Chemainus Valley Courier

The committee of the whole has recommended to council to have Zinc Communication Strategies lead a two-month public engagement plan in late summer and early fall to inform and involve residents on the proposal for the automated curbside collection of solid waste. Yard waste would be included in the collection.

Third World Countries are facing things on a daily basis that we can't even imagine, stresses this letter-writer, which is now, of course, compounded by COVID.

Long overdue consideration being given and needs to keep being given about how trees factor into development rather than just knocking them all down.

The goal is to leverage digital skills to promote Vancouver Island as an ‘arts powerhouse’.

From "the more things change...." department. This was an award-winning cartoon from Saltair's Rob Kernachan way back in 2008. Has anything really changed?

View expressed by a health care worker, who's been required to take time off while her son is self-isolating.

Seems like a long time ago. Remember around a year ago at this time in early March? Just before COVID restrictions rapidly shut things down, we had this: the grand opening of the new library in downtown Chemainus with a packed crowd.

More details on the death in Duncan.

The power of the people can mean a lot in a pandemic. Here's the latest plan for the Chemainus Theatre, with an eye toward hopefully seeing things up and running again by the fall.

Our Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA has a big task ahead. He hinted at this appointment during the provincial election campaign in October as something that would keep him rather busy in lieu of a cabinet post.

Something for people with bird feeders to be aware of with an outbreak of salmonella among pine siskin birds that are migrating in great numbers this year from boreal forests up north.

Electronic display unveiled south of Duncan plus a stationary billboard on the Pat Bay Highway.

North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring and Cowichan Valley MLA Sonia Furstenau among those to speak out.

Chemainus weather expert Chris Carss provides a month-by-month account of the weather from 2020 that included many significant developments.

Another resident's response to a previous letter writer from Crofton about the state of policing and security in the community.