Local News

Wildfire near Cowichan Lake out

A thunderstorm moved through the area on Monday afternoon into the nighttime hours

Aug 28, 2023 11:30 PM Read more >

New website to help Cowichan residents in emergencies

Site developed by Emergency Management Cowichan

Aug 28, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

Firefighters douse big weekend blaze in Duncan

The fire, on Beverly Street, was extinguished within 45 minutes

Aug 28, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >

Cowichan’s Ocean EcoVentures having a whale of a time

Ocean Ecoventures celebrates 20 years this summer

Aug 28, 2023 1:06 PM Read more >

Courtenay Subway robber can’t live in Chilliwack while appealing sentence

Prolific offender Edmond John Henry Patterson hoped to live at Joshua House while his appeal’s heard

Aug 28, 2023 10:30 AM Read more >

VIU ElderCollege celebrates 30 years

Cowichan campus will offer in-person classes for the first time ever since the program’s inception

Aug 26, 2023 5:45 AM Read more >

Ron French new interim fire chief in North Cowichan

Martin Drakeley retires on Aug. 25

Aug 25, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >

Province restricts water use on local rivers as drought now at highest level

CVRD urges residents to use less water

Aug 25, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

New Medicine Shoppe opens at Berkey’s Corner

News and notes from around the Cowichan business community

Aug 25, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Cobble Hill’s annual fair celebrating 114 years

More than a century of bringing the community and visitors together

Aug 24, 2023 4:45 PM Read more >