Outdoors and Recreation

Crofton’s Camp Qwanoes gets three readings from North Cowichan’s council for a permissive tax exemption in 2024. (Citizen file photo)

Christian camp gets tax exemption after North Cowichan reverses course

Camp Qwanoes plea changes minds after committee originally recommended against it

 

The E&N rail line on Vancouver Island has been dormant for years. (News Bulletin file photo)

Trail group wants cost-benefit study on E&N rail corridor future

Friends of Rails to Trails estimates it would cost $172 million to switch to world-class trail

 

(Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue/Special to The News)

Annual funding finds stability for B.C.’s ground search and rescue teams

The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC welcomes additional funding for ground search…

 

The Attainable Housing Development Society works with local communities an organizations to fill the housing gap in British Columbia. This summer, they’re hosting their New Home Raffle – giving you the chance to win an amazing home overlooking beautiful Shuswap Lake. Photos courtesy AHDS

Lake life awaits with New Home Raffle

Enter to win a Shuswap Lake home, and help bring attainable housing to others

  • Jul 10, 2023
The Attainable Housing Development Society works with local communities an organizations to fill the housing gap in British Columbia. This summer, they’re hosting their New Home Raffle – giving you the chance to win an amazing home overlooking beautiful Shuswap Lake. Photos courtesy AHDS
The 13 longhouse-style cabins, inspired by the traditional longhouses of the Tla-o-qui-aht people, were built from cedar harvested from the grounds. Photo courtesy Tinwis Resort

New Indigenous-owned campground opens near Tofino

Cultural integrity, environmental sustainability unite at new RV resort, steps from the beach

  • Jul 10, 2023
The 13 longhouse-style cabins, inspired by the traditional longhouses of the Tla-o-qui-aht people, were built from cedar harvested from the grounds. Photo courtesy Tinwis Resort
Amor Lake Recreation site located near Campbell River has been closed indefinitely. Photo from Recreation Sites and Trails BC/Facebook

Reports of an aggressive cougar close Campbell River recreational area

Recreation sites and trails BC confirms Amor Lake area unsafe for public use

Amor Lake Recreation site located near Campbell River has been closed indefinitely. Photo from Recreation Sites and Trails BC/Facebook
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)
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)
Celebrating a big putt at a 2022 RBC PGA Scramble Regional Final. (Megan Robinson/PGA of Canada)

Amateur PGA events coming to Kelowna courses

The Kelowna golf events are held on May 29, June 27, and July 23

Celebrating a big putt at a 2022 RBC PGA Scramble Regional Final. (Megan Robinson/PGA of Canada)
Westshore Skatepark Coalition member Jimmy Miller cuts the ribbon alongside West Shore mayors and councillors at the Thrifty Foods Skatepark grand opening at West Shore Parks and Recreation in Colwood May 13. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

World-class Thrifty Foods Skatepark opens on the West Shore

West Shore gets new skatepark almost 8 years after old Belmont site removed

Westshore Skatepark Coalition member Jimmy Miller cuts the ribbon alongside West Shore mayors and councillors at the Thrifty Foods Skatepark grand opening at West Shore Parks and Recreation in Colwood May 13. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
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)
With Stihl Timbersports athlete Stirling Hart watching, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce executive director Leanna Kemp fires up a chainsaw and cuts through a log. Hart was in town Monday to promote the Stihl Timbersports National Championship, which is coming to Chilliwack Aug. 12-13, 2023. (Eric J. Welsh/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: Stihl Timbersports nationals coming to Chilliwack in August

The Chilliwack Coliseum will host a pro and women’s competition featuring chopping and sawing events

With Stihl Timbersports athlete Stirling Hart watching, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce executive director Leanna Kemp fires up a chainsaw and cuts through a log. Hart was in town Monday to promote the Stihl Timbersports National Championship, which is coming to Chilliwack Aug. 12-13, 2023. (Eric J. Welsh/ Chilliwack Progress)
Myra Van Otterloo, a helicopter pilot from Nanaimo, left, and Jessa Arcuri, a school vice-principal from Penticton, have become the first B.C. team to compete in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc – a nine-day, 2,500-kilometre rally across the Moroccan desert. (Photo submitted)

Nanaimo rally racer makes it across Moroccan desert’s ‘treacherous’ terrain

B.C. women compete against hundreds of teams at Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc

Myra Van Otterloo, a helicopter pilot from Nanaimo, left, and Jessa Arcuri, a school vice-principal from Penticton, have become the first B.C. team to compete in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc – a nine-day, 2,500-kilometre rally across the Moroccan desert. (Photo submitted)
North Cowichan may consider allowing mountain biking on Mount Richards. (Black Press photo)

North Cowichan to consider economic potential of biking on Mount Richards

Council refers issue to its economic committee for review

North Cowichan may consider allowing mountain biking on Mount Richards. (Black Press photo)
Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)

UVic astronomer writes ultimate Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands snorkelling guide

The same sense of curiosity that first inspired Sara Ellison to look…

Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)
An initiative to allow mountain bikers on Mount Richards is getting mixed reviews. (Citizen file photo)

Group urges North Cowichan council to open Mount Richards up to mountain biking

But many oppose the idea

An initiative to allow mountain bikers on Mount Richards is getting mixed reviews. (Citizen file photo)
Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)

UVic astronomer writes ultimate Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands snorkelling guide

Snorkelling Adventures Around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands hits shelves March 11

Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)
The City of Duncan is looking to draw some of the increasing number of mountain bikers who are visiting the region to downtown businesses. (File photo)

Duncan looks to brand itself as a mountain biking destination

Cowichan increasingly popular with mountain bikers, city wants them downtown

The City of Duncan is looking to draw some of the increasing number of mountain bikers who are visiting the region to downtown businesses. (File photo)
Alberni Valley Hill Climbers ATV Club is one of five to sign an access agreement with Mosaic Forest Management to access the backcountry. (AV HILL CLIMBERS CLUB PHOTO)

Vancouver Island ATV clubs reach back-country agreement with Mosaic

Forest management company grants access with certain restrictions; ATV clubs agree

  • Aug 2, 2022
Alberni Valley Hill Climbers ATV Club is one of five to sign an access agreement with Mosaic Forest Management to access the backcountry. (AV HILL CLIMBERS CLUB PHOTO)
George Johnson shows off a tub racing hat from the early 1970s. The hat is fitted with ear phones and has pockets that contained a radio and batteries, so safety crews and race officials could listed to reports on the race progress. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo family keeping up 55-year tradition of tub racing

Johnson family’s old racing tub being refurbished to enter this year’s great race

George Johnson shows off a tub racing hat from the early 1970s. The hat is fitted with ear phones and has pockets that contained a radio and batteries, so safety crews and race officials could listed to reports on the race progress. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)