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VIDEO: Cowichan Lake families celebrate New Year at arena

With crafts, ice skating, food, fun, countdown and balloon drop: a New Year is celebrated in style

Jan 3, 2018 1:30 PM Read more >

Cowichan Valley school district looks at its policies of self-governance

Everyone in government seems to be doing it nowadays: looking at transparency and codes of conduct

Jan 3, 2018 1:00 PM Read more >

Province raises threshold for homeowner grant to $1.65 million

Eligible homeowners must apply for the grant each year. To be eligible, the home must be used as the owner’s principal residence

Jan 3, 2018 11:00 AM Read more >

Flu outbreak at care facilities on Vancouver Island

Island Health asks those who are ill to not visit hospitals, residential care or assisted living facilities

Jan 3, 2018 10:00 AM Read more >

North Cowichan to review its gun-use rules

More recreational trails bringing hikers and hunters together

Jan 3, 2018 8:00 AM Read more >

North Cowichan wants share of sales tax revenue from marijuana sales

Municipality to sends letter to province asking that local governments 50 per cent

Jan 3, 2018 7:00 AM Read more >

Year in Review: New faces and goodbyes in 2017

War veteran 94-year-old George Brewster headed to Dieppe, France in 2017, to help mark the 75 anniversary of the Dieppe Raid.

Jan 2, 2018 4:30 PM Read more >

Year in Review: Citizen Facebook favourites for 2017

The Citizen’s stories with the farthest social media reach in 2017

Jan 2, 2018 2:30 PM Read more >

VIDEO: Baby at New Year’s a Dandy adventure

Trish Dandy and Peter Weinkam, it was a New Year’s surprise to see baby Daphne arrive a month early

Jan 2, 2018 10:44 AM Read more >

Year in Review: What were they thinking?

A look at some of the year’s crime stories that leave us shaking our heads

Jan 1, 2018 5:00 PM Read more >