Lake Cowichan has 1.7 full-time-equivalent nurse practitioners who work out of the Lake Cowichan Health Unit, but doesn’t have an Urgent and Primary Care Centre for walk-ins, he said.

The town of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island will soon lose both its family doctors. The community is only 20 minutes outside of Duncan, but as Kylie Stanton reports, many in Lake Cowichan are ...

Lake Cowichan’s only remaining family doctor won’t wrap up his practice until the end of July to help buy the town’s medical clinic more time to find a replacement. Dr. Wagdy Basily, who ...

Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle says city council will pull every lever it can to replace the town’s only two family physicians, both of whom will be gone by the start of summer. At a council ...

Water levels in Cowichan Lake and Cowichan River remain challenging this summer season as dry and hot weather conditions continue.

Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle says the town has not found replacements for its only two family physicians, the second of whom is set to leave at the end of June. McGonigle said he is approached ...