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A group advocating non-motorized use of the E&N railway foresees business and tourism opportunities if the 224 kilometre stretch from Victoria to Courtenay becomes a multi-use trail.

They came as a group of seven onto military property in Comox with one goal in mind - to eat vegetation in order to clear a patch of land.

NDP’s 22-member cabinet includes minister of mental health

The Comox Rotary Club is collecting specific goods that have been requested by the evacuation center in Prince George through Disaster Aid Canada.

If Sunday morning’s lineup was any indication, there were many believers who made the annual pilgrimage to attend Vancouver Island MusicFest. By 9:30 a.m., the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds were quickly filling for the gospel/spiritual set on the Concert Bowl Stage where ‘Delta Lady’ Rita Coolidge delivered a Cherokee version of Amazing Grace.

A brush fire off Curtis Road in Comox Saturday afternoon has burned more than 0.5HA near Point Holmes, said the ̨ÍåMMÂãÁÄÊÒ Fire Centre.

The Baynes Sound Connector connecting Vancouver Island to Denman Island is currently holding in dock due to a hydraulic line issue.

Free coffee comes at high cost as RCMP arrest man who threatened McDonalds staff with fake gun.

At its July 10 meeting, Cumberland council directed staff to look into the process of rededicating or changing a street name, and the potential effects on residents and businesses.

Cumberland council has given second reading to a bylaw amendment to prohibit land-clearing fires that are not forestry-related and on private managed forest land.