Veterans Affairs Canada has posted the following description of the war memorial atop Mount Prevost in North Cowichan:

The Chemainus is a ribbon of life defined by logging, floods, droughts, a lawsuit — and hope.

A 149-year-old iron railway bridge slowly rusting away over the Cowichan River deserves better recognition, says award-winning rail historian Tom W. Parkin.

For decades, people have wondered what sort of contaminants might be leaching out of the old Crofton smelter site on the Osborne Bay waterfront.

Contractors have begun demolition of the historic Holt Creek Trestle near Glenora Trails Head Park.

The BC government awarded a contract for the destruction of historic Holt Creek Trestle in the Cowichan Valley on September 20 — one day before provincial election writs were issued.

‘A wooden solution would be more sustainable and have a much reduced carbon footprint'

The BC government’s planned destruction of the historic wooden Holt Creek railway trestle on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley has sparked an outpouring of public concern.

“What they're doing to the Holt Creek Trestle is a travesty:” historian T.W. Paterson

Lynn Starter’s hard-cover history book has been 14 years in the making. It weighs 11 pounds, costs $110, and includes almost 1,200 pages of facts, stories and photos of Maple Bay.

A non-profit society seeking to preserve the historic Elkington House on Maple Bay Road in North Cowichan is optimistic it has turned a corner after years of effort.

‘A classic case of overlooking what’s in one’s own backyard’

‘The sad thing…is it’s gradually disappearing. You won’t be able to find it eventually.’

As urban legends go, it doesn’t get much better than the one involving actor Jack Nicholson and the Red Rooster Cafe in Westholme, south of Chemainus.

Police say 2006 shooting death ‘remains under investigation’