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Contractors working on behalf of City of Courtenay Public Works Services will be clearing catch basins throughout most of west Courtenay starting Monday, March 25 and continuing until the end of May.

The Braidwood facility will house 34 people at risk of homelessness

Islanders included in settlement package reached with Canada’s federal government

Five potential locations have been chosen by Howard’s owners who will decide Tuesday

Kevin Gourlay’s horse garners attention for being ‘parked’ outside a liquor store

Merville resident says plenty of water in Aquifer 408

One person spoke in favour of a proposed storefront cannabis business at 143 Fifth St., but another feels the application has breached too many rules.

Several neighbours voiced their opinions at a public hearing about a rezoning application at a property with a history of problem tenants, Monday at Courtenay council. The applicant, Amandio Santos, is proposing a two-lot subdivision at 2310 20th St. A zoning amendment would permit a secondary suite on each lot.

Debit accepted for foot passengers, on-board purchases for all vessels

A Cape Mudge resident involved in poaching dungeness crabs in Vancouver Harbour under the cover of darkness in February 2018 is banned from fishing commercially for 10 years and had the boat he was using – which didn’t belong to him – and all the crabbing gear in it forfeited to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.