From a home with walls packed with stuffed animals to thousands of pounds of diapers dumped in the woods, here are a few offbeat B.C. stories that caught our eye in 2024.

The B.C. RCMP confirmed Tuesday it is investigating the incident that occurred near Lake Cowichan. “The file remains under investigation. Specific details or names will not be released at this ...

Chief executive Wayne Coulson said Philippine Mars will be flown out of Cowichan Bay and back to its home base on Sproat Lake, where Coulson crews will likely take the remaining two working ...

Dave Strand – who spent an entire day in the summer of 2005 watching the Philippine and its sister waterbomber, the Hawaii Mars, fight an out of control wildfire near Cowichan Lake – came to ...

The Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-operative brought some early Christmas cheer to two community groups in the Cowichan Valley on Dec. 16 with grants totalling $15,000. “We understand that the ...

The Lake Cowichan RCMP conducted a pair of traffic stops six months apart that has resulted in an ongoing drug trafficking investigation and the execution of a search warrant. RCMP investigators ...

Single-family homes that are not waterfront properties in Honeymoon Bay and Mesachie Lake saw their values drop 16 per cent from last year, according to the latest figures provided by BC Assessment, ...

The Martin Mars waterbomber, which has been sitting in Pat Bay near Victoria since Dec. 15, 2024, was towed to Cowichan Bay several days ago ... The Philippine Mars left Sproat Lake on Dec. 15 enroute ...