Test drive electric cars and bikes at Saturday’s Comox Valley show
Thinking about buying an electric car or bike? Several Comox Valley groups have organized an electric car and bike show at 10 am on Saturday, May 18, at the Comox Valley Sports Centre on Vanier Drive
Vancouver Island old growth faces a bleak future, say speakers
A Friday night Comox Valley crowd of 100 listened intently as speakers from Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee illustrated the grim reality of what remains of old growth forest on Vancouver Island
AG delays Shakesides court date by nearly five months
In a surprising new development, the BC Attorney General has requested a delay in the Supreme Court trial that will determine the fate of Shakesides, the heritage home of Comox pioneer Hamilton Mack Laing
The Week: dangers for kids, where’s the bylaw, chuck the gas tax … and more
The Week: Today’s parents cope with new dangers for their children, where’s the new zoning bylaw? and, you aren’t elected until I say you are
“Stinking” sewage plant wafts back onto CVRD agenda
The Curtis Road Residents Association will press the Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission again next week, this time on policy issues related to their decades-long battle to eliminate unpleasant odours from the system’s sewage treatment plant
Orca and a dinosaur join Comox Valley youth in climate action march
Youth Environmental Action (YEA) took to the streets of Courtenay on Friday, May 3, to highlight the desperate situation the local community, province, country, and, indeed, the globe faces as the long brewing climate catastrophic comes home to roost
Comox Valley Students ‘Stand up, Fight Back’ for Climate Action
A jovial yet determined crowd of student strikers and adult supporters over 250 strong marched through downtown Courtenay Friday, to demand action on climate change.
The Week: Comox Valley tax rates, plastic bags and pro golfers
The Week: Courtenay Councillor whimpers about taxes, but Comox has a higher increase; there’s a climate emergency but the Valley is slow on the draw
Has engineered stormwater doomed BC’s waterways?
The Comox Lake Watershed Protection Plan and the Kus Kus Sumrestoration were highlighted at a recent stormwater conference, while the keynote speaker urged public pressure on local governments to adopt green infrastructure
Rural Comox Valley zoning bylaw “more permissive”
The Comox Valley Regional District is rolling out an updated zoning bylaw this month for rural areas A, B and C that encourages home-based business, agriculture and sustainable energy
Comox Valley school board issues statement on teen assault
The Comox Valley Board of Trustees has issued a statement about this week’s assault on a 15-year-old Comox Valley student
Comox Valley mother seeks info about vicious attack on girl
A fifteen-year-old Comox Valley girl was beaten unconscious by a group of four teenagers while walking to school Tuesday morning. Now the mother has turned to social media for help in identifying the attackers