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For the past month, TimberWest Forest Corporation has been involved with the City of Courtenay in a study that looks at flooding on the Tsolum River. This week, the company explained its management practices to council and expressed hope that the relationship between the company and the city will improve.

Despite his name, Hobo the cat now has a permanent home. Hobo, a stray orange tabby with an infected left front paw was recently caught by the Kitty Cat P.A.L. Society, a non-profit organization who trap, neuter/spay and return feral cats living in managed colonies in the Comox Valley.

An elderly woman died early Sunday morning in the bedroom of her apartment in Comox. The fire began around 9 a.m. at the Manor Place apartments off Comox Avenue near St. Joseph's Hospital, confirmed Rick Shelton, assistant chief operations and training of the Comox Fire Department.

Maj. Chris Hope considers Comox to be the Snowbirds' second home. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived Monday at 19 Wing Comox. Hope, who is from Blenheim, Ont., and is in his second year as Team Lead was excited to begin the squadron's annual spring training deployment in Comox.

About 250 elementary and secondary students from across the district will showcase their favourite aspects of Canadian heritage April 9.

Mike Holland picked a symbolic location to launch his campaign bid for the Vancouver Island North riding. The federal Liberal candidate spoke Monday with guests and media at Glacier View Lodge, where he helped lead a fight to save long-term care beds in the 1990s.

North Island College鈥檚 Alumni Association wants to introduce you to TED, a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

Comox Valley RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating three young males who violently assaulted and robbed a 20-year-old man in East Courtenay.

Jim Milina and Paul Helpard are two outstanding British Columbians, and now the title is official for the threesome from the Comox Valley.