'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/ ...
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Ducklings, dog lead to crashes
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Slow down, smell the Mile of Marigolds
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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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
Minor injuries in crash that snarls traffic
[Kevin Rothbauer, Citizen] / Emergency personnel had to extract a male from a silver Mazda following a collision at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Bench Road early...
Assault suspect 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. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Concert tickets phone number
The organizers of the Che-mainus Classical Concerts, which has the Cowichan Valley Music Teachers Association "Struttin' our Stuff" this Sunday, June 16 at 2 p.m., want to let people ...
Huge need has food bank in a panic
The cupboards are nearly bare at the Cowichan Food Basket Society, a situation that's causing anxiety at the organization that feeds more than 1,000 people - one third of whom are ...
District looking for daycares for 4 schools
There will be no room for daycare at Drinkwater Elementary because of the recent reconfiguration, but School District 79 officials have requested expressions of interest from ...
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 ...
