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Scotland has long been famous for engineering genius, its roving sons building the world’s bridges, railways and steamships from the Victorian era onwards. So it is perhaps only appropriate that a fine piece of 21st-century engineering has become one of Scotland’s most popular tourist attractions.

Consistently good food, friendly service and a comfortable, fun atmosphere. That's the focus of the Avalanche Neighbourhood Pub in Courtenay, where new executive chef Kyle Wainwright is bringing his Italian-based approach to food and launching a new menu this fall.

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is changing in gradual phases between 2011 and 2016, with the first big change beginning in 2011.

It is quite easy to miss a solitary, motionless bird perched along a river bank, shoreline or lake as it sits waiting for an unsuspecting fish to pass by. A raucous rattling call will reveal an intriguing, beautiful and somewhat elusive bird, the belted kingfisher.

With the shorter and wetter days of fall coming soon, we will all be a little safer due to the efforts of the Town of Comox. The last thing any of us wants is a collision involving a motorized vehicle and a cyclist.

Chances of tomatoes not coming true from the seeds you saved are high unless you know that the tomato variety is an open-pollinated one.

A reader asks to be enlightened on how to deal with noise coming from boom boxes.

Home is not only where the heart is — it’s also the largest single debt for most Canadians. But that’s OK, because your home is the centre of your family’s life. That’s why you should look long and hard at mortgage insurance.

Bicycles using the bike lane may pass with caution on the right of traffic in the lane to their left. This is because they are in a multiple-lane situation where there is an unobstructed lane on the right of overtaken traffic that the cyclist is permitted to use.

If we think of procrastination as an attempt at a solution, rather than the problem, a lot of space is opened up to figure out how to approach this.