Ladysmith Chronicle – Ladysmith News

OPINION: Cowichan Valley’s Six Mountains Forest: War or Peace—The Choice is Ours

These Douglas fir logs were recently found poached on Stoney Hill in North Cowichan’s forest reserve. (Larry Pynn/sixmountains.ca)

Icel Dobel writes in favour of protecting Cowichan Valley forests

5h ago

The Latest

Avalanche Canada receives $10-million grant from B.C. government
- updated 5h ago
Former Chemainus St. Joseph’s School site sold to addictions recovery group
- updated 4h ago
Bow-legged Ladysmith bear euthanized after vet examination
- updated 8h ago
Digital Innovation Group supports digital literacy for Island artists
Vancouver Island COVID-19 local case counts the lowest they’ve been all year

More “strings of lights” were seen on May 15, 2021, in night sky over Vancouver Island. (File photo)

More ‘strings of lights’ reported in coastal B.C.’s night skies

by Robert Barron

updated 14 mins ago

Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Murray McNeil and Cpl. Wade Fisher present seven-year-old Cody Krabbendam of Ranchero with an award for bravery on July 22, 2020. (Contributed)

B.C.’s COVID-19 infection rate stays below 500 a day over weekend

by Tom Fletcher

updated 2h ago

Royal Bay Secondary School’s rainbow crosswalk was vandalized shortly after being painted but by Monday, coincidentally the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the crosswalk had been cleaned up and students had surrounded it with chalk messages of support and celebration. (Zoe Ducklow/News Staff)

B.C. high’s school’s pride crosswalk restored following ‘hateful’ graffiti attack

by Kiernan Green

updated 3h ago

Terrance Mack would have celebrated his 34th birthday on May 13, 2021. Mack’s family has identified him as the victim of a homicide in an apartment on Third Avenue in Port Alberni sometime in April. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Family identifies Ucluelet man as victim of Vancouver Island homicide

by Nora O'Malley

updated 3h ago

Through fundraisers like Jean Up, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation supports the hospital's world-leading experts who are working relentlessly to improve the lives of children like India.

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A family navigates childhood cancer through the pandemic

updated 8h ago

VIDEO: Heritage Minute marks 100th anniversary of work to discover insulin

‘COVID to COVID’ lung transplant patient says he’s grateful at a May 14, 2021, news conference in Chicago. (CP screenshot)

‘COVID to COVID’ lung transplant patient grateful

North Cedar Volunteer Fire Department crews at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Barnes Road near Holden Corso Road in Cedar. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Jeep rolls over on wet afternoon in Cedar, occupants OK

Prince Rupert was one of the first B.C. communities targeted for mass vaccination after a steep rise in infections. Grey area marks community-wide vaccine distribution. (B.C. Centre for Disease Control)

B.C. tracks big drop in COVID-19 infections after vaccination

RCMP need help finding man who set off from Cortes Island in 14-foot rowboat

Nathan Zuk left in December, may have been last seen in Toba Inlet approximately three weeks ago

by Alistair Taylor

11h ago

Discarded construction materials make up nearly 40 per cent of all materials sent to the landfill from sources in the city of Victoria. (Zero Waste Victoria)

Victoria looks to curb waste by turning demolitions into deconstructions

Community drafting bylaw forcing developers to be better at salvage and recycling

by Victoria News Staff

4h ago

UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies from injuries sustained in Mid-Island highway collision
- updated 2h ago
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Liberals silent on nature of Fortin probe or who will replace him on vaccine campaign
- 5h ago
Canadian actors’ union calls for end to impasse over Bill C-10
- updated 5h ago
Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sued over alleged sexual assault
- 6h ago
RCMP on the hunt for serial Rathtrevor Beach flasher
- 8h ago

Dan Levy exploring animation, thriller and rom-com worlds post-‘Schitt’s Creek’

Levy said he wants to use his platform to help create opportunities for others

by The Canadian Press

5h ago

Steven Shearer, <em>Untitled. </em>(Dennis Ha/Courtesy of Steven Shearer)

Vancouver photographer’s billboards taken down after complaints about being ‘disturbing’

‘Context is everything’ when it comes to understanding these images, says visual art professor Catherine Heard

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