Will Cole-Hamilton: Progressives can be strong financial managers
Will Cole-Hamilton is a collaborator by nature and a proponent of sound financial management. He is seeking a second term to continue his work on meeting the challenge of climate change, affordable housing and safe transportation options
Melanie McCollum: Finance background has created savings, new grant revenue for city
Seeking a second term on Courtenay City Council, Melanie McCollum will focus on housing issues and rolling out the updated OCP. She defends the city’s traffic improvements against a misinformation campaign spread by another candidate
Doug Hillian: A balanced view between big picture issues and those that affect daily lives
The recently retired two-time recipient of the Governor General’s Exemplary Service Medal adds traffic safety like the 17th Street improvements to his list of top priorities for another term on Courtenay City Council
David Frisch: Carrying forward the vision already underway and implementing the new OCP
Incumbent David Frisch is seeking a third term on Courtenay City Council to continue work on housing diversity, safe routes for kids to get to school and finding a strategy that maintains downtown as a pleasant place
The Mack Laing Trust: BC Supreme Court hears arguments in 40-year case
Mack Laing Heritage Society says the Town of Comox is in a rush to clean up a mess of its own making, while town and Attorney General lawyers call The Society’s evidence “irrelevant.”
Wendy Morin: Voters can trust she’ll deliver on promises like housing diversity, urban agriculture, the new OCP
Wendy Morin is seeking a second term on the Courtenay City Council where she has brought a more collaborative style to the table for middle of the road actions and decisions
Arzeena Hamir: implementing a bold new Ag plan and a new spirit of collaboration
After a successful four years in office, Incumbent Area B Director Arzeena Hamir will go into a second term wide-eyed and knowing the wisdom of collaboration as she addresses rural housing, child care and the promotion of farming and home-based businesses
Daniel Arbour: Focused on rural planning, making Union Bay area a cohesive community
The Electoral Area A incumbent has brought fibre optic cable and bus service to Denman and Hornby islands and looks ahead to rural planning for the large developments in the Union Bay area by K’omoks First Nation and Union Bay Estates
Nicole Minions: New Comox mayor relieved of campaigning, prepares for shifting role
Instead of campaigning for a council seat, Nicole Minions, the second-ever woman mayor of Comox, will spend the next several weeks shifting toward her new role as the person responsible for facilitating a functional seven-member council
Mack Laing goes to court today and, have spies infiltrated local government?
The Town of Comox has had 40 years to live up to its trust agreement with the late Hamilton Mack Laing, but it chose today, just before local elections, to ask the BC Supreme Court to fix a problem of their own making.
THE WEEK: Who’s running for mayor of Comox? And Elections BC issues fine
With just a week to file for public office in the Comox Valley’s municipal governments, there’s uncertainty about who will seek the mayoralty in Comox, which has ramifications for potential council candidates; and, Elections BC issues a monetary penalty to a local candidate
The Week: Comox voter turnout better than most; Elections BC reviews by-election complaints
The numbers may look low, but Comox voters have turned out for recent elections and by-elections better than most BC municipalities; plus, Elections BC is reviewing two complaints about election rules violations during the by-election