New CBC podcast 'This is Vancouver Island' launches as part of cross-Canada series

New CBC podcasts spotlight and celebrate the diverse stories of your communities and answer listeners' questions from coast to coast.

Our local communities always have a new story to share. Whether it's the background on a mundane landmark you pass by everyday, or an intriguing question about the place you've lived in for years, there's bound to be something new to learn.

Join journalists and friendly hosts on an adventure to uncover the hidden gems and highlight the authentic local stories in the heart of your community.

This is Vancouver Island

Here in B.C., CBC Victoria's Kathryn Marlow hosts This is Vancouver Island, connecting you to positive, peculiar and/or preposterous local stories from around the island. Join Kathryn in the pilot episode to unpack our love/hate relationship with ferries - and what makes them less accessible than they should be.

Tune into This is Vancouver Island on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

More local podcasts

CBC is thrilled to showcase these podcasts that prioritize unique, diverse stories from communities across the country. The public broadcaster is proud to meet Canadians where they are and when they need them while staying relevant in an evolving and contemporary Canada.

These local podcasts around the country are organized into two formats:

This is: Meet the people behind the essential, sometimes random, and occasionally infuriating stories shaping your community every week.

• This is Vancouver Island

• This is Calgary

• This is Edmonton

• This is Ottawa

Good Question: Every week, this podcast will answer your questions about your community. Nothing too big, too small, or too weird.

• Good Question Saskatchewan

• Good Question Montreal

• Good Question P.E.I.

Find your local podcast on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

About Kathryn Marlow

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Kathryn Marlow is a reporter and guest host with CBC Victoria, covering the whole Vancouver Island region for radio and online. She grew up in the lower mainland and worked in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Calgary, before finding her happy place on the island in 2019. Since then, her work and personal travels have taken her to Port Hardy, Bamfield, Denman Island, and parts in between. In her spare time, you're most likely to find her reading or walking down a city street, along the beach, or in a forest.