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Red marked the spot in apprehending five people connected to a smash and grab at Lake Cowichan’s Government Liquor Store, shortly after midnight, Thursday, August 11.

Cutting through a chain link fence, thieves made off with approximately 100 feet of copper wire, some time between July 29 and August 2.

Dean Ulmer’s relaxing night of video gaming turned into a mad dash in search of victims, Tuesday, August 2. While relaxing in his living room, Ulmer heard a loud bang from outside his Greendale Road residence in Lake Cowichan, at about 10 p.m.

Despite having been found guilty for violently attacking someone, Terence Fretts has little to fret about. After trying to scratch out his adversary’s eyes and biting his thumb, Terence Fretts has been set free without jail time or monetary charges.

A recent trip to the bank was a shocking one for local senior John Maas, who discovered that he was out over $700 for a cable television service he thought he'd long since cancelled.

It was a particularly tension-filled Town of Lake Cowichan Advisory Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, July 28, with the Lake Cowichan Ratepayers’ Association and the private owners of the J.H. Boyd property in attendance as delegates, both official and unofficial.

Anyone can do with a surprise $10,000, and the local King George Affordable Housing Society is no exception.

It was a motion that came after months’ worth of discussions and flip flopping. During the Town of Lake Cowichan’s Tuesday, July 26, regular meeting, the town’s elected officials passed a policy allowing Centennial Park use for camping.

Logging trucks driving down Lake Cowichan’s Boundary Road has resulted in a number of issues for mayor and council to consider.

Vandals had their way with the Duck Pond tile project.