Robert Barron

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Cowichan Valley MLA and B.C. Green leader Sonia Furstenau said long-term solutions are needed for the Fairy Creek watershed. (Black Press Media file photo)

Cowichan Valley MLA says extending logging deferral at Fairy Creek not enough

Sonia Furstenau said longer-term solutions needed

Cowichan Valley MLA and B.C. Green leader Sonia Furstenau said long-term solutions are needed for the Fairy Creek watershed. (Black Press Media file photo)
Television personality Pamela Anderson will star in a new vegan cooking show that will be filmed in the Cowichan Valley. (Black Press photo)

Pamela Anderson to star in vegan cooking series filmed in Cowichan

Filming set for late August

Television personality Pamela Anderson will star in a new vegan cooking show that will be filmed in the Cowichan Valley. (Black Press photo)
It will likely take until the end of the summer to replace the playground equipment in Centennial Park that was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of May 26. (Citizen file photo)

It will take several months to replace destroyed playground equipment, City of Duncan says

Centennial Park playground burned down in act of arson in May

It will likely take until the end of the summer to replace the playground equipment in Centennial Park that was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of May 26. (Citizen file photo)
Tom Reid, the west coast conservation land manager for the Nature Trust of BC, talks about plans to restore 70 hectares of the Cowichan River estuary during a tour of the area where the work will take place this summer on June 5. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Restoration project at Cowichan River estuary announced

Government and conservation groups commit up to $3 million

Tom Reid, the west coast conservation land manager for the Nature Trust of BC, talks about plans to restore 70 hectares of the Cowichan River estuary during a tour of the area where the work will take place this summer on June 5. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
North Cowichan Councillor Christopher Justice. (Photo by Kurt Knock)

North Cowichan to undertake a study of its forest trails

Trails can have both positive and negative impacts

North Cowichan Councillor Christopher Justice. (Photo by Kurt Knock)
North Cowichan Coun. Tek Manhas. (Citizen file)

Language in North Cowichan’s new gender-neutral policy raises concerns

Policy intended mainly to avoid bias towards a particular sex or social gender

North Cowichan Coun. Tek Manhas. (Citizen file)
Alison Nicholson, the CVRD director for Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora, has raised concerns about damage to the Cowichan River due to overuse. (Citizen file photo)

Tubing operations at Lake Cowichan’s Little Beach to continue under Tube Shack

CVRD intends to sign usage agreement with Lake Cowichan business

Alison Nicholson, the CVRD director for Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora, has raised concerns about damage to the Cowichan River due to overuse. (Citizen file photo)
Cowichan Valley senior Grace Price said the costs of shingle vaccinations in B.C. are out of reach for many people. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Costly shingles vaccines spark call for change from Cowichan senior

Many seniors on fixed incomes can’t afford them

Cowichan Valley senior Grace Price said the costs of shingle vaccinations in B.C. are out of reach for many people. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Group demands justice for late Indigenous teen with protest outside Cowichan RCMP detachment

RCMP now say investigation is continuing after initially saying no criminality involved

Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
The Municipality of North Cowichan will kick off its 150th anniversary celebrations on June 18. (Citizen file photo)

North Cowichan to kick off its 150th anniversary celebrations on June 18

Event will take place at Water Wheel park in Chemainus

The Municipality of North Cowichan will kick off its 150th anniversary celebrations on June 18. (Citizen file photo)
North Cowichan currently has no bylaws to prevent roosters on properties bigger than 0.4 acres (Citizen file photo)

Backyard rooster driving neighbours crazy, North Cowichan has no solutions

Poultry bylaws don’t preclude roosters at this time

North Cowichan currently has no bylaws to prevent roosters on properties bigger than 0.4 acres (Citizen file photo)
It was necessary to decriminalize the possession of up to 2.5 grams of street drugs, including the methamphetamine pictured, in B.C. in order to save lives, says RCMP Insp. Chris Bear. (Black Press photo)

Decriminalization of some drugs necessary to save lives, says head of North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP

But Insp. Chris Bear said decriminalization is not legalization.

It was necessary to decriminalize the possession of up to 2.5 grams of street drugs, including the methamphetamine pictured, in B.C. in order to save lives, says RCMP Insp. Chris Bear. (Black Press photo)
The second season of ‘Yukon Harvest’ will debut on APTN on May 9. It is produced by Duncan’s Rogue River Films Inc. (submitted)

Vancouver Island produced Yukon Harvest series enters second season

13-episode APTN documentary series chronicles the adventures of Indigenous guides and hunters

The second season of ‘Yukon Harvest’ will debut on APTN on May 9. It is produced by Duncan’s Rogue River Films Inc. (submitted)
The BC Bike Race returns to the Cowichan Valley in July. (Citizen file photo)

BC Bike Race to be held in Crofton in July

More than 600 mountain bikers will gather from around the world

The BC Bike Race returns to the Cowichan Valley in July. (Citizen file photo)
The Supreme Court of B.C. has ruled that North Cowichan Councillor Bruce Findlay and GPI Developments must pay damages to a strata corporation in Ladysmith for misrepresenting the work they said they would do at the site. Findlay is appealing the decision. (Black Press file)

Island developer-turned-councillor ordered to pay $171,000 to Ladysmith strata

Supreme court rules North Cowichan councillor Bruce Findlay, company didn’t complete work

The Supreme Court of B.C. has ruled that North Cowichan Councillor Bruce Findlay and GPI Developments must pay damages to a strata corporation in Ladysmith for misrepresenting the work they said they would do at the site. Findlay is appealing the decision. (Black Press file)
Life on Wheels, a grass-roots outreach organization that deals with homeless and/or people with addictions and mental-health issues, is looking to begin a pilot project for detox and rehab facilities in the Cowichan Valley. (Citizen file photo)

Group looks to establish detox, rehab facility in Cowichan Valley

Life on Wheels asks CVRD for land-use variance

Life on Wheels, a grass-roots outreach organization that deals with homeless and/or people with addictions and mental-health issues, is looking to begin a pilot project for detox and rehab facilities in the Cowichan Valley. (Citizen file photo)
Neil Merrick, a property owner in Youbou, watches work taking place at a new rock quarry owned by the Ts’uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan First Nation) near his home that is raising concerns in the neighbourhood. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Rock quarry in Youbou raising concern for neighbours; owners say misinformation running rampant

Ts’uubaa-asatx, owners of the quarry, say they are doing everything by the book

Neil Merrick, a property owner in Youbou, watches work taking place at a new rock quarry owned by the Ts’uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan First Nation) near his home that is raising concerns in the neighbourhood. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Ian Morrison, the CVRD director for Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls, said he thinks the new revised code of conduct the district is considering is too legalese-oriented. (Citizen file photo)

Stone-faced automatons? Issues raised around CVRD’s proposed new code of conduct

Some directors fear ability to represent constituents will be impacted

Ian Morrison, the CVRD director for Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls, said he thinks the new revised code of conduct the district is considering is too legalese-oriented. (Citizen file photo)
North Cowichan councillors Bruce Findlay and Tek Manhas spent several hours set up in front of Island Health’s Overdose Prevention Site on York Road drinking beer in public on April 25 to draw attention to their concerns that consuming hard drugs in public is no longer illegal. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Two North Cowichan councillors drink beer in public to make a point

Bruce Findlay and Tek Manhas protest the legality of open use of hard drugs

North Cowichan councillors Bruce Findlay and Tek Manhas spent several hours set up in front of Island Health’s Overdose Prevention Site on York Road drinking beer in public on April 25 to draw attention to their concerns that consuming hard drugs in public is no longer illegal. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Jesse Bennett, accused of abducting his seven-year-old daughter last year, heads to court in June. (RCMP handout)

Island man accused of abducting his daughter set to represent himself in trial

Cowichan Valley’s Jesse Bennett went missing for five months last year, court date set for June 5-9

Jesse Bennett, accused of abducting his seven-year-old daughter last year, heads to court in June. (RCMP handout)