Robert Barron

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The UFO sighting at Cowichan District Hospital on New Year’s Day, 1970, was a prank, according to local resident. (Royal Canadian Mint photo)

Duncan UFO sighting depicted on new coin was a prank, claims local senior

Royal Canadian Mint produces collectible coin based on incident

The UFO sighting at Cowichan District Hospital on New Year’s Day, 1970, was a prank, according to local resident. (Royal Canadian Mint photo)
The shortage of doctors on Vancouver Island has led to protests and demonstrations, including this one last year at the legislature in Victoria. (Black Press photo)

New society looks to deal with family doctor shortage in Cowichan region

Cowichan Valley Primary Care Society formed last spring

The shortage of doctors on Vancouver Island has led to protests and demonstrations, including this one last year at the legislature in Victoria. (Black Press photo)
The Royal Canadian Mint has released a new collectible coin based on a UFO sighting in Duncan in 1970. (Royal Canadian Mint photo)

UFO sighting in Duncan depicted on new collectible coin

Sighting occurred in 1970 at Cowichan District Hospital

The Royal Canadian Mint has released a new collectible coin based on a UFO sighting in Duncan in 1970. (Royal Canadian Mint photo)
Ajay Oppelaar (left) and Robert Stutzman, owners of Aloha Bowls and Kahuna Burger in Duncan, have opened a new Hawaiian-themed restaurant, called Kahuna, in Victoria. (Submitted photo)

Duncan’s Hawaiian cuisine spreads to Victoria

Owners of Kahuna Burger and Aloha Bowls opens new location

Ajay Oppelaar (left) and Robert Stutzman, owners of Aloha Bowls and Kahuna Burger in Duncan, have opened a new Hawaiian-themed restaurant, called Kahuna, in Victoria. (Submitted photo)
Victoria's Carter Burkard, 14, received the Good Samaritan Award at a ceremony in Victoria on Oct. 26 for his part in saving his grandfather John after a quad accident near Lake Cowichan in 2022. From left are Vanessa Baker, emergency medical call-taker and dispatcher at BC Emergency Health Services, Carter Burkard, John Burkard, paramedic Jarrod Rousseau, Lake Cowichan unit chief and Paul Vallely, interim chief operating officer at BCEHS. (BCEHS photo)

Victoria youth honoured for saving grandfather near Lake Cowichan

Carter Burkard received the Good Samaritan Award

Victoria's Carter Burkard, 14, received the Good Samaritan Award at a ceremony in Victoria on Oct. 26 for his part in saving his grandfather John after a quad accident near Lake Cowichan in 2022. From left are Vanessa Baker, emergency medical call-taker and dispatcher at BC Emergency Health Services, Carter Burkard, John Burkard, paramedic Jarrod Rousseau, Lake Cowichan unit chief and Paul Vallely, interim chief operating officer at BCEHS. (BCEHS photo)
North Cowichan Coun. Bruce Findlay said accelerating steps to significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from new buildings in the municipality is not a good idea. (Citizen file photo)

N. Cowichan gives green light to expedited GHG emissions reduction in new buildings

But move faced a lot of opposition

North Cowichan Coun. Bruce Findlay said accelerating steps to significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from new buildings in the municipality is not a good idea. (Citizen file photo)
Thousands of people were without power Wednesday morning, Oct. 25, 2023 in the Cowichan Valley following the first major storm of the season. (Screenshot)

Thousands without power in Cowichan Valley after storm hits

BC Hydro crews working to restore power

Thousands of people were without power Wednesday morning, Oct. 25, 2023 in the Cowichan Valley following the first major storm of the season. (Screenshot)
Water pumps at the weir in Lake Cowichan have been shut down as water levels rise. (Kathryn Swan photo)

Pumps at Cowichan Lake weir shut down as water levels rise

Fish now able to get into Cowichan Lake

Water pumps at the weir in Lake Cowichan have been shut down as water levels rise. (Kathryn Swan photo)
The approximately 100 paid on-call firefighters in North Cowichan, who have recently joined CUPE Local 358, have signed a collective agreement with the municipality, the first of its kind in B.C. (Citizen file photo)

First in B.C.: on-call firefighters sign collective agreement

North Cowichan deal comes amid consolidation growing pains

The approximately 100 paid on-call firefighters in North Cowichan, who have recently joined CUPE Local 358, have signed a collective agreement with the municipality, the first of its kind in B.C. (Citizen file photo)
Ann Kang (centre), the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, was in Lake Cowichan on Oct. 19 to announce that senior levels of government have committed more than $7 million to the second phase of the town’s $10.1-million wastewater infrastructure upgrades. Pictured on the left is Aaron Hamilton, the Ts’uubaa-asatx’s operations manager, and on the right is Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Finally: Lake Cowichan gets grant for $10.1M water treatment plant upgrade

Senior levels of government contribute more than $7 million

Ann Kang (centre), the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, was in Lake Cowichan on Oct. 19 to announce that senior levels of government have committed more than $7 million to the second phase of the town’s $10.1-million wastewater infrastructure upgrades. Pictured on the left is Aaron Hamilton, the Ts’uubaa-asatx’s operations manager, and on the right is Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)

Construction of Cowichan’s new high school hits major milestone

The facility’s final concrete pour was also prepared on Oct. 13

Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)
Doug Jones, a server at Commons Liquor & More, stands in front of the store in which four front windows have been smashed out during four break-ins over a nine-day period. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Cowichan Commons liquor store broken into 4 times in 9 days

Two arrested so far; investigation continues

Doug Jones, a server at Commons Liquor & More, stands in front of the store in which four front windows have been smashed out during four break-ins over a nine-day period. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Austin Turner, from Cowichan Bay, and his family are heading to Disneyland and Super Nintendo World in California on Oct. 22, thanks to the Help Fill A Dream Foundation and Country Grocer. Pictured is Austin (left) at Duncan's Country Grocer on Oct. 4 with Craig Smith, executive director of Help Fill A Dream. (Submitted photo)

Young man from Cowichan Bay about to see dream come true

Austin Turner heading to California thanks to Help Fill A Dream Foundation

Austin Turner, from Cowichan Bay, and his family are heading to Disneyland and Super Nintendo World in California on Oct. 22, thanks to the Help Fill A Dream Foundation and Country Grocer. Pictured is Austin (left) at Duncan's Country Grocer on Oct. 4 with Craig Smith, executive director of Help Fill A Dream. (Submitted photo)
Crofton’s Camp Qwanoes gets three readings from North Cowichan’s council for a permissive tax exemption in 2024. (Citizen file photo)

Christian camp gets tax exemption after North Cowichan reverses course

Camp Qwanoes plea changes minds after committee originally recommended against it

Crofton’s Camp Qwanoes gets three readings from North Cowichan’s council for a permissive tax exemption in 2024. (Citizen file photo)
Officials hope upcoming rain in the forecast will raise water levels in Cowichan Lake and river. (Citizen file photo)

20 pumps still keeping Cowichan River flowing despite recent rains

Cowichan Lake levels still low, officials hoping forecast rain forecast for coming week changes that

Officials hope upcoming rain in the forecast will raise water levels in Cowichan Lake and river. (Citizen file photo)
Camp Qwanoes is fighting to retain its permissive tax exemption status after a committee in the Municipality of North Cowichan recommended the application be denied. (Citizen file photo)

Island Christian camp fighting for tax exemption in wake of hiring controversy

Crofton’s Camp Qwanoes lobbying for exemption after North Cowichan recommended it be denied

Camp Qwanoes is fighting to retain its permissive tax exemption status after a committee in the Municipality of North Cowichan recommended the application be denied. (Citizen file photo)
North Cowichan councillor Chris Istace says the municipality should consider cracking down on Airbnbs that are operating with out business licences in its jurisdiction. (Citizen file photo)

Councillor floats cracking down on unlicensed Airbnbs in North Cowichan

Fines could be as much as $1,500 per day

North Cowichan councillor Chris Istace says the municipality should consider cracking down on Airbnbs that are operating with out business licences in its jurisdiction. (Citizen file photo)
Members of Cowichan Tribes and other residents of the Cowichan Valley gathered in Duncan at a recent event to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. (Citizen file photo)

Cowichan society aiming to host national conference on missing people

Cowichan Missing and Murdered Women, Men and Children Society also plan fundraising gala

Members of Cowichan Tribes and other residents of the Cowichan Valley gathered in Duncan at a recent event to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. (Citizen file photo)
Concerns are being raised in North Cowichan about clearing forest lands to make way for commercial vineyards. (Black Press photo)

Replacing forest land with vineyards raising concerns in Cowichan

North Cowichan asked to try and intervene

Concerns are being raised in North Cowichan about clearing forest lands to make way for commercial vineyards. (Black Press photo)
The future of the Elkington heritage house, which was built in 1894, on Maple Bay Road is uncertain. (Citizen file photo)

Future uncertain for Cowichan’s Elkington heritage house

Efforts to save historical building beimg stymied, says preservation society

The future of the Elkington heritage house, which was built in 1894, on Maple Bay Road is uncertain. (Citizen file photo)