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Board approves 290K for Cowichan visitors' centre

A new regional visitors' centre for the Cowichan Valley is closer to becoming a reality. The Cowichan Valley Regional District board has agreed to grant $293,000...


North Cowichan to hear from Catalyst boss

While the municipality of North Cowichan keeps an eye on the status of their biggest tax payer, the Crofton Pulp and Paper Mill, the district council was scheduled to get an update...


Future of tourism on board's shoulders?

Tourism in the valley could hinge on the Cowichan Valley Regional District board of directors when they vote Wednesday on whether to grant the Chamber of Commerce some $609,000 to...


Make liquor private, Chamber agrees

Nurses, unionized workers at the Liquor Distribution Branch and employees of the Justice Ministry may not be so excited about the B.C. government’s ‘stay the course’...