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BC Flag Football is helping to send a Vancouver Island senior women’s flag football team to the Canadian nationals this summer. (Kevin Rothbauer photo)

Island team wants players for Canadian flag football nationals this summer

Looking for at least 20 women

A Coast Salish woman of mixed ancestry, ‘10,000 Gifts’ is the first producing and directing project for the artist and storyteller. (Courtesy of Keywork Productions)

‘10,000 Gifts’ documentary explores a new way of learning in Cowichan

45 minute documentary show how Mill Bay Nature School is re-imagine what school can be

BC Green Adam Olsen sees the provincial ferry system in a ‘very, very fragile’ state given current labour shortages. (Jen Blyth / West Coast Traveller )

Island MLA says Washington ferry halt not a warning sign for smaller BC Ferries routes

Adam Olsen says Vancouver Island/US connection a tourist route, wants to review how BC Ferries run

A transit bus headed for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal stops to pick up passengers on a snowy Douglas Street in Victoria. Observers are concerned that B.C.’s push for a clean public transportation network is not paying enough attention to rural and remote communities. Don Denton file photo

Will clean transportation shift take rural Vancouver Island along for the ride? ​​​​​​​

Some worried only thing B.C. has been concentrating on is electrified vehicles in bigger centres

A transit bus headed for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal stops to pick up passengers on a snowy Douglas Street in Victoria. Observers are concerned that B.C.’s push for a clean public transportation network is not paying enough attention to rural and remote communities. Don Denton file photo
The Euoplos dignitas is a newly discovered species of trapdoor spider from Australia. (Queensland Museum photo)

Editorial: A lot that’s new out there under the sun to bring us wonder

Not yet identified 86 per cent of species on Earth, and 91 per cent of ocean species

  • Mar 30, 2023
The Euoplos dignitas is a newly discovered species of trapdoor spider from Australia. (Queensland Museum photo)
The Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club finished seventh out of 74 clubs that competed in the National Wrestling Championships in Vancouver March 24-26. (Photo courtesy of the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club)

Three days of wrestling yielded national medals for Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club

Next up is the Western Canda Wrestling Club Championships April 22-23

The Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club finished seventh out of 74 clubs that competed in the National Wrestling Championships in Vancouver March 24-26. (Photo courtesy of the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club)
Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)

Ladysmith man in ICU, shot twice in the head after police chase involving stolen mini-loader

Davin Cochrane, 31, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Victoria hospital

Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)
Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen plans to introduce legislation Wednesday designed to ensure permanent funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust. The provincial government Wednesday announced $10 million for the fund, but Olsen says this announcement does not resolve the long-term future of the fund. (Black Press Media file photo)

Vancouver Island’s ICET economic trust gets $10M, far short of the $150M it wanted

BC Green MLA Adam Olsen says funding kicks the future of ICET ‘down the road’

Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen plans to introduce legislation Wednesday designed to ensure permanent funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust. The provincial government Wednesday announced $10 million for the fund, but Olsen says this announcement does not resolve the long-term future of the fund. (Black Press Media file photo)
Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen plans to introduce legislation Wednesday designed to ensure permanent funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust. The provincial government Wednesday announced $10 million for the fund, but Olsen says this announcement does not resolve the long-term future of the fund. (Black Press Media file photo)

Three rural B.C. economic development trust funds get $10M injections

Money welcomed, but some concerned money not enough to ensure trust’s future

Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen plans to introduce legislation Wednesday designed to ensure permanent funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust. The provincial government Wednesday announced $10 million for the fund, but Olsen says this announcement does not resolve the long-term future of the fund. (Black Press Media file photo)
The City of Duncan will begin a major campaign to get more feedback from the public on its new official community plan this spring. (Citizen file photo)

A public engagement “blitz” on City of Duncan’s OCP expected this spring

City wants to hear from as many people as possible

The City of Duncan will begin a major campaign to get more feedback from the public on its new official community plan this spring. (Citizen file photo)
Team Craig includes Skip Wes Craig (far right), third Norm Coté, second Keith Clarke, and lead Craig Burton. (Curl BC photo)

Cowichan curler Wes Craig skips senior team to provincial gold

Team Craig to represent BC at nationals

Team Craig includes Skip Wes Craig (far right), third Norm Coté, second Keith Clarke, and lead Craig Burton. (Curl BC photo)
Shane Koyczan, pictured at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook, 2017. The spoken word poet hits the stage at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan on April 6, 2023. (Barry Coulter photo) Shane Koyczan, pictured at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook, 2017. The spoken word poet hits the stage at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan on April 6, 2023. (Barry Coulter photo)

Poetry, a musical, opera and music of John Denver all at Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in April

Up first is Shane Koyczan

Shane Koyczan, pictured at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook, 2017. The spoken word poet hits the stage at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan on April 6, 2023. (Barry Coulter photo) Shane Koyczan, pictured at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook, 2017. The spoken word poet hits the stage at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan on April 6, 2023. (Barry Coulter photo)
BC Highway Patrol clocked a vehicle going 194 km/h near Lake Cowichan on March 16, 2023. (BC Highway Patrol photo)

Driver stopped going almost 100 km/h over speed limit near Lake Cowichan

An officer spotted the vehicle speeding west at 194 km/h

BC Highway Patrol clocked a vehicle going 194 km/h near Lake Cowichan on March 16, 2023. (BC Highway Patrol photo)
Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen Monday (March 27) said he remains concerned about funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET), which supports economic development on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. (Black Press Media file photo)

Critics fear B.C. poised to freeze $300 million Vancouver Island development fund

ICET has asked for $150 million funding but not yet received an answer from government

Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen Monday (March 27) said he remains concerned about funding for the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET), which supports economic development on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. (Black Press Media file photo)
With a 4-0 victory over the weekend, the Cowichan 49ers are now winners of two consecutive and five Tony Grover Cups overall. (Courtesy of the Cowichan 49ers)

Cowichan 49ers repeat at Tony Grover Cup champs

The 49ers will be at home for the first round of the provincial championship on April 16 at noon

With a 4-0 victory over the weekend, the Cowichan 49ers are now winners of two consecutive and five Tony Grover Cups overall. (Courtesy of the Cowichan 49ers)
Aaron Stone, chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, said he hopes the district won’t need an ethics commissioner to deal with complaints regarding its elected officials but, in today’s political climate, it may be needed. (Citizen fIle photo)

CVRD considers ethics commissioner for elected officials

Commissioner would deal with internal complains regarding board members

Aaron Stone, chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, said he hopes the district won’t need an ethics commissioner to deal with complaints regarding its elected officials but, in today’s political climate, it may be needed. (Citizen fIle photo)
Lauren Miller, Cowichan Tribes special projects coordinator in its capital projects department, stands in front of the First Nation's new 32-unit affordable housing project facing Boys Road. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Cowichan Tribes’ affordable-housing project complete

Housing project largest built by First Nation so far

Lauren Miller, Cowichan Tribes special projects coordinator in its capital projects department, stands in front of the First Nation's new 32-unit affordable housing project facing Boys Road. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Shawnigan Lake students have qualified to represent Vancouver Island at the World Robotics Championships in Dallas, Texas next month. The team, (from left) includes: Tye Edgson, Aniela Hagen, Kyan Miranda, and Ben Pickens. (Arden Gill/Shawnigan Lake School) Shawnigan Lake students have qualified to represent Vancouver Island at the World Robotics Championships in Dallas, Texas next month. The team, (from left) includes: Tye Edgson, Aniela Hagen, Kyan Miranda, and Ben Pickens. (Arden Gill/Shawnigan Lake School)

Shawnigan Lake School team qualifies for World Robotics Championships

Miranda, Edgson and Hagen all from the Cowichan Valley, while Pickens is an international student

  • Mar 27, 2023
Shawnigan Lake students have qualified to represent Vancouver Island at the World Robotics Championships in Dallas, Texas next month. The team, (from left) includes: Tye Edgson, Aniela Hagen, Kyan Miranda, and Ben Pickens. (Arden Gill/Shawnigan Lake School) Shawnigan Lake students have qualified to represent Vancouver Island at the World Robotics Championships in Dallas, Texas next month. The team, (from left) includes: Tye Edgson, Aniela Hagen, Kyan Miranda, and Ben Pickens. (Arden Gill/Shawnigan Lake School)
Neighbours of the new Cowichan District Hospital work site can expect noise and traffic disruptions outside normal working hours for a short period in late April. (Robert Barron/Citizen))

Neighbours of new Cowichan hospital work site will see noise, traffic disruptions during concrete pour

Project given permission to work outside normal working hours for short period

Neighbours of the new Cowichan District Hospital work site can expect noise and traffic disruptions outside normal working hours for a short period in late April. (Robert Barron/Citizen))
Billboard sign south of Duncan seeks information about what happened to Delores Brown. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Electronic billboard keeps attention on Brown’s unsolved murder

It’ll be eight years in July since Delores Brown disappeared from Penelakut Island

Billboard sign south of Duncan seeks information about what happened to Delores Brown. (Photo by Don Bodger)