Town of Comox spills raw sewage into Brooklyn Creek, doesn’t inform public
A broken pipe has spilled raw sewage into Brooklyn Creek and it appears that efforts to mitigate the damage have created a high level of turbidity, a double whammy for fish as well as a potential public health concern. But the Town of Comox has not yet formally informed the public.
Cannabis breeding and genetics centre creates three new strains for Aurora Cannabis
The Cannabis Innovation Centre in Comox, founded by Vanier grad Jon Page and now called Aurora Coast, has produced its first new strains of cannabis and will release them to consumers later this month
Campbell River Environmental Committee lists its current top priorities
The Campbell River Environmental Committee has kept North Island residents aware of environmental risks and promoted awareness of potential concerns to help government and industry make informed decisions
Comox Valley social activist Wayne Bradley dies after short battle with cancer
Well-known community activist Wayne Bradley suffered a short battle with cancer.
BC forest march: Tell Premier Horgan to implement Old-Growth Review Panel advice
Premier John Horgan should keep his promise to implement the recommendation of the Old-Growth Review Panel and place a moratorium on logging old-growth trees in British Columbia, say participants in the BC Forest March
Blowing smoke: Campaign to overturn wood stove bylaws called misleading, ineffective
The woodstove industry has launched a campaign to overturn restrictive bylaws in the Comox Valley, but local government leaders say they are unmoved and a new study suggests woodstove testing is fatally flawed.
Enter your favorite tree into Comox Valley Nature’s annual contest by April 1
Comox Valley Nature is taking nominations for the Tree of the Year until April 1.
The Week: Doing it right on the wrong side of town, CVRD gets a good result for wrong reasons
The Comox Valley Regional District did the right thing in terminating the CVEDS contract. But they did it for the wrong reasons.
The Week: The heart of our survey is in the comments, not the hard numerical data
Decafnation’s Local Government Performance Review was designed to shed light on why people felt a certain way rather than predict some outcome through statistics.
Free webinar lectures on herring and the protection of natural shorelines in the Salish Sea
Comox Valley Nature present free webinar lecture on the importance of herring to the Salish Sea ecosystem and the effects of hard shoring our coastline
The Week: How sorry are you for people pleading “trapped” in Arizona or Mexico?
Local elections are not that far away; don’t feel sorry for people who travelled out of country; and, based on Alberta’s level of thinking, the human race is doomed
CV Regional District adopts a statement of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
The Comox Valley Regional District has formally recognized its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in a statement adopted by the board last week