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Transportation Safety Board had to move wreckage from remote location

Closure of bus depots on Vancouver Island is part of a wider decline in services across Canada

Group hopes to apply for capital funding in spring 2020

Mariner Apartment tenants evacuated after smoke fills second and third-floor hallways

Search warrant led to seizure of drugs, cell phones, cash

The Comox Valley branch of the Salvation Army is about $70,000 short of its $300,000 target with only a few days remaining in this year鈥檚 Christmas Kettle campaign.

Trustees ask superintendent to put together a report on safety questions

Theresa Lambert鈥檚 vision is for a space for Indigenous works from across Canada

Dr. Charmaine Enns and others will discuss growing habit among youth on Jan. 8

Courtenay council gave second reading to a bylaw to prohibit smoking and vaping in parks, public spaces and City properties. The idea is to increase public safety and enjoyment, minimize exposure to second-hand smoke, and to reduce the risk of fire and littering. The City contains 103 parks, 19 playgrounds, 35 kilometres of trail systems and 31 public facilities that would be regulated by the bylaw. Enforcement would be complaint-based, and when violations are observed by City staff.