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Flashback: Water conservation, the perfect marriage, a great new annual event
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1079+ words) Published 11:45 am Saturday, July 25, 2026 “Bradley Vomacka tees up in park golf in Ohtaki, Japan, while Colin Bates, Cameron Brown and Tyler Fehr wait their turns. In the background, Garth Sims looks on while out on his nordic walk.” (Lake Cowichan…...
Hockey shorts: Wilson goes Solar, Cowichan Caps add defenceman
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (358+ words) Published 7:00 am Saturday, July 25, 2026 Luc Wilson has re-signed with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL for the 2026-27 season. (Fernando Medina/Orlando Solar Bears) Wilson re-signs with Orlando Duncan hockey product Luciano Wilson has re-signed with the Orlando Solar Bears,…...
Register your Culture Days event with the CVRD
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (281+ words) Published 5:00 pm Friday, July 24, 2026 Art and culture is what washes the dust of daily life from our souls. The Cowichan Valley Regional District is calling on the community to get with the programming for Culture Days 2026 — and to let the…...
Village of Clinton evacuated due to fast-growing Pear Lake fire
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (720+ words) Published 12:18 pm Friday, July 24, 2026 Highway 97 is closed north of Cache Creek between Clinton Cemetery Road and Mound Road to facilitate the tactical evacuation in the area. The situation will be reassessed at around 3 p.m. on Friday. A detour is available via…...
Victoria Police withdraw from Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (259+ words) Published 12:00 pm Thursday, July 23, 2026 By Victoria News staff Victoria police will once again handle homicide investigations within Victoria and Esquimalt after deciding to withdraw from the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit. The change, announced the morning of July 23, means…...
Singer-songwriter Steve Poltz takes Duncan City Square stage on July 29
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (411+ words) Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Get ready for a hair raising good musical time as Canadian-American singer-songwriter Steve Poltz plays 39 Days of July on the Duncan City Square stage on July 29. He will be playing from a vast selection of songs…...
‘Making an impact’: Charity cyclists gift $100K to Victoria General Hospital
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (556+ words) Published 10:50 am Wednesday, July 22, 2026 What started as two friends chasing a dream to cycle across Canada has grown into a coast-to-coast fundraising powerhouse, with its latest stop bringing a $100,000 donation to Victoria General Hospital. Canada Cycles for Kids (CCFK) presented…...
‘None Came Back’ exhibit preserves lost chapter of Chemainus history
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (619+ words) Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Richard Yano stood alongside his granddaughters Saturday as they helped cut the ribbon on None Came Back, a new exhibition at the Chemainus Valley Museum preserving the stories of the town’s Japanese Canadian community. For Yano,…...
North Cowichan adopts biodiversity roadmap, implementation plan to follow
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (536+ words) Published 8:00 am Tuesday, July 21, 2026 North Cowichan has taken the next step toward protecting the municipality’s natural environment after council approved two reports that will serve as a roadmap for future biodiversity planning. At its July 15 meeting, council adopted a Biodiversity…...
Heat warning expands to much of Vancouver Island
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (293+ words) Published 5:14 am Tuesday, July 21, 2026 An expanded heat warning includes much of Vancouver Island, where shoreline breezes won’t help with the cooling. Elevated temperatures are expected now through Wednesday (July 22), Environment Canada predicts. The warning stretches from southern Vancouver Island, up…...