Sarah Simpson

39 Days of July kicks off Friday at the Duncan Showroom

Maximum of 40 guests will be permitted

Ride for the Kamloops 215 takes over Trans-Canada Highway

"My family was in residential schools for three generations. On the day of the ride, I will be four months drug- and alcohol-free. I am determined to break the cycle," said Richman Carpenter.

Mary Lowther column: Vetch and crimson clover to the rescue of soil fertility

I add dry organic fertilizer as plants use up what is in the soil.

Sarah Simpson column: A shift in perspective can sometimes change everything

Have you even been forced to wake up at 5:30 on a Saturday

Island records zero new COVID-19 cases for the first time since October

For the first time since October, the province is reporting zero new cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island.

A&E column: Music Festival winners, CVAC awards, and Cabin Fever

The latest from the Cowichan Valley arts and entertainment community

Lake Cowichan business featured on magazine cover

Lee-Ann Burke hopes the extra publicity will increase sales

Peters Centre getting all cleaned up

Laundromat being developed at the Neva Road site

Sarah Simpson Column: Beware of Mr. Bite, the midnight attacker

Last week, in the middle of the night, I was awoken by a lot of moving in my bed and it wasn't me or my husband. I know our daughter had made her way into our bed at some point after we'd gone to sleep but she isn't known to move that frantically. At least not in her sleep, anyway.

CDH staff surveyed on hospital design features

Input to assist in development of the new hospital

PPC announce candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

The 44th Canadian federal election will take place on or before Oct. 16, 2023

Sarah Simpson Column: Healthcare workers saluted daily by Duncan neighbours

This is a bit of a milestone column for me. It's the 200th one I've written. That's almost four years worth of columns that have poured forth from my pudgy fingers now and I'd like to think the majority of them have made at least a few people chuckle. I will say though, that there have been a few weeks that I've missed publishing a column — but not too many. I always end up breaking my streak.

RCMP on alert for driver infractions near Cowichan school buses

Every Cowichan Valley School District bus has been outfitted with surveillance cameras

Cowichan River victim’s family looking for help with funds for funeral

Donations can be made to the Norcross Return-It centre

Sarah Simpson Column: You can learn a lot about life during a five minute drive

The kids went into all sorts of detail about what that might have looked like and sounded like

Cowichan Valley West has lowest vaccination rate on the Island

Cowichan Lake West local health region lags behind the rest of Vancouver Island with a 57% rate

Lake Cowichan council at odds with CVRD’s housing needs assessment

Data featured 'significant errors and unsupportable conclusions'

Duncan families to benefit from new child care spaces

Bench Elementary, Cowichan Place Child Care Centre to receive funds

Sarah Simpson Column: Let them eat cake…sometimes

Even the little things in life are cause for celebration

Cowichan woman hoping to win big while showcasing Cowichan

Vancouver-based radio contest has Leona DeOliveira wearing a crown and fox tail