DFO allows herring fishery, despite wide protest
Conservancy Hornby Island has criticized a decision by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to allow the March herring fishery to go ahead. It undercuts efforts to protect Killer Whales and chinook salmon stocks.
Strathcona groundwater motion headed to AVICC vote
The Strathcona Regional District has asked the province to cease licensing groundwater for commercial water bottling and bulk water exports. It hopes all municipalities in BC will join the movement.
The Week: housing issues, sure, but this study is nonsense
The Comox Valley has housing affordability issues, but a recent study sensationalizing our problems by an obscure website is so seriously flawed that it amounts to nonsense
Father Charles Brandt: a long and winding journey
Hermit-priest Father Charles Brandt took a long and winding journey from a rural Missouri farm to a hermitage on the Oyster River. Now, he’s protected it forever.
Courtenay urged to send climate accountability letter
A West Coast Environmental Lawyer urged the City of Courtenay to send a letter to 20 companies most responsible for climate change
CVRD to create better access to Nymph Falls Park
Over the next several months, the Comox Valley Regional District improve access to Nymph Falls Park
Herring fishery hurts bi-national orca recovery efforts
Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans undercuts international, multi-million dollar efforts to boost salmon and Killer Whale populations with a massive herring fish kill in March
Will US/Canada recovery plans do enough to save orcas?
Canada and Washington state have both proposed measures and funding to help the southern resident orcas return to health in the Salish Sea. Will this be enough?
The Week: Where’s the moral leadership on Comox Council?
It's hard to see the forest for the trees sometimes / George Le Masurier photo By George Le Masurier he silence of Comox Town Council members for the plight of Mariner apartment dwellers is deafening. A...
Comox Valley seniors group says new beds fall short
Senior Voices Comox Valley says BC Health Minister’s announcement falls short of addressing the community’s urgent need for long-term care beds; beds should have gone to Glacier View Lodge
Comox Mayor no longer interested in Mack Laing talks
Business plan to restore Mack Laing’s heritage home unveiled, but mayor’s backtracking on a hand-shake agreement to negotiate out-of-court likely means more legal bills for Comox taxpayers
The Week: No 29th Street bridge? Check. Only 60 ‘new’ beds? Check
You do the math: Did we get 151 “new” long-term care beds, or 130, or just 60? Who wanted a bridge at 29th Street anyway. And, what is Rod Nichol up to?