksville Qualicum Beach News

NO INJURIES: Parksville firefighters rip the siding from a trailer on Arbutus Road Tuesday as they work to get at an electrical fire underneath. Nobody was hurt in the blaze, but the trailer was badly damaged by the fire and smoke.

No injuries in Parksville fire

Parksville firefighters respond to Arbutus Road trailer on Tuesday

NO INJURIES: Parksville firefighters rip the siding from a trailer on Arbutus Road Tuesday as they work to get at an electrical fire underneath. Nobody was hurt in the blaze, but the trailer was badly damaged by the fire and smoke.
Bottle found on a west coast beach could have come from Japan or China.

Messages in a bottle

Possible tsunami debris found by Parksville man; bottling company has interesting story

Bottle found on a west coast beach could have come from Japan or China.

Abandoned clothes spark search

Arrowsmith Search and Rescue of Parksville Qualicum Beach called to area near Puntledge River near Comox

SHIPPING NEWS: Proud Manta wraps up

Exercises, funding for search and rescue and a host of other items in this weekly feature of the Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Raptors gets the contract

Talk at Regional District of Nanaimo meeting turns to possible other uses of hawks and other birds of prey

MLA Ron Cantelon, RDN chair Joe Stanhope and Area H director Bill Veenhof turn the sod at Henry Morgan Community Park Friday.

Bowser Park carries pirate’s name

The facility will include a BMX track, playhouse, basketball hoops, trails

MLA Ron Cantelon, RDN chair Joe Stanhope and Area H director Bill Veenhof turn the sod at Henry Morgan Community Park Friday.

HORNER: You done with that apology?

Columnist has an idea for Premier Christy Clark's next apology