Lexi Bainas

From cooking to teen fiction, from travelogues to tombstones: books galore come through our doors at the Citizen. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
From cooking to teen fiction, from travelogues to tombstones: books galore come through our doors at the Citizen. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Sobremesa Saxophone, who have performed at the UVic convocation and are seen here with UVic Chancellor Shelagh Rogers, are coming to Cobble Hill. (Submitted)

Lexi Bainas Column: Showroom heats up this weekend, St. Mike’s welcomes harp, and Baker and Nickel release video

A saxophone quartet, a dance for SAR, the autum POG show: there’s just so much going on

Sobremesa Saxophone, who have performed at the UVic convocation and are seen here with UVic Chancellor Shelagh Rogers, are coming to Cobble Hill. (Submitted)
85-year-old Crofton man punched in head in road rage attack

85-year-old Crofton man punched in head in road rage attack

Police looking for info after 85-year-old man attacked in road rage incident on Herd Road Oct. 9

85-year-old Crofton man punched in head in road rage attack
Jenny Foster (Glenora Farm Companion) and David Coulson (David Coulson Design – our design build partner), Katrin Batje (Glenora Farm Community and Board Member), Jana Cunliffe (Glenora Farm Companion), and Kate Sowiak (Glenora Farm Farmer) get those shovels in the ground. (Submitted)

Glenora Farm breaks ground for new Farm House facility

It was an exciting day for a very special rural community

Jenny Foster (Glenora Farm Companion) and David Coulson (David Coulson Design – our design build partner), Katrin Batje (Glenora Farm Community and Board Member), Jana Cunliffe (Glenora Farm Companion), and Kate Sowiak (Glenora Farm Farmer) get those shovels in the ground. (Submitted)
Bird watching is a favourite activity during the WildWings Festival at Somenos Marsh. (Citizen file)

WildWings Festival events get underway at Somenos Marsh on Oct. 6

The annual festival has lots and lots to offer this year

Bird watching is a favourite activity during the WildWings Festival at Somenos Marsh. (Citizen file)
Jock Hildebrandt has been appearing at various council meetings, urging local politicians to back the Cowichan Valley Public Art Gallery project. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Jock Hildebrandt has been appearing at various council meetings, urging local politicians to back the Cowichan Valley Public Art Gallery project. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Kody Bruinsma, Craig Worthington, and Barney Edgar are a few of the 20 or so volunteers who were helping repair the roof on the Royal Canadian Legion building in Lake Cowichan over the weekend. Materials were donated by Rona in Cobble Hill, with the use of a crane donated by Andrew Poland Crane and Hauling of Cobble Hill. (Gazette photo)
Kody Bruinsma, Craig Worthington, and Barney Edgar are a few of the 20 or so volunteers who were helping repair the roof on the Royal Canadian Legion building in Lake Cowichan over the weekend. Materials were donated by Rona in Cobble Hill, with the use of a crane donated by Andrew Poland Crane and Hauling of Cobble Hill. (Gazette photo)
Mayor Rod Peters, centre, has vowed to be ‘burr under the saddle’ to water project engineers until the job is successfully completed. (Gazette file)

Peters hopes water treatment plant will be functioning by end of October

With soda ash machine the last big hurdle, the big project is nearing completion

Mayor Rod Peters, centre, has vowed to be ‘burr under the saddle’ to water project engineers until the job is successfully completed. (Gazette file)
Get ready to make the right choice by attending all candidates meetings.

Two all-candidates meetings coming soon at Cowichan Lake, Duncan

Lake and Duncan chambers of commerce have announced their sessions

Get ready to make the right choice by attending all candidates meetings.
Duo Turgeon will join the popular Bergmans to open the onstage Noteworthy Concert Series. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Onstage ‘Noteworthy’ concerts start up at Cowichan Theatre Oct. 7

If you’ve been enjoying getting onstage with the performers at the Cowichan…

Duo Turgeon will join the popular Bergmans to open the onstage Noteworthy Concert Series. (Submitted)
Sensitive violinist Stefan Jackiw plays Mendelssohn in Duncan with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Romance is on the menu as Cowichan Symphony season opens Oct. 4

Concertgoers will enjoy lyrical, lovely music by Mendelssohn and Schumann

Sensitive violinist Stefan Jackiw plays Mendelssohn in Duncan with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. (Submitted)
Merridale is hosting their third annual Craft Cider Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, giving you the chance to taste ciders from around the province. (Citizen file)

Lexi Bainas Column: Cider festival, hoedown, choral fundraiser, photo walk, trivia challenge — Wow!

Casting call: From the Downtown Duncan Business Improvement Area folks, I have…

Merridale is hosting their third annual Craft Cider Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, giving you the chance to taste ciders from around the province. (Citizen file)
Maple Bay Painters are holding their fall show and sale on Sept. 27-28. It’s a chance to see what the artists have been up to all summer. (File photo)

Maple Bay Painters are welcoming autumn with a show and sale

Long time art group offers chances to improve your work and make new friends at same time

Maple Bay Painters are holding their fall show and sale on Sept. 27-28. It’s a chance to see what the artists have been up to all summer. (File photo)
Some stops are being cut from Cowichan Valley school bus routes due to bus overcrowding. (Citizen file)

Cowichan school district dropping 4 bus stops due to too many riders

School board will knock four bus stops from its daily transit runs

Some stops are being cut from Cowichan Valley school bus routes due to bus overcrowding. (Citizen file)
Carol Martel, Patti Anderson, Tory Dillabough, Darlene Pohn, Maria Robins, and Tom Peters raised more than $50,000 by getting their heads shaved for Tour de Rock in 2009. (Lake Cowichan Gazette)

Lake Flashback: Tour de Rock, bear shot at Lake News, paper wins B.C.

The Lake News’s Sheila Kenyon describes her first shocking experience with a habituated bear

Carol Martel, Patti Anderson, Tory Dillabough, Darlene Pohn, Maria Robins, and Tom Peters raised more than $50,000 by getting their heads shaved for Tour de Rock in 2009. (Lake Cowichan Gazette)
Mark Crissinger and his band are holding a CD release party at Osborne Bay Pub. Join the fun on Friday, Oct. 4. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Mark Crissinger Band celebrates new album with Crofton show Oct. 4

If you love the blues, sidle on down to the Osborne Bay Pub for this one

Mark Crissinger and his band are holding a CD release party at Osborne Bay Pub. Join the fun on Friday, Oct. 4. (Submitted)
Janice Youds and Jane Swintak finish the Lake to Lake Walk and Marathon in a pouring rain Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14. (Lexi Bainas/Gazette)

Drenching rain greets finishers as they arrive in Lake Cowichan following Lake to Lake Walk

Some participants raised $7,579 for a favourite charities and groups

Janice Youds and Jane Swintak finish the Lake to Lake Walk and Marathon in a pouring rain Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14. (Lexi Bainas/Gazette)
Three all-candidates meetings scheduled for Cowichan

Three all-candidates meetings scheduled for Cowichan

The writ has dropped. The candidates are out on the road, knocking…

Three all-candidates meetings scheduled for Cowichan
NRG Research’s Cam Matthewson explains some of the findings. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

VIDEO: Water issues lead the way in North Cowichan citizen survey

Older residents don’t like change or higher taxes, younger folks more flexible: survey results

NRG Research’s Cam Matthewson explains some of the findings. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Valdy and pianist Karel Roessingh will be joined by bassist Ryan Tandy for a magical musical show. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Valdy and Guests: a magical musical evening is on tap at Crofton

With Karel Roessingh and Ryan Tandy on board, this Valdy show is sure to be a winner

Valdy and pianist Karel Roessingh will be joined by bassist Ryan Tandy for a magical musical show. (Submitted)