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The Adopt-a-Grandparent program is continuing for another Christmas in the Comox Valley.

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In-person craft beer conference takes place in February in New Westminster, B.C.

Each Christmas, Glacier View Lodge illuminates a tower of lights to shine over the Comox Valley. The lights are a visual representation of respect and remembrance of the many people whose lives have been touched by the services at the Lodge.

The Home Instead office in Courtenay is launching its Be A Santa to a Senior program, which supports older adults who may be overlooked, isolated or alone during the holiday season.

North Island College students will have access to more than $1 million to study abroad over the next four years, thanks to two new programs.

The Merville Hall Christmas Craft Fair is slated for Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In a brilliant bit of timing, this year the Craft Fair will be on the same day as the Black Creek Community Craft Fair and the Dove Creek 鈥淟ittle Craft Faire That Could鈥� market.

The Comox Valley Regional District announced Nov. 25 that the park located at the headwaters of Morrison Creek, which protects 22 hectares of aquatic and riparian habitat, has been formally named qax mot Conservation Area.

Island Health workers were greeted to a pleasant surprise when they arrived for their 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. shifts at Cumberland Lodge on Friday, Nov. 19.