Community

In some ways, it’s a good problem to have, but it is a problem.

Community fire departments in the Comox Valley Regional District are among the 110 volunteer and composite fire departments throughout B.C. that will receive their share of $6.3 million for equipment and training to bolster firefighting response to make people and communities safer.

In November 2023, local Royal LePage in the Comox Valley sales representative Val Wright will be departing with a group of colleagues to trek at high altitude in Ecuador to show their support for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.

The Harmony Hearts ladies in conjunction with Mennonite Central Committee B. C., are hosting a drop-in blanket-making session on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

One of the nice things about winter is the ‘catch-up-on-your-reading-list’ and not feel guilty about the garden chores. Heck. You just know the chores will be there next week and hopefully, it will not be raining or blowing a gale.

Jennifer Pass

Transient/Biggs orcas identified by Comox Valley Wildlife Sightings as T049A1, T124s and T090s were spotted hunting off Point Holmes and Kye Bay on Saturday. T049A1 has thrilled local shutterbugs before. It is one of the orcas that went into the Comox Marina last year.

Suhaandeep Gill, 7, created thoughtful bags of much-needed items to give to three city shelters

Campground reservations for the upcoming season will open soon at Cumberland Campground.

‘All of them just want to do something that makes our community better to live in,’ said Gord Barnes