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Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer have fun with the judges on World of Dance April 16. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Duncan-Nanaimo’s Funkanometry bow out of ‘World of Dance’ with ‘After Hours’ routine

Judges praised them as entertainers, and urged them to work a bit more on their dancing

Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer have fun with the judges on World of Dance April 16. (Submitted)
NBC World of Dance stars, Funkanometry: Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer dance for their Instagram audience on Sunday, April 14 at Carlson’s Dance studios in Duncan. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

VIDEO: Next up on World of Dance: Vancouver Island’s Funkanometry faces ‘the cut’

Duncan’s Carlow Rush and Nanaimo’s Jacksun Fryer have passed the qualifying stage chasing $1 million

NBC World of Dance stars, Funkanometry: Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer dance for their Instagram audience on Sunday, April 14 at Carlson’s Dance studios in Duncan. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Spotting his name stapled to the 15,000 pound log, carver Luke Marston takes a quick selfie with his phone. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

VIDEO: Huge cedar log arrives, now Luke Marston’s Cowichan canoe project can begin

Under carver’s direction, the 15,000-pound cedar log will become an ocean-going canoe

Spotting his name stapled to the 15,000 pound log, carver Luke Marston takes a quick selfie with his phone. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer, AKA Funkanometry, passed the duels stage of ‘World of Dance’ March 31, and are now among the lucky ones who have made the cut. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Funkanometry makes the cut on ‘World of Dance’

Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer are now on to the next level of the $1 million competition.

Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer, AKA Funkanometry, passed the duels stage of ‘World of Dance’ March 31, and are now among the lucky ones who have made the cut. (Submitted)
Look for Incubus to rock the big stage at Laketown Ranch on Saturday night, June 29. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Snoop Dogg, Incubus, Sublime with Rome, Smash Mouth head to Vancouver Island festival

It will be party time at Laketown Ranch this Canada Day weekend with a great lineup of talent on tap

Look for Incubus to rock the big stage at Laketown Ranch on Saturday night, June 29. (Submitted)
Polly Jack directs national Aboriginal leader Phil Fontaine to his seat at a meeting on the subject of Indian Day Schools in Duncan in 2011. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

Indian Day School students eligible for $10K apiece

Islanders included in settlement package reached with Canada’s federal government

Polly Jack directs national Aboriginal leader Phil Fontaine to his seat at a meeting on the subject of Indian Day Schools in Duncan in 2011. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
If you have photos, dashcam videos of hit and run in Chemainus, Mounties need to see them
If you have photos, dashcam videos of hit and run in Chemainus, Mounties need to see them
Wildlife-based problems prompt many calls to conservation officers, as WildSafe’s Todd Carnahan, right, and conservation officer, Sgt. Scott Norris, show on a map. (Lexi Bainas/Gazette file)

VIDEO: Snack-happy bears troubling Lake Cowichan neighbourhoods

These bears are big, they’re hungry, and they’re now addicted to our food

Wildlife-based problems prompt many calls to conservation officers, as WildSafe’s Todd Carnahan, right, and conservation officer, Sgt. Scott Norris, show on a map. (Lexi Bainas/Gazette file)
The weir at Cowichan Lake. (Gazette file)

Drought fears high, Cowichan Lake already at August lows

Officials asking for early storage measures with lake just 40 per cent full

The weir at Cowichan Lake. (Gazette file)
Denofreo, Zortea both found, report local Mounties

Denofreo, Zortea both found, report local Mounties

Two men declared missing in February have now been found

Denofreo, Zortea both found, report local Mounties
Town of Lake Cowichan CAO Joe Fernandez says the new water treatment system is up and running. (Gazette file)

New water treatment system for Lake Cowichan comes online, ends boil advisories

“We’re switched over but we still have a couple of stages to go.”

Town of Lake Cowichan CAO Joe Fernandez says the new water treatment system is up and running. (Gazette file)
Carlow and Jacksun on the big stage at World of Dance. (from the ET Canada trailer)

VIDEO: Carlow and Jacksun are on TV already: they’re in the World of Dance trailer

Don’t forget to catch them as they perform on Feb. 26

Carlow and Jacksun on the big stage at World of Dance. (from the ET Canada trailer)
When Haggard sold his cabin to the Greens, this manuscript was left behind. It was later found and then donated to the Kaatza Station Museum in Lake Cowichan. (Submitted)

Lake Cowichan author finds rare manuscript while researching at Kaatza Station Museum

Dean Unger was amazed to find handwritten book by Victorian era author in simple grey box

When Haggard sold his cabin to the Greens, this manuscript was left behind. It was later found and then donated to the Kaatza Station Museum in Lake Cowichan. (Submitted)
Granger Taylor, seen here with dog, Percy, disappeared in 1980 without a trace, leaving a note saying he was boarding a space ship. (Submitted)

Documentary reminds of unanswered questions about Duncan man’s disappearance

‘Spaceman’ was the name of the CBC documentary but where, really, did Granger Taylor go in 1980?

Granger Taylor, seen here with dog, Percy, disappeared in 1980 without a trace, leaving a note saying he was boarding a space ship. (Submitted)
Jacksun Fryer, left, and Carlow Rush work on a routine at Carlson’s School of Dance on Sunday, Jan. 27. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

Vancouver Island dancers will compete on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’

Funkanometry — Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer — get international exposure Feb. 26

Jacksun Fryer, left, and Carlow Rush work on a routine at Carlson’s School of Dance on Sunday, Jan. 27. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)
What better way to escape the winter that with a trip to Austria to spend time with Maria and the von Trapp family in The Sound of Music? (Submitted)

Chemainus Theatre kicks off 2019 with ‘The Sound of Music’

Even if you have to ‘Climb Every Mountain’, don’t miss this show

What better way to escape the winter that with a trip to Austria to spend time with Maria and the von Trapp family in The Sound of Music? (Submitted)
Granger Taylor with his steam engine. (Alibi Entertainment photo)

VIDEO: ‘Spaceman’, the story of Duncan’s Granger Taylor, premieres on CBC on Friday, Feb. 8

He’d have been 70 years old now, and friends and family still wonder what happened to him

Granger Taylor with his steam engine. (Alibi Entertainment photo)
Wanted man arrested and charged after attempting to flee from Duncan RCMP

Wanted man arrested and charged after attempting to flee from Duncan RCMP

Nathan Myles has been charged with 11 charges, many for firearms offences

Wanted man arrested and charged after attempting to flee from Duncan RCMP
Man arrested after woman with infant fights off Duncan carjacking

Man arrested after woman with infant fights off Duncan carjacking

Quick work by woman in car led to attempted escape by carjacking man

Man arrested after woman with infant fights off Duncan carjacking
Matthew Good is making a welcome return to Duncan on Feb. 8. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Canadian icon Matthew Good launching tour on Vancouver Island

Good performing shows in Sidney, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Victoria and Duncan

Matthew Good is making a welcome return to Duncan on Feb. 8. (Submitted)