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DeMarzo takes on expanded community role at CVRD

Sep 4, 2019 | News

The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) announced today that Doug DeMarzo will be their new General Manager of Community Services

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Cumberland gets $7 million infrastructure funding for wastewater treatment

Cumberland gets $7 million infrastructure funding for wastewater treatment

Aug 29, 2019 | News, sewage

Work will begin soon on Cumberland’s new wastewater treatment system after the Village received a $7 million grant from federal and provincial governments

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Comox passes $250,000 lawsuit over to global insurance firm

Comox passes $250,000 lawsuit over to global insurance firm

Aug 29, 2019 | Stormwater

The Town of Comox has handed off Norine and Ken McDonald’s $250,000 lawsuit to one of the world’s largest independent providers of claims management solutions, Crawford and Company

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Wells will not seek re-election as CVRD board chair

Wells will not seek re-election as CVRD board chair

Aug 28, 2019 | News

Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells will not seek re-election as chair of the Comox Valley Regional District, he told Decafnation this week

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Blood-sucking insects, will they spoil our west coast paradise?

Blood-sucking insects, will they spoil our west coast paradise?

Aug 23, 2019 | Commentary, News

The absence of blood-sucking insects used to be one of the joys of west coast living. But as Miracle Beach folks are discovering, a changing climate is messing with that

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Major shift for Courtenay key planning documents; transportation up next

Major shift for Courtenay key planning documents; transportation up next

Aug 21, 2019 | News

The City of Courtenay’s new Transportation Master Plan is just one of many key planning documents being updated by City Council and staff. And so far it looks like a major philosophic shift toward a more livable and sustainable city

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Woodstock icon living in Comox, 3L developers defeated, and public wants bold action

Woodstock icon living in Comox, 3L developers defeated, and public wants bold action

Aug 16, 2019 | Commentary, News

The Week: Woman in the iconic Woodstock photograph lives in Comox and while the BC Supreme Court ruled against 3L Developments, the conflict isn’t over. Plus, a survey shows the Canadian public is far ahead of politicians on climate change

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Comox Valley sewage issue pushed,  Arnott comments called “out to lunch”

Comox Valley sewage issue pushed, Arnott comments called “out to lunch”

Aug 13, 2019 | sewage

The Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission declined to take another vote this week on adding Area B representation, which left Curtis Road residents and others frustrated

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The Week: logging in the watershed, update on Comox parade ban and more

The Week: logging in the watershed, update on Comox parade ban and more

Aug 9, 2019 | Commentary, News

Our report on logging in the Comox Lake watershed stirs debate. We check on Comox Mayor Russ Arnott’s allegations of complaints about the Mack Laing Heritage Society, but can’t find any. And sewage commission will reconsider Area B representation

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From the Sentinel: How the small village of Cumberland returned a forest to the people

From the Sentinel: How the small village of Cumberland returned a forest to the people

Aug 7, 2019 | Environment

The Cumberland Community Forest Society (CCFS) has been purchasing and protecting privately owned forests scheduled for logging near the Village of Cumberland since 2000

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A case shrouded in mystery: Strathcona Park hiker lost in 1977 was never found

A case shrouded in mystery: Strathcona Park hiker lost in 1977 was never found

Aug 7, 2019 | News

Hiking Strathcona Park is one of the summer’s pleasures in the Comox Valley. But a lost hiker from Kansas in 1977 turned into a two-month nightmare for the Comox Valley Search and Rescue team. It’s a case shrouded in mystery

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Take a hike, see devastation in the Comox Lake watershed

Take a hike, see devastation in the Comox Lake watershed

Aug 5, 2019 | Environment

A trip up logging roads around Comox Lake and the Cruickshank River shows the devastation from logging around the Comox Valley’s drinking water source

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