Ladysmith Chronicle

800 Christmas trees burn in fire at tree farm south of Nanaimo

Firefighting crews, including helicopters, battle fire all night

Daisy & Vine Vintage Design shows off a new look

Ladysmith's latest home decor store had a grand re-opening on July 14

  • Jul 27, 2021

Anti-vaxxers rally in Nanaimo, call for ‘freedom’

A few hundred people gathered at Bowen Park on Saturday, July 24

Town records 128 water service leaks since May 2020

The cause of the leaks remains unknown

  • Jul 22, 2021

Information picket sets out union issues at Island mill

Safety, payroll and staffing among the major concerns

Ladysmith Lightning U14B softball team heads to provincial championships

Provincials to be hosted in Delta July 23 to July 25

  • Jul 21, 2021

Still Standing with Jonny Harris still has legs

Host of the popular TV show brings educational comedy into his presentations

‘Who is going to be accountable?’: Action urged in Kuper Island residential school grave findings

Survivors and community leaders call for action, accountability and support

  • Jul 16, 2021

Chemainus depicted in all its glory for Still Standing

TV program brings unlimited benefits to featured communities

Eight years awaiting a kidney transplant ends in success for Puska

Surgery puts active Ladysmith resident truly back to his old self

Patient airlifted to hospital in serious condition after dirt bike incident

BCEHS dispatched a helicopter from Parksville to take the patient to hospital

  • Jul 15, 2021

Erin O’Toole says Conservative Party speaks to the needs of Vancouver Island

O'Toole toured Nanaimo, Qualicum Beach, Courtenay and Comox on July 13, 2021

  • Jul 14, 2021

Chemainus River watershed on the list of concerns for water scarcity and drought

East Vancouver Island Basin already at Drought Level 4

Ladysmith secondary welcome figure featured in upcoming documentary

Cedar Is Life will film along the west coast of B.C. to explore the cultural significance of cedar

  • Jul 12, 2021

Man with a weapon that looked like a real gun terrifies women at the Crofton Seniors’ Centre

Police officers eventually arrest suspect with a BB gun

More than 160 unmarked graves found near former residential school on Penelakut

Penelakut Tribe is offering healing sessions for anyone affected by the discovery

  • Jul 12, 2021

Still Standing crew and host Harris seen around Chemainus Monday

Footage being compiled for the popular program to be broadcast in January 2022

Local literacy program funding boost to help people get the skills they need

Free services provided by Literacy Now Cowichan benefits the entire region

  • Jul 11, 2021

Jagmeet Singh says NDP is the ‘only opposition party fighting for Canadians’

Singh spoke on supporting small businesses at a stop in Nanaimo on Saturday, July 10

  • Jul 10, 2021

New SD68 policy on naming or re-naming schools considers Indigenous language

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trustees unanimously approve policy