The RCMP has concluded an almost two-year-long international drug investigation after finding nearly two dozen bricks of cocaine in bananas shipped to Central Okanagan grocers in February 2019.On Feb. 24, 2019, a grocery store in Kelowna reported it had found 12 bricks of what was believed to be illicit drugs in a shipment of bananas. That same day, a West Kelowna grocer reported nine more similar packages in its banana shipment. The packages, weighing around one kilogram each, were seized by the RCMP for continued investigation.A collage of photos captured by investigators as they examined...…The RCMP has concluded an almost two-year-long international drug investigation after finding nearly two dozen bricks of cocaine in bananas shipped to Central Okanagan grocers in February 2019.On Feb. 24, 2019, a grocery store in Kelowna reported it had found 12 bricks of what was believed to be illicit drugs in a shipment of bananas. That same day, a West Kelowna grocer reported nine more similar packages in its banana shipment. The packages, weighing around one kilogram each, were seized by the RCMP for continued investigation.A collage of photos captured by investigators as they examined...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal Sports2023 RCA National Rowing Championships a successSarah SimpsonMore than 250 athletes from 37 different clubs and provincial associations vied for 21 coveted national championship titles this past weekend on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Rowing Canada Aviron National Rowing Championships.It was the second-straight year the event was held at Canadian rowing authority’s North Cowichan-based National Training Centre and champions were crowned in both singles and pairs events within the Senior, Para, Under-23 and Under-19 categories.In the end, rowing powerhouse...…Skip to contentHomeLocal Sports2023 RCA National Rowing Championships a successSarah SimpsonMore than 250 athletes from 37 different clubs and provincial associations vied for 21 coveted national championship titles this past weekend on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Rowing Canada Aviron National Rowing Championships.It was the second-straight year the event was held at Canadian rowing authority’s North Cowichan-based National Training Centre and champions were crowned in both singles and pairs events within the Senior, Para, Under-23 and Under-19 categories.In the end, rowing powerhouse...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMan didn’t sustain serious injury after being shot by officer, IIO findsCowichan News StaffThe Independent Investigations Office of BC has determined that a man who was shot by an RCMP officer after he drove his car into a police vehicle outside of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 12, 2023, did not sustain serious harm, and concluded its investigation into the incident.A member of the detachment was doing a check of his vehicle in the detachment’s parking lot at around 6:30 a.m. that morning when a man drove into the lot and hit the police...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMan didn’t sustain serious injury after being shot by officer, IIO findsCowichan News StaffThe Independent Investigations Office of BC has determined that a man who was shot by an RCMP officer after he drove his car into a police vehicle outside of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 12, 2023, did not sustain serious harm, and concluded its investigation into the incident.A member of the detachment was doing a check of his vehicle in the detachment’s parking lot at around 6:30 a.m. that morning when a man drove into the lot and hit the police...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal SportsDuo combined for six goals, three assists in KPI’s last two gamesSarah SimpsonThe Kerry Park Islanders played three games in three days this past weekend and, according to their coach Henry Acres, his players seemed to get stronger with each game.“It is a testament to the work the guys have done in building their fitness level,” Acres said.Following a 3-1 loss to the Victoria Cougars Thursday, Sept. 28, the Islanders visited the Kraken’s den in Lake Cowichan on Friday, Sept. 29 and came away with a 6-3 victory.Parker Klippenstein scored his fourth of the year...…Skip to contentHomeLocal SportsDuo combined for six goals, three assists in KPI’s last two gamesSarah SimpsonThe Kerry Park Islanders played three games in three days this past weekend and, according to their coach Henry Acres, his players seemed to get stronger with each game.“It is a testament to the work the guys have done in building their fitness level,” Acres said.Following a 3-1 loss to the Victoria Cougars Thursday, Sept. 28, the Islanders visited the Kraken’s den in Lake Cowichan on Friday, Sept. 29 and came away with a 6-3 victory.Parker Klippenstein scored his fourth of the year...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsHaven died in hospital in Vancouver on July 28Robert BarronThe mother of a young Duncan girl who died on July 28 from an aggressive form of cancer wants to thank the community and friends for all their support during a troubled time.Julie Fletcher is the mother of the late six-year-old Haven, who died in Canuck Place Children’s Hospital in Vancouver from midline glioma, a high-grade malignant pediatric brain tumour with a near-zero survival rate.Fletcher said Haven died just about five weeks after she was diagnosed in June, and was medicated and felt no pain in...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsHaven died in hospital in Vancouver on July 28Robert BarronThe mother of a young Duncan girl who died on July 28 from an aggressive form of cancer wants to thank the community and friends for all their support during a troubled time.Julie Fletcher is the mother of the late six-year-old Haven, who died in Canuck Place Children’s Hospital in Vancouver from midline glioma, a high-grade malignant pediatric brain tumour with a near-zero survival rate.Fletcher said Haven died just about five weeks after she was diagnosed in June, and was medicated and felt no pain in...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsCanada’s 3rd annual Truth and Reconcilation Day was recognized on Oct. 2 in DuncanChadd CawsonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextSome felt the rain represented the tears of all the children that never returned home from residential schools to their families, but a wet morning did not hinder hundreds upon hundreds of people as they donned orange and gather at the Si’em Lelum Soccer fields for the Every Child Matters March held in Duncan on Oct. 2.The event took place in recognition of Canada’s third National Day for Truth and Reconcilation, established following an...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsCanada’s 3rd annual Truth and Reconcilation Day was recognized on Oct. 2 in DuncanChadd CawsonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextSome felt the rain represented the tears of all the children that never returned home from residential schools to their families, but a wet morning did not hinder hundreds upon hundreds of people as they donned orange and gather at the Si’em Lelum Soccer fields for the Every Child Matters March held in Duncan on Oct. 2.The event took place in recognition of Canada’s third National Day for Truth and Reconcilation, established following an...WW…