Business

Tina Card and Scott Stevens plan to make Percs 5th St Caf茅 your downtown Courtenay meeting place for great coffee, delicious lunches and mid-day snacks.

Whether in business or on a personal level, one of life鈥檚 greatest fears is having to stand up and make a presentation. Most of us can get by when it is one-on-one but start to fall apart when faced with a larger audience.

The average sale price of Comox Valley homes was up a tick in the past year. The average rose one per cent to $351,959, the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) reported this week.

The B.C. Film Commission and its regional agencies are building up their library of film locations in an effort to maintain B.C.'s $1 billion film and television industry.

Henry Orthotics in Comox has recently changed its name to SOS Orthotics, legal name Strathcona Ortho Solutions Ltd.

When you grow up hearing advice to 鈥渆stablish and maintain a good credit rating,鈥� many people think that their credit score and employment are really all that matters when applying for a mortgage. We also grow up thinking loyalty gets rewarded. The truth be told, however, that is not the case in the world of bank mortgages.

Dan Wilson of Courtenay was recently named a vice-president on the executive board of the Appraisal Institute of Canada.

Local residents can now visit Courtenay鈥檚 only coffee lounge and gaming centre, Games and Grounds Coffee House, to enjoy a variety of fresh and healthy foods and gaming options.

The B.C. government has started engineering work to widen sections of the main route from Alberta into northeast B.C., the first step to a four-lane industrial route from the provincial border to Fort St. John.

Black Press, British Columbia's largest publisher of community newspapers and websites, has announced the purchase of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Don Kendall.