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Update: June 15 2013: New reports indicate that the tow is scheduled to leave Cowichan Bay around midnight Friday June 21. — Read the Saga of the Dominion I here. — There’s a big tugboat in the bay today and it’s possibly here to take one of our nautical landmarks away for good. The Dominion […]
It’s a hard life in Cowichan Bay Village in the summertime. The weather tends to be sunny at least twice a week, friends who have wintered in other parts of the world begin straggling back, friendships are renewed and the social season begins. Such a struggle! From time to time, we find ourselves in need […]
Thieves armed with wire cutters have stolen as many as twelve hanging flower baskets which decorated the exterior of the True Grain Bakery in downtown Cowichan Bay Village. They then wandered down the village street, stealing baskets and blooms from other businesses as well. It appears to have been a well planned effort. The culprits […]
In a word, Yes. Yes we should. When the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre proudly unveiled it’s 450k building expansion back in September 2011, few of those outside the organization’s board of directors had an inkling of the financial problems that were then only just on the horizon. According to information published in the Cowichan News […]
Gloria Craig, President of the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society highlights plans for early 2013 in an email sent to Society members; During the Month of March we plan to open the new building museum on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10-4pm. Office hours will be 10-4 Monday to Friday and Shop hours Wednesday to Sunday. […]
Morning Mist Ice-Cream. If you look at it one way, Yves Muselle has made it possible for you to spend the whopping sum of $7.90 on an ice-cream cone at Cowichan Bay Village. If you look at it another way, Yves Muselle has made it possible for you to obtain some of the finest quality, […]
Sometime between 3am and 6am February 10th, the convenience store at Pier-66 suffered a break-in and theft. An undisclosed amount of scratch lottery tickets, alcohol and cigarettes was stolen. The amount of the theft is fairly substantial according to store staff. Thieves broke the small window next to the post office boxes to gain entry. […]
