North Cowichan

• Community rallies around survivors of fatal Vancouver Island fire

  Firefighters were called to the home on Maple Bay Road Monday morning. The flames were so intense that support had to be called in from crews in three nearby communities.

  Fire

  Oct 31
  
• 3 dead in North Cowichan house fire, RCMP confirm

  Images from the scene after the fire was extinguished showed the home reduced to rubble. Police say they found the remains of three people on site.

  Fire

  Oct 30
  
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• Photos released in hit-and-run that killed 17-year-old girl on Vancouver Island

  Police on Vancouver Island have released photos of several vehicles believed to be connected to a hit-and-run that killed a 17-year-old girl in April.

  Crime

  Jun 11
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• B.C. municipal election 2022: North Cowichan results

  North Cowichan is found at the southern end of Vancouver Island, just across the water from Salt Spring Island and just under 25 kilometres from Ladysmith.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
• Wanted B.C. father arrested in months-long child abduction case

  Police apprehended Bennett without incident on May 24 during a routine traffic stop in Shawnigan Lake, they confirmed in a Tuesday press release. 

  Crime

  May 31, 2022
• New photos released of father and 7-year-old daughter still missing from North Cowichan home

  Jesse Bennett and his daughter were reported missing on Jan. 23 when the girl was not returned home to her mother's custody as directed by the court.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2022
• Father and seven-year-old daughter go missing from Vancouver Island home

  Jesse Bennet and his seven-year-old daughter could not be reached by family members and reside in the North Cowichan and Duncan area.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2022
• Cross atop Mt. Tzouhalem in Cowichan Valley removed

  North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring said the person or people responsible for the removal of the cross used a heavy-duty tool to cut the cross off at its base.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2021
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• Vancouver Island poisoning kills 6 eagles, sickens 6 others

  The first sick birds turned up on Wednesday. By Saturday, the Raptor Rescue Centre had found a dozen.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2019
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• B.C. municipal election 2018: North Cowichan results

  Cowichan - "land warmed by the sun."

  Politics

  Jun 27, 2018