Chemainus Valley Courier – Chemainus Valley News

Cooling stations to be set up in Cowichan Valley during heat wave

Cooling centres will be set up around the Cowichan Valley to help people deal with a bout of heat that has prompted a warning from the province. (Andrea Rondeau/Citizen)

Heat warning given for Thursday through Saturday

by Robert Barron
7h ago

The Latest

The North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre’s senior bear Knut and caretaker Robin Campbell had a special relationship. (NIWRA photo)

Beloved black bear ‘Knut’ dies at North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre at age 25
- 16h ago
Lottery system would have been better to fill extra Still Standing seats
- 9h ago
Greater Victoria approaching its rainless days record
- updated 10h ago
MacDonald’s artistry superb, of course
- updated 11h ago
Catalyst reducing water flow into Cowichan River due to drought

The community of Falkland is located between Kamloops and Vernon, two cities among 10 from B.C.’s Southern Interior region that have the 10 worst air quality indexes in Canada thanks to wildfire smoke. (Brenda Giesbrecht photo)

Southern B.C. Interior cities have worst air quality in Canada

by Black Press Media Staff

6h ago

Emma Entzminger hugs her dad John Entzminger as he welcomes her back from her Olympic win. (Jane Skrypnek/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Island softball player has tearful return from Olympics with bronze medal

by Jane Skrypnek

7h ago

B.C. COVID-19 cases climb to 185 as Okanagan outbreak declared

by Tom Fletcher

updated 8h ago

Visitors to the Calgary Stampede line up for tickets in Calgary on Sunday, July 18, 2021. Alberta Health says 71 people likely acquired COVID-19 while attending the Stampede. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Calgary Stampede linked to 71 COVID-19 cases; community spread from event unknown

by The Canadian Press

10h ago

VIDEO: Mary Simon becomes Canada’s 1st Indigenous governor general

Bill Merilees, a retired B.C. Parks regional information officer, collected mollusk shells from B.C. and Washington state coastlines for 50 years and has donated his 140,000-specimen collection to University of British Columbia’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

VIDEO: B.C. man donates 140,000 mollusk specimens to biodiversity museum

Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. says expanding emergency alert for wildfires is a priority, but no timeline set

Richard and Linda Davis hug their grandchildren Miles and Linda Carnegie at their home in Winnipeg, Sunday, July 18, 2021. The couple were able to hug their grandchildren for the first time in fifteen months when Manitoba lifted some COVID-19 restrictions this weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

‘A light at the end of the tunnel’: Canadians hug loved ones in post-vaccine reunions

Elliott: ‘We can all learn from her courage’: Simone Biles not alone in mental health struggle

It’s worth paying attention to people who best understand what Olympic gymnastic star is confronting

by The Canadian Press

10h ago

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Tokyo reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Tuesday, days after the Olympics began. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokyo sets another virus record days after Olympics begin

Tokyo’s surge is being propelled by the new, more contagious delta variant

by The Canadian Press

10h ago

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