Chemainus Valley Courier

4 days ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Tim Schewe

There is a lot more to RV towing than simply hooking up your trailer or loading your camper and making sure that the rear lights work. Before you get started, the three major concerns to understand include having the right driver's licence, knowing if your brakes are sufficient to get you stopped and how much the entire combination weighs.

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Tim Schewe

Question: "Would you write an article on painted traffic islands? As I pass an island with my left turn signal on, someone behind me will often drive across the island, attempting to pass me and turn at the same intersection. I have seen professional drivers do this as well. "Perhaps the reason that these drivers ignore painted traffic islands is that the lines do nothing to physically prevent them from driving on it.

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Andrea Rondeau

The votes have been tallied and preliminary results have Becky Hogg winning the empty seat on North Cowichan council. The municipality held a byelection on Saturday, April 12 to fill a seat left vacant in the fall of 2024 when Debra Toporowski won the MLA race in the Cowichan Valley riding. Voting took place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Advance voting took place on April 2 and 8. Five candidates were vying for the spot including Hogg, David Bellis, Raymon Farmere, Johanne Kemmler, and Joanna Lord.

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

I wasn’t afraid of heights when I was a kid; it’s a condition that I seemed to have developed as I aged. I remember a friend and I would paint houses to make some extra money when we were in our early 20s, and we would set up scaffolding towers that were sometimes as high as three storeys like we were monkeys.

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Andrea Rondeau

The Independent Investigations Office of BC is seeking witnesses to a motor vehicle incident that occurred on the morning of Thursday, April 10, in Duncan and resulted in injuries to two people. Information from the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP states that shortly before 6 a.m., police responded to a call about a collision involving two pedestrians and an SUV on the Trans-Canada Highway near the intersection with University Way.