City CAO David Allen focuses on sustainable asset management
Courtenay Chief Administration Officer David Allen was part of a small group in 2008 that developed this system for managing public assets that provides for service and financial sustainability. It is now used by almost every municipality in British Columbia.
Warming waters, sea urchins are decimating kelp forests
© Jackie Hildering, The Marine Detective By Gavin MacRae limate change, in tandem with a teeming sea urchin population, is killing bull kelp forests in the Salish Sea. To stem losses that already have kelp at...
Union Bay boils water, new turbidity standards
By George Le Masurier nion Bay residents are boiling water today that before August they were drinking from the tap. That's when Island Health's standard for turbidity in water from Langely Lake changed from 3 NTUs to 1...
MAiD: A passing … but not gently into that good night
Lorraine Hudelson wasn’t choosing to die … She was dying anyway. What she chose was when, where and how to die.
CVRD raises rebate offers to switch from wood stoves
By George Le Masurier he Comox Valley Regional District has increased the incentive for people wood burning stoves to switch to cleaner-burning systems. The rebates apply to any wood stove manufactured prior to...
The Week: Sharpe dissed, dogs sprayed, no pot and Go Santa!
Does anybody else think Mt. Washington freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe got overlooked as Canada’s athlete of the year? And, how fast can Comox open an off-leash dog park?
Morrison Creek: a spring-fed stream without stormwater outlets sustains aquatic life
Morrison Creek thrives with diverse aquatic wildlife thanks to only two relatively harmless stormwater outlets and a pristine, spring-fed headwaters that several organizations hope to protect
High winds throw Comox spit trimaran aground near park
A catamaran formerly anchored off Goose Spit has washed ashore near Mack Laing Park after several days of high southeast winds
Vanier grad Jonathan Page builds cannabis science hub in Comox
Jonathan Page grew up along Headquarters Road with his twin brother, Nick, digging under logs to study plants. Now he’s the nation’s top cannabis scientist with global responsibilities.
CVRD trades water for hatchery, for treatment plant land
BY GEORGE LE MASURIER The Comox Valley Regional District issued this press release today.he Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and the Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association (Fish & Game Association) have reached an...
Brooklyn Creek: it’s surviving, but faces old and new threats from upstream development
The Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society and the Town of Comox have kept the creek alive, but the degradation of natural assets in Courtenay and Area B continue to pose threats to this urban waterway
No word yet on the promised new long-term care beds
Photo by George Le Masurier BY GEORGE LE MASURIER s a strike by care workers at two Comox Valley assisted living facilities enters its sixth day, many people are wondering what happened to the 151 additional long-term care beds promised by Island...