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Crystal Weaver and her husband were surprised to find a bear bedding down under the deck of the Weaver family home. (Courtesy of Crystal Weaver)

Viral video exposes B.C. bear turning family deck into winter bunkhouse

TikTok video has more than 4 million views after Cowichan family learns to listen to their dog

Crystal Weaver and her husband were surprised to find a bear bedding down under the deck of the Weaver family home. (Courtesy of Crystal Weaver)
Jenn Jackson rides a ramp following her big win at the Canadian X-Country Mountain Biking National Championships on July 22 in Kentville, Nova Scotia. (Tim Foster/Dose Media Inc.)

Vancouver Island’s Jenn Jackson golden at Pan Am Games

“I had an amazing experience in Santiago”

Jenn Jackson rides a ramp following her big win at the Canadian X-Country Mountain Biking National Championships on July 22 in Kentville, Nova Scotia. (Tim Foster/Dose Media Inc.)
Racers push off from the start line, competing in the men’s pair during a qualifying race on Friday morning on Quamichan Lake. The 2023 Canadian National Rowing Championships were being held on the lake over the weekend. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

BC rowers put on a show at Canadian National Championships in North Cowichan

2023 RCA National Rowing Championships a success

Racers push off from the start line, competing in the men’s pair during a qualifying race on Friday morning on Quamichan Lake. The 2023 Canadian National Rowing Championships were being held on the lake over the weekend. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Dignitaries gather for the official ribbon cutting during the grand opening of the National Training Centre docks ahead of the 2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake Thursday, Sept. 28. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Rowing nationals were never supposed to come, but Cowichan glad they did

2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake this weekend

Dignitaries gather for the official ribbon cutting during the grand opening of the National Training Centre docks ahead of the 2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake Thursday, Sept. 28. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Kart drivers round a turn at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit during races hosted by the Vancouver Island Karting Association on May 8, 2022. The drivers are headed back to the VIMC this coming weekend. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen file)

Karting provincials bolstering racing resurgence across B.C.

Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit is ideal for kart racing

Kart drivers round a turn at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit during races hosted by the Vancouver Island Karting Association on May 8, 2022. The drivers are headed back to the VIMC this coming weekend. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen file)
The Canadian National Rowing team is heading off to the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

B.C. gives warm sendoff to Team Canada rowers ahead of Worlds

15 of the 39 athletes headed to Serbia on Olympic qualifying quest have B.C. connections

The Canadian National Rowing team is heading off to the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Former Cowichan Valley Capitals forward Mike Hammond has died following a car crash in Shawnigan Lake on Wednesday, July 19. (Citizen file)

BCHLer turned British hockey star dead after car crash on Vancouver Island

‘The Capitals are devastated to hear of the passing of former Capital Mike Hammond’

Former Cowichan Valley Capitals forward Mike Hammond has died following a car crash in Shawnigan Lake on Wednesday, July 19. (Citizen file)
(Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Officials probing mass fish deaths on the Cowichan River

Most dead fish have been found above Horseshoe Bend

(Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Mike Bell and his son Travis were sleeping when a fire broke out in their house. They lost everything. (GoFundMe)

Off-duty Mountie saves three from burning home in Lake Cowichan

Three adults sleeping inside had no idea their house was ablaze

Mike Bell and his son Travis were sleeping when a fire broke out in their house. They lost everything. (GoFundMe)
A North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP officer stands watch outside of the Meadow Glen apartment building at 6046 Canada Ave, adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment where a police-involved shooting occurred Friday morning. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Accused shot by police after SUV rammed B.C. police car facing assault charge

Police federation calls for better police protection after incident outside Duncan RCMP detachment

A North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP officer stands watch outside of the Meadow Glen apartment building at 6046 Canada Ave, adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment where a police-involved shooting occurred Friday morning. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Davin Cochrane is awake, alert, and breathing on his own at Victoria General Hospital after being shot twice in the head by RCMP on March 28. (Courtesy of Sarah Annie Brown)

B.C. man shot in the head by police breathing on his own, able to communicate

Davin Cochrane awake and alert after two months after bizarre police chase near Duncan

Davin Cochrane is awake, alert, and breathing on his own at Victoria General Hospital after being shot twice in the head by RCMP on March 28. (Courtesy of Sarah Annie Brown)
Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)

B.C. man shot twice by RCMP while driving stolen skid steer critical but stable: father

Michael Cochrane provides update on son’s condition via Facebook after Vancouver Island incident

Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)
Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)

B.C. man in ICU, shot twice in the head after police chase involving stolen mini-loader

Davin Cochrane, 31, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Victoria hospital

Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)
A Duncan doctor has been disciplined for his use of hypnosis and non-approved drugs in treatment. (Metro Creative Services photo)

B.C. doctor disciplined for therapy that included hypnosis, psilocybin and MDMA

Offences involving an employee occurred in Duncan between October 2020 and April 2021

A Duncan doctor has been disciplined for his use of hypnosis and non-approved drugs in treatment. (Metro Creative Services photo)
Theo was 800 pounds when picked up alongside the highway in Langley. After getting to A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary, he slimmed down, got a girlfriend and happily lived out the rest of his days. (Courtesy of A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary)

Rogue Langley pig turned Cowichan sanctuary resident dies

800-pound Theo lived out his final days at A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary

Theo was 800 pounds when picked up alongside the highway in Langley. After getting to A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary, he slimmed down, got a girlfriend and happily lived out the rest of his days. (Courtesy of A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary)
The World’s Biggest Hockey Stick…for now, is at the Cowichan Community Centre. (Citizen file photo)

B.C.’s ‘World’s Largest Hockey Stick’ may soon be relinquishing its title

A 250-foot-long hockey stick is proposed outside a recently approved ice arena in Lockport, Illinois

The World’s Biggest Hockey Stick…for now, is at the Cowichan Community Centre. (Citizen file photo)
A fully engulfed compact vehicle ablaze in the driveway of a Belcarra Road home Monday morning as photographed by neighbour Alanah Downie. (Courtesy of Alanah Downie)

No injuries as car erupts alongside B.C. home’s Christmas display

“I heard two explosions before looking outside to see where the noise was from”

A fully engulfed compact vehicle ablaze in the driveway of a Belcarra Road home Monday morning as photographed by neighbour Alanah Downie. (Courtesy of Alanah Downie)
Rowers line up on Quamichan Lake to start a race during Rowing Canada’s 2022 National Championships co-hosted by Rowing Canada and the Maple Bay Rowing Club. (Courtesy of Susan McDonald)

250 rowers gather on Vancouver Island lake for national championship

Brigid Kennedy placed second in the lightweight women’s single event

Rowers line up on Quamichan Lake to start a race during Rowing Canada’s 2022 National Championships co-hosted by Rowing Canada and the Maple Bay Rowing Club. (Courtesy of Susan McDonald)
Commercial fishing boat the Arctic Fox II sunk off the coast of Vancouver Island in August of 2020, killing two crew members. (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission)

Insufficient maintenance contributed to fatal sinking of B.C.’s Arctic Fox II: report

Skipper and one crew member died as a result of the incident, one crew member survived

Commercial fishing boat the Arctic Fox II sunk off the coast of Vancouver Island in August of 2020, killing two crew members. (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission)
The Cowichan River has claimed the life of a 56-year-old Vancouver man. (file) The Cowichan River has claimed the life of a 56-year-old Vancouver man. (Citizen file photo)

Vancouver man dies in Vancouver Island tubing tragedy

A 56-year-old Vancouver man died after being carried through section of Cowichan River rapids

The Cowichan River has claimed the life of a 56-year-old Vancouver man. (file) The Cowichan River has claimed the life of a 56-year-old Vancouver man. (Citizen file photo)