Pedal to the Trestle for women's mental health
Dragging women's mental health into sharp focus is the purpose of the Shoppers Drug Mart Ride Don't Hide Pedal to the Trestle happening Sunday, June 23 in Cowichan. This is the first ...
Care team stop-gap solution to Lake doctor crisis
Medical help is on the horizon for folks in the Town of Lake Cowi-chan, but it's not the new physician so many have been hoping and waiting for. Concern bubbled up late last year, ...
Raimondo back at the board table
Longtime Cobble Hill Area Director Gerry Giles wasn't able to make it to the regular Cowichan Valley Regional District board meeting Wednesday evening so she sent her alternate ...
Ducklings, dog lead to crashes
Two days, two different types of animals and two allegedly intoxicated drivers kept Shawnigan RCMP busy over the weekend. On 9: 45 a.m. Saturday, June 15 police, ambulance and ...
Clean up illegal soil dump site: province
The B.C. Ministry of Environment is pressuring Evans Redi-Mix to clean up contaminated soil that the government says has been illegally dumped on the company's Malahat property. ...
'Horrified' by political staff raises
Re: "Salary raises to political staffers disgusting" I am horrified. The very first order of business by the Liberal government was to raise maximum pay scale for the premier's chief ...
Rural communities bearing brunt of shortage
Clearly something in our system is not working. While we think it's great that there's a plan being developed to help Lake Cowi-chan weather a period of time of unknown length where ...
Conservation out of the cougar loop
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been several cougar sightings in Cowichan's south end, but in everyone's haste to inform each other, nobody remembered to let the B.C. ...
'High risk' bust nets guns, drugs
Cocaine, guns and other drugs were seized during what police called a "high risk" operation north of Duncan. With help from a federal policing unit, North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP ...
Happy 140th birthday to you North Cowichan!
Tuesday, June 18 marked the 140th birthday of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan. The 1873 petition to the province to become its own municipality reads like a who's who...
Glorious gardens
[ANDREA RONDEAU-CITIZEN] / Almost 400 people attended the Cowichan Valley Garden Tour June 9, coming from as far away as Port Alberni, Victoria and Nanaimo. Organizers said they were a...
Man arrested after six-hour impasse
Access to firearms and concerns about a suspect’s mental health prompted the RCMP to summon their emergency response and canine units during a six-hour ordeal in Chemainus overnight...
‘High risk’ bust nets guns, drugs
Cocaine, guns and other drugs were seized during what police called a “high risk” operation north of Duncan on June 5. With help from a federal policing unit, North Cowichan/ ...
Performers nail retro charm of Hollywood classic
You’ll leave the theatre humming, with a smile on your face after seeing a performance of the Chemainus Theatre Festival’s summer musical Singin’ In The Rain. The story is a ...
CUPE donations support youth sports, arts
The union representing staff at North Cowichan, the CVRD, the City of Duncan, and a host of others around town, gave three deserving youth charities a welcome boost last week. On ...
Adviser accused of tactics costing investors $65M
A Victoria-area financial adviser has been accused of illegally selling more than $65 million worth of high-risk securities to hundreds of investors, many of them seniors, leaving a...
Marathon stop puts focus on suicide prevention
Performances by the Tzin-qwa Dancers and Spirit Drummers and speeches from local leaders will help provide a warm welcome to Cowichan Territory for the Heliset Hale Marathon team on ...
Duncan Dynamics bloom at Garden City Invitational
The Duncan Dynamics took 50 gymnasts of all levels, from Interclub to KIP and levels one to four, to the Garden City Invitational in Victoria last month. Along with the KIP and ...
First E&N passenger train in Lake Cowichan (conclusion)
(The Chronicles is celebrating the 100th anniversary of this momentous day in the Lake's history with a four-part series.) Upon completion of the Lake Cowichan Subdivision of the E&N ...
