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Following a lengthy police investigation, charges have been laid against two men for a violent home invasion which occurred last September in Royston.

The City of Courtenay is taking the first steps toward a major $5-million renovation and expansion of the Lewis Centre. As part of its budget discussions last week, council gave city staff the green light to begin design work for the proposed renovation and expansion project.

An early-morning blaze Monday burned through an unoccupied house on McIntyre Avenue in Courtenay, quickly spreading throughout the home by the time firefighters arrived on scene.

Students were evacuated Tuesday morning from Georges P. Vanier Secondary School due to a suspected gas leak. The students were shifted temporarily to the nearby Comox Valley Sports Centre No. 2. No further details were available.

Voters should choose the Conservative Party of Canada for sound fiscal management and to avoid a Bloc Quebecois-influenced coalition, John Duncan said Saturday.

Cumberland homeowners might not be digging as deep this year to pay the taxman. On Monday, council gave first reading to a 2011-2015 financial plan bylaw that calls for an approximate 3.8-per-cent tax increase for the average single family household — a roughly 4.2-per-cent decrease from last year, pending school and police tax rate changes.

On behalf of local candidate Mike Holland, Liberal MP Bob Rae outlined a clear choice Saturday between their party and the Conservatives.

Pamela Tessmann was one opf many entertainers to perform during the Acts of Compassion fundraiser at the Courtenay Legion. The family-friendly, community-wide, 11-hour event Friday raised about $9,000 for the Canadian Red Cross to be forwarded to Japan to help victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami.

Voters should choose the Conservative Party of Canada for sound fiscal management and to avoid a Bloc Quebecois-influenced coalition, John Duncan said Saturday.

Joined by two Olympians, Vancouver Island North Conservative candidate John Duncan announced Monday that a re-elected Conservative government would double the Children's Fitness Tax Credit and introduce one for adults once the budget is balanced.