Lindsay Chung

Hospice volunteers celebrate Dame Cicely

Two hospice volunteers are sharing the story of the founder of modern hospice

Ladysmith council will consider Couverdon Oct. 1

A special council meeting is being held Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at Aggie Hall in Ladysmith.

Dave Street will be back on a scissor lift in the Ladysmith and District Credit Union this weekend for his Lift for Life Tour de Rock fundraiser.

Tour de Rock fundraising activities get rolling in Ladysmith

Red Serge Dinner set for Sept. 29 at the Ladysmith Eagles Hall

Dave Street will be back on a scissor lift in the Ladysmith and District Credit Union this weekend for his Lift for Life Tour de Rock fundraiser.
The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club has received a $15,000 grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation to help replace the water lines feeding the Bush Creek Hatchery.

Club’s efforts improve hatchery

The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club received a $15,000 grantto help replace the water lines feeding the Bush Creek Hatchery

The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club has received a $15,000 grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation to help replace the water lines feeding the Bush Creek Hatchery.
The cast of Flemming, An American Thriller rehearses for the first play of Ladysmith Little Theatre’s 2014-15 season.

Curtain opens on theatre season

The first play to kick off the Ladysmith Little Theatre’s 2014-15 season is a murder mystery comedy.

The cast of Flemming, An American Thriller rehearses for the first play of Ladysmith Little Theatre’s 2014-15 season.
Anthony Cateaux works in his Yellow Point studio.

Cateaux inspired by nature

Blacksmith artisan’s work has become more artistic and less functional since moving to Yellow Point

Anthony Cateaux works in his Yellow Point studio.
Canadian Olympic Women’s Soccer Team member Diana Matheson

Olympic soccer stars coming to Ladysmith

On Thursday, Sept. 4 and Friday, Sept. 5, the Mid-Isle Soccer Club will host four members of Canada’s Olympic Women’s National Soccer Team.

Canadian Olympic Women’s Soccer Team member Diana Matheson
Five-and-a-half-year-old Rashid Hugaig has fun painting in the Kids' Hands-On Art Area, sponsored by Ladysmith and District Credit Union, during Arts on the Avenue.

Arts for everyone

The 16th annual Arts on the Avenue Aug. 24 in downtown attracted more than 50 talented artists and 6,000 guests.

Five-and-a-half-year-old Rashid Hugaig has fun painting in the Kids' Hands-On Art Area, sponsored by Ladysmith and District Credit Union, during Arts on the Avenue.

Expect closure on upper section of the Holland Creek Trail as bridge is replaced

Construction of a new bridge on the upper part of the Holland Creek Trail will begin next week.

Ladysmith’s Holland Creek Trail is open again

cConservation officers did not find the cougar that had acted aggressively the week before.

Toronto-based world music ensemble Ventanas

Toronto-based world music ensemble Ventanas during the Aug. 5 Music in the Park show at Waterwheel Park in Chemainus.

Aggressive cougar spotted on trail

Ladysmith’s well-used Holland Creek Trail was closed Monday (Aug. 11) after a dog chased away a cougar.

Chemainus tenor Ken Lavigne wows the crowd at the Filberg Festival Aug. 4 in Comox. Lavigne, who is currently recording a new album, performed on the new Comox Rotary Stage on the final day of the festival.

Ken Lavigne wows the crowd at the Filberg Festival Aug. 4

Lavigne performed on the new Comox Rotary Stage on the final day of the festival.

Chemainus tenor Ken Lavigne wows the crowd at the Filberg Festival Aug. 4 in Comox. Lavigne, who is currently recording a new album, performed on the new Comox Rotary Stage on the final day of the festival.
Rose Dodd, 9, performs during the Victoria School of Irish Dance’s year-end recital at the Cedar Heritage Building.

Victoria School of Irish Dance’s year-end recital

Classes for dancers aged four to 16 of all levels Sundays from September to June

Rose Dodd, 9, performs during the Victoria School of Irish Dance’s year-end recital at the Cedar Heritage Building.
Nita Grant gets ready to ride in the Kinsmen Parade after being chosen Citizen of the Year during a ceremony at the Rotary Pancake Breakfast during Ladysmith Days.

Nita Grant is Ladysmith’s Citizen of the Year for 2014

“I love the community and always have," says Grant, a member of the Ladysmith Rotary Club for over 40 years.

Nita Grant gets ready to ride in the Kinsmen Parade after being chosen Citizen of the Year during a ceremony at the Rotary Pancake Breakfast during Ladysmith Days.

Fox & Hounds on track to open in Ladysmith this fall

It’s looking like the Fox & Hounds will open in Ladysmith this fall.

Colin Cowan of the Vancouver-based Tishomingo String Band performs Chemainus Bluegrass Festival .

The sweet sounds of bluegrass soar through Chemainus

Chemainus Bluegrass Festival Sunday, July 27 at Waterwheel Park.

Colin Cowan of the Vancouver-based Tishomingo String Band performs Chemainus Bluegrass Festival .
Toronto world music group Ventanas will perform in Chemainus Aug. 5 and lead a barefoot Flamenco workshop Aug. 6.  Photo Submitted

Ventanas bringing world music and dance party

Ventanas is bringing a high-energy world music and dance party to Chemainus next week.

Toronto world music group Ventanas will perform in Chemainus Aug. 5 and lead a barefoot Flamenco workshop Aug. 6.  Photo Submitted
Chemainus birth photographer Ashley Marston says she’s been getting very positive feedback about her breastfeeding photo sessions. She’ll be out and about in the Cowichan Valley next week photographing moms who are breastfeeding as part of a Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project.

Marston brings breastfeeding awareness project to Cowichan

Chemainus birth and lifestyle photographer Ashley Marston is bringing an international breastfeeding awareness project.

Chemainus birth photographer Ashley Marston says she’s been getting very positive feedback about her breastfeeding photo sessions. She’ll be out and about in the Cowichan Valley next week photographing moms who are breastfeeding as part of a Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project.
Ken Lavigne of Chemainus (left) and Calvin Dyck perform in last year’s Symphony by the Sea. This year’s free concert takes place Saturday, Aug. 9 in Nanaimo.

Lavigne performs Island shows before going back into studio

Ken Lavigne is feeling very creative these days — and, as a result, excited about the future.

Ken Lavigne of Chemainus (left) and Calvin Dyck perform in last year’s Symphony by the Sea. This year’s free concert takes place Saturday, Aug. 9 in Nanaimo.