The Week: Tolls on the Fifth Street Bridge, and quieter coffee shops, please
The Week: Should we put tolls on Courtenay’s Fifth Street Bridge? And, can we have quieter coffee shops, please?
The Week: Was this the Year of Women in Comox Valley politics?
Was this the Year of Women in Comox Valley politics? You can certainly make a case that it was. More women ran for public office and were elected than the prior year in all branches of Comox Valley local government.
The Week: NDP defeats ProRep, the Comox beer drought is over
Did the NDP want electoral reform to fail? Is the beer drought in Comox finally over? Will people ever stop pouring toxic chemicals into storm drains? So many questions
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?
The Week: No new snow, no new bridges and no new beds
Every homeowner knows that when you delay repairs to your house, they just get worse and more expensive to fix with the longer you wait. Courtenay City Council learned that lesson this week about the Fifth Street Bridge.
Hanukkah: celebrating the promise of hope in dark times
BY RABBI SETH GOLDSTEIN onight marks the beginning of Hanukkah, that eight-day celebration when we bring light into the darkness by lighting the menorah each night.The story of Hanukkah is retold and well known—the Hasmoneans (Maccabees) lead a...
The week in review: new councils make their own first meeting statements
Cumberland jumps ahead, Courtenay cycling councillors set the tone and Comox does the right thing for Mack Laing’s heritage house, Shakesides
Fentanyl is a provincial public health crisis
Our family lost a loved son and brother at the age of 26 to a Fentanyl poisoning on April 24, 2017. Ryan was one of 124 people last April in British Colombia to lose their life and 1 of 1,400 British Columbians in 2017 due to fentanyl poisoning.
Help! Recruiters Needed for Pro Rep Vote
Chris Hilliar writes about ‘relational voting,’ which he learns is a simple concept – friends talking to friends. And without the individual’s participation democracy unravels.