Nickelback is making their long-awaited return to Vancouver Island this summer, performing at the Laketown Amphitheatre in Lake Cowichan on August 9. It’s been 20 years since the band last played on the Island, and this highly anticipated show will feature special guests  The Glorious Sons  and  Sam Roberts Band . At Laketown Ranch Music...

A decision to fund an extensive communication plan has been approved by Duncan City Council as the city plans to transition to automated waste collection.   According to a staff report, the city ordered a new collection truck two years ago, and now that it’s finally delivered, they need to...

With a byelection to replace former North Cowichan councillor Debra Toporowski closing in residents will get to talk one-on-one with candidates in the coming days.   At least two events are slated to begin starting tomorrow (Mar. 18) and all five candidates have agreed to attend and answer questions from...

A young student from Duncan will be the first-ever Canadian to compete in a national American equestrian competition next month. Julie Wynne-Smith is a Grade 9 student at Queen Margaret’s School. At a regional competition in Lynden, Washington on March 8-9, she earned first place and qualified to compete in...

The BC government plans to end the consumer carbon tax. Premier David Eby says they made the commitment last year to end it at the first opportunity if the federal government removes the national carbon tax requirement. He says with Prime Minister Mark Carney moving to eliminate the federal carbon tax...

Several fire departments were called to deal with a fire south of Duncan earlier this afternoon. Emergency crews, including North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP, Shawnigan Lake, and Mill Bay Fire Department turned after a fire broke out on a farm less than a kilometre from the Trans-Canada Highway.  There has been no word...