MARK HUME, Globe and Mail, Jun. 12, 2011 When the British Columbia government did a study to find out how many people were getting permits to build docks, dump sand for artificial beaches and put up lakeside retaining walls, it got some shocking results. On two dozen lakes selected from around the province, researchers found […]

Jack Knox, Times-Colonist, June 18, 2011 It was after last summer’s fatal collision between a speedboat and houseboat on Shuswap Lake that Klaus Kuhn phoned the area’s elected representative. The Shuswap politician had gone public with his concerns about lawlessness on the lake. Sounds familiar, thought Kuhn, who represents Youbou, pop. 900, on the Cowichan […]

By Matthew Peterson, Ladysmith Chronicle, April 11, 2011 The Town of Ladysmith is taking a resolution straight to the UBCM they hope will be making some waves. The town is hoping the government will either gift watersheds to local municipalities or help provide them with funds to buy them from private companies. Ladysmith Coun. Steve […]

Groundwater is water which is stored underground – not surprisingly. It can be confined, which means that a deposit of water is surrounded by nonpermeable rock, typically in aquifers or unconfined, in which case it is surrounded by permeable rock, gravel, soil, and other materials. Around 20% of the world's freshwater is groundwater, and groundwater […]

By Rodger Hunter, Co-ordinator, Cowichan Watershed Board January 29, 2011 As we ate the haggis and sipped a wee bit of whisky to celebrate Robbie Burns’ day last week conversation drifted to Scots, Loch Ness, the Loch Ness monster (Nessie) and then our own giant sea serpents. Nessie is a world renowned tourism attraction but […]