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Comox Valley Schools to mark Truth and Reconciliation Week

Comox Valley Schools to mark Truth and Reconciliation Week

Schools throughout SD 71 will be holding a week of activities for Truth and Reconciliation Week from Sept. 26 to 30. This will be a time for students and staff to recognize and remember the history of residential schools, and to honour survivors, their families and communities.
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Courtenay air quality improves, but still below acceptable limits

Courtenay air quality improves, but still below acceptable limits

Action needed to further lower PM 2.5 concentrations: meteorologist
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Fuel-leaking fishing boat pulled to surface one month after sinking near Victoria

Fuel-leaking fishing boat pulled to surface one month after sinking near Victoria

Ongoing response looks to move the boat without releasing remaining fuel
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Fanny Bay campsite proposal worries neighbourhood

Fanny Bay campsite proposal worries neighbourhood

Property has history of violent, unpredictable behaviour
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Chilliwack women frightened by unexpected road block

Chilliwack women frightened by unexpected road block

Driving home just after midnight, they came across a man placing pylons in the middle of Bailey Road
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Petition requests reinstatement of fire pit program in Comox Valley

Petition requests reinstatement of fire pit program in Comox Valley

Goose Spit visitors limited to barbecues, hibachis, portable propane fire rings
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Five U.S. citizens fined for fishing with barbed hooks near Bella Coola

Five U.S. citizens fined for fishing with barbed hooks near Bella Coola

BC Conservation officers caught them during a patrol of the Dean River
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Denman, Hornby islands face affordable housing challenges

Denman, Hornby islands face affordable housing challenges

Groups appeal to Comox Valley Regional District for assistance
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Artwork intended to help Comox Valley reflect on reconciliation

Artwork intended to help Comox Valley reflect on reconciliation

A window art display by K鈥櫭砿oks artist Jessie Everson is an important new addition to the exterior of the Comox Valley Regional District office on Harmston Avenue in Courtenay. This work was commissioned as part of a call for artists issued by the K鈥櫭砿oks First Nation in partnership with the CVRD to create artwork to share with the community in recognition of residential school survivors.
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Be wary of cell phone scams, B.C. senior tricked out of $600 warns

Be wary of cell phone scams, B.C. senior tricked out of $600 warns

A fake customer survey call was how the scammer got an account number
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