My Cowichan Valley Now Staff

The Municipality of North Cowichan is repainting the lines on roadways. The work will be performed day and night for three to four weeks.

The Wesley Ridge wildfire on the north side of Cameron Lake now covers more that five-hundred hectares in size and has been classified as a Wildfire of Note.

The Wesley Ridge wildfire continues to grow and has reached nearly five-hundred hectares. The BC Wildfire Service estimates 494 hectares of forest has been burned since the fire was first noticed on July 31.

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded ten per cent more sales in July compared to the same month last year. According to the most recent market report, there were 806 unit sales across all property types on the Island in July and year-over-year active listings were up one per cent, with 4,512 units listed. VIREB chair Olivier Naud says the island’s market is at the top end of balanced, with about six months of inventory.

The Tsunami Advisory issued Tuesday evening by the US Tsunami Warning System for the BC Coast was cancelled Wednesday morning.

The staff of North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre at Parksville are mourning the loss of Blizzard, the Centre's white raven.

Island Health is alerting Chemainus residents that a feral kitten in the area has tested positive for rabies.The free-roaming...

There is optimism the fish die-off of two years ago in the Cowichan River will not be repeated this summer, despite the challenging conditions. Tom Rutherford of the Cowichan Watershed Board says following the loss of more than one-hundred thousand fish in the summer of 2023, a comprehensive monitoring system was created for the river to assist management decisions.