Cowichan Valley Regional District offers online seminars on energy-efficiency rebates

Find online seminars on energy-efficient rebates for electric vehicles, home construction and more. (File photo)
Free webinars include heat pumps and electric vehicles
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The Newfoundland and Labrador coat of arms is shown in an undated handout image. The Newfoundland and Labrador government is moving ahead with plans to drop the word “savages” from the official description of the Indigenous people depicted on the province’s 400-year-old coat of arms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

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Canadian athletes must be vaccinated to compete in Beijing Olympics and Paralympics

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Kathryn Gagnon has been the curator/manager at the Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives for 17 years. (Submitted photo)

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“Juicy Fruit for Pete Semchuk is a two pound tomato the avid gardener harvested from his bountiful plot on Berar Road. Semchuk was ready to sample fruits of his labour right where the plot thickened — his garden. Prize tomato weighed two pounds with at least two others vying for honors in the Semchuk garden.” (Lake News, Oct. 14, 1981)

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