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Unofficial holidays: Here’s what people are celebrating for the week of July 3 to 9

Unofficial holidays: Here’s what people are celebrating for the week of July 3 to 9

Umbrella Cover Day, International Skinny Dip Day, Barbecued Spareribs Day all coming up this week
QUIZ: How much do you know about Canada?

QUIZ: How much do you know about Canada?

Canada’s 155th birthday is on Friday, July 1
NASA hopes New Zealand launch will pave way for moon landing

NASA hopes New Zealand launch will pave way for moon landing

Eventually, NASA plans to put a space station called Gateway into the orbital path
‘Hotdogs instead of steaks:’ What your Canada Day BBQ will cost with hot inflation

‘Hotdogs instead of steaks:’ What your Canada Day BBQ will cost with hot inflation

Food prices soared 9.7 per cent in May compared with a year ago as inflation hit its highest level in nearly 40 years
Drag queen promotes acceptance and inclusion at Vancouver Island schools

Drag queen promotes acceptance and inclusion at Vancouver Island schools

Drag is a healing journey for Port Alberni resident
PODCAST: Darrell Fox discusses his brother Terry’s Marathon of Hope

PODCAST: Darrell Fox discusses his brother Terry’s Marathon of Hope

TODAY IN B.C.: ’Terry always compared running a marathon a day to going through cancer’
PODCAST: Island pageant veteran talks about emphasizing your own kind of beautiful

PODCAST: Island pageant veteran talks about emphasizing your own kind of beautiful

Reigning on and off the stage with Miss Teen Canada contestant Irene Bayati
Nearly complete, 30,000-year-old mummified baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon

Nearly complete, 30,000-year-old mummified baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon

Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin elders named the mummified mammoth Nun cho ga meaning “big baby animal.”
Bowser plans birthday celebration for Mike, B.C.’s famous bartending dog

Bowser plans birthday celebration for Mike, B.C.’s famous bartending dog

Pooch became a small-town Vancouver Island sensation in the ’30s and ’40s for his tavern exploits
B.C. university prof happy with runner-up finish on Jeopardy

B.C. university prof happy with runner-up finish on Jeopardy

Vancouver Island’s Whitney Wood appeared on the episode that aired Thursday, June 23