Qualicum Beach News

A solo piano recital by an internationally touring virtuoso is what's in store as Music on Sunday continues Nov.

Roads will be closed in Qualicum Beach on Nov. 11 for the annual Remembrance Day parade.

An Alzheimer Society of Canada educational program starting in November will provide central Island caregivers, who deal with dementia, the opportunity to explore the loss and grief issues associated with the illness.

On Wednesday, November 11, at 11 a.m., people in Oceanside and across Canada will listen to their own thoughts of remembrance during a minute of silence to pay tribute to the country's veterans and war dead.

Police this week issued a warning to Oceanside residents to lock their doors at night after an elderly Qualicum Beach woman was assaulted in her home early Friday morning.

A Residentsa Bill of Rights was introduced last week to ensure that residents in some British Columbia care facilities know their rights.

Robert Belcham opened Fuel after honing technique as chef de partie at the famous French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley and at C restaurant as chef de cuisine for five years.

Protesters gathered at Island Timberlandsa offices along the Island Highway in Nanoose Bay Tuesday to express their disgust with recent old growth logging near Cathedral Grove.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 fanned out across Qualicum Beach this week as they kicked off their annual poppy campaign.

According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia Dr. Hennie Putter, who has just taken over the Oceanside Medical Clinic in Qualicum Beach, was suspended from practicing earlier this year because he "engaged in inappropriate personal communications with a patient." A CPSBC news release from May 26, 2009 said Putter "met ...

On Sunday, Nov. 1 the Summit School of Guitar Building, thata s celebrating 20 years in business, hosts, with Vancouver Luthiers Guild, a hand built guitar show and concert at the Civic Centre in Qualicum Beach.

Peanut was a stubborn dog to begin with, but there had to be something more to this recent lack of obedience, Tammi Nadeau thought.

The Federation of Oceanside Residents Associations is optimistic the medical centre process is still chugging along, but they are eager to remind the public to keep pressure on the politicians to keep it rolling.

Kwalikum Secondary School teacher Kevin Spicer runs with the Olympic torch Nov. 2 in Royston.

Citing declining passenger loads and a need to save money, BC Ferries is chopping one round-trip sailing between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo's Departure Bay on weekday evenings.

It's significance is not lost on organizers of the Olympic Torch Relay and on Saturday the Inukshuk outside The Old School House arts centre in Qualicum Beach was formally recognized with the dedication of a plaque identifying its creators.

There wasn't a lot of drama when Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek officially opened the roundabout on Tuesday, but the tale he told of the unofficial opening certainly had it - in spades.

A man killed in front of his Vancouver Island home this week was a former associate of the Hells Angels who wanted to be accepted into the witness protection program in return for providing information about Hells Angels activities.

A 37-year-old Campbell River man faces charges after a vehicle was driven directly at a pair of police officers following a traffic stop.

Get ready for Summer Daze. The upcoming show at the Artisans' Studio features work by painter and printmaker Kathy Barnson.