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The City of Courtenay is giving residents a new opportunity to add a second residence on their property.

The fate of many Zellers stores — including the Courtenay store in the Driftwood Mall — is uncertain as major U.S. retailer Target is scheduled to move into locations across Canada.

The lights were out, schools were closed and residents were slow to get to work Wednesday as the Comox Valley received a big blast of winter.

Local residents can hear about the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s proposal to build new hospitals in the Comox Valley and Campbell River at the end of this month.

Committee members will have their work cut out choosing recipients of Comox Valley Community Awards due to the large number of nominations.

Union Bay Improvement District meetings are no longer open to the public, as announced by UBID chair Alan de Jersey following an apparently raucous board meeting last month.

Christy Clark spent five years in opposition trying to chase the NDP out of power.

Raising concerns about what could be handed down from on high if the process goes to binding arbitration, Courtenay council has endorsed the latest version of the Regional Growth Strategy.

A subdivision proposal that would impact a unique Garry oak grove behind Georges P. Vanier Secondary School could be headed back to Square One.

Calling the Fight HST movement a fight to stand up for democracy, former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm told a crowd of about 50 supporters Saturday night, “We’re winning.