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Island Responder operating off Chemainus for island residents features an on/off ramp for stretchers

Island Responder operating off Chemainus for island residents features an on/off ramp for stretchers

Part of Chemainus Road Closed This Week SHARE ON: Chemainus Road between Mount Sicker and Crofton Roads is closed from today until late on Friday. The Municipality of North Cowichan says a sanitary line needs to be replaced beneath a rail crossing and the work is expected to require four days. Detours will be in place for people who would normally use Chemainus Road where it crossed the Halalt First Nation. Drivers coming from the north will detour at Henry road and traffic from the south will divert at Herd Road.

“It was a hard-hit area, which is why it was a particular concern to us. We’d never seen something like that,” Mason said. The more the foresters looked for stolen trees, the more they found, he said. “They were extremely crafty in hiding it in that area.” The municipality is considering increasing the $200 fine for removing forest products, Mason said, and anyone caught stealing trees could be hit with fines for other violations, such as trespassing. Mayor Al Siebring said he’s frustrated with those stealing valuable trees that belong to North Cowichan. “It’s like going i...

  VICTORIA -- A dog that was missing in the Vancouver Island bush for more than two weeks is now safely back with his owner. Keno is a four-year-old husky-shepherd cross that was reported missing on the morning of Jan. 26 on Mount Prevost in the Cowichan Valley. "He saw an elk and he took off real quick and I lost him out of my hands," owner Jesse McMaster told CTV News one week into his search for his beloved pet. "I stayed out there for another three to four days," said the distraught dog owner. "I slept in my car and took work off."