Sidney News

The federal government will hold an industry day in Ottawa next week for potential bidders for a new search-and-rescue aircraft, the first step in getting the long-delayed $3-billion program underway.

Although the media are reporting tough times for tourist towns, you'd never know it by the long ferry lines to and from Whidbey Island.

Parts of Victoria and Esquimalt went without ambulance service for about 12 hours over the weekend, the provincea s paramedics union says.

Ocean scientists are sleeping with smiles on their faces these days. Christmas came early for ocean sciences as undersea programs from the Peninsula to the University of Victoria were federally funded June 24.

The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt. Now it's time for the stomp test.

The following is a list of June salmonella recalls of sprouts, salad and pistachios: After a sample from a supermarket in California came up positive for salmonella, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers not to eat certain packages of Kowalke Organics alfalfa sprouts from Kowalke Family Sprouts, Culver City, Calif.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat some organic salad greens produced by a company in Sidney, B.C. because the vegetables could be contaminated with salmonella.

You can see cider being made at the organic Sea Cider Farm on Vancouver Island. Photograph by: Margo Pfeiff, Special to Canwest News Service And this is our Rumrunner cider," Kristen Jordan says, setting a frosty glass before me, "aged in Newfoundland Screech barrels." Really? One sip and luscious apple flavours surge around my mouth carrying -- ...

Washington State Ferries have begun running on the summer schedule. The new schedule adds more sailings and hours on a number of routes.

The Washington State Ferries summer schedule starts Father's Day, increasing service levels to and from Fidalgo, Whidbey and the San Juan islands.

The role of Town Crier has been an important one in Sidney for nearly two decades.

SIDNEY, British Columbia -- The vibrant underwater world of the Salish Sea, on Canada's Pacific Coast, will be revealed in the seaside town of Sidney, B.C. when the new $8-million Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre opens this weekend.

As U.S. broadcasters officially drop analog broadcasts Friday, some people in this country are seizing the opportunity to receive hi-def digital signals over the air Passing by, the antenna sprouting from Christopher Munz-Michielina s Saanich rooftop might look like either a misplaced barbecue grill or something that just came through a timewarp ...

The state ferries division will launch its summer 2009 ferry schedule on Fathera s Day, Sunday, June 21, with additional vessels, sailings and service hours on the more popular tourism routes, according to a release from the state.

The Sidney Classical Orchestra Young Soloist concert on June 12, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Sidney has been cancelled due to a financial shortfall.a Season ticket holders will receive Stephen Browna s Seconda Pratica CD to compensate for this concert.

Mayor Dean Maxwell presents a framed poster from the Save Our Ferry group to Sen.

A personal appearance by Chief Executive Officer Patrick Marshall won regional district support for a proposal to evaluate the marine economy.

A body found near Friday Harbour, Washington is being investigation in relation to a boater that disappeared in the waters off Sidney say local RCMP.

UVic researcher probing ways to improve tracking for H1N1 virus A new rapid test kit for the virus that causes human swine flu could make it possible to confirm cases of the disease without having to wait days for lab results, says the University of Victoria virologist developing the kit.

Woodstock and Victoria artist Judith Saunders displays her acrylic painting, Silent Spirits, which won the coveted Peoples' Choice Award at the recent Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society Fine Art Exhibition and Sale in Sidney, BC.