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Lake Cowichan's first baby of 2012

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday February 8, 2012

On Jan. 9 Jake McBride and Aliya Khan welcomed their baby girl, Kelsey, 6 pounds, 10 ounces

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Landmark building lasted nearly 50 years

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday February 8, 2012

You likely drove past it hundreds if not thousands of time

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Living the 3 Rs: Be green and save

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday February 8, 2012

In this environmentally conscious age in which we live, there’s an easy way to shop green.

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Valentines: Is it a day of love?

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday February 8, 2012

Valentine’s Day...a day of love and romance? Or just another excuse to buy?

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Lake Cowichan's devastating fire of 1964

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 25, 2012

“The day after the fire, a painful scene of ruin lay smoldering,” wrote Trevor Green who had returned early the next morning.

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Everyday life in 1914 Lake Cowichan

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 11, 2012

For many decades, life in the community of Lake Cowichan revolved, quite literally, near and around the Riverside Inn.

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Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee meeting report

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 11, 2012

On Tuesday, Jan. 3, Town Council met for its monthly Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Culture committee meeting.

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Cowichan labour boss dead at 67

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 11, 2012

Veteran woodworker, union boss, forestry politician, negotiator and family man Roger Stanyer lost his battle with cancer Dec. 29.

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Lake Cowichan: Decades in review

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 4, 2012

As a tribute to the new year, The Gazette's historical contributor Rolli Gunderson walks readers through Lake Cowichan over the decades.

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The rise and fall of Cowichan Lake-area's three local mills

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 4, 2012

The exact date of the beginning of commercial logging in the area is unknown but research shows that in 1879 a timber lease

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Local hockey player skates to success in Alberta

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday January 4, 2012

For Katelyn Atchison, not much has changed upon returning home to Lake Cowichan — she’s still the only girl her age lacing up the skates.

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1948-1950 Lake Cowichan abuzz with construction and development

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday December 28, 2011

The Reed Block, (as it was then known to Lake Cowichan citizens) on South Shore Road, was constructed in 1948.

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Ushering out an era: the 1988 removal of the CNR trestle

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday December 21, 2011

In 1988, decades after it was erected, the old Canadian National Railway trestle that spanned the Cowichan River and South Shore Roa

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Lions Christmas House shines at Pilkington residence

Lake Cowichan Gazette - Wednesday December 21, 2011

More Christmas cheer and holiday decorations can be found within the walls of one special house in Lake Cowichan

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