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A benevolent society formed while the Elk Falls mill operated in Campbell River has donated $4,000 to the Dawn to Dawn Care-A-Van program, a mobile health-care unit that supports homeless and at-risk individuals in the Comox Valley.

The latest figures from BC Assessment indicate the value of houses in the Comox Valley have increased over the course of the past year, the total value exceeding $5 billion. Last year was $4.975 billion.

Eight names will appear on the ballot sheet at Saturday’s byelection to fill a vacant seat on Comox council.

The Comox Valley RCMP are investigating a robbery that occurred Friday at approximately 6:23 p.m., when a young male was robbed of his longboard outside the Apple Tree Grocery on Fifth Street in Courtenay.

Supporters of the campaign to recall MLA Don McRae will meet outside the Comox Post Office at noon today (Wednesday) to send their application for recall to Elections BC in Victoria.

The K’ómoks First Nation has re-elected Chief Ernie Hardy three months before band members decide whether to send an Agreement in Principle (AIP) to the next stage of the B.C. Treaty Commission process.

Comox fire chief Gord Schreiner would like to remind you that working smoke alarms really do save lives.

The Comox Valley RCMP are investigating a robbery that occurred Friday at approximately 6:23 p.m., when a young male was robbed of his longboard outside the Apple Tree Grocery on Fifth Street in Courtenay.

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