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BC Hydro will be undertaking equipment maintenance on the Comox Dam spillway gates this Saturday, and to complete the work, BC Hydro must lift one of the two gates for adequate clearance.

For the second-degree murder of an acquaintance in Vancouver, a Comox Valley man received a mandatory life sentence recently without hope of parole for 10 years. Aaron Juhani Yliruusi, 32, was convicted Jan. 31 by a B.C. Supreme Court jury in Vancouver for killing William Merchant on Jan. 11, 2009 in the 65-year-old’s apartment.

School trustees are making it easier for the public to find out how they voted on different issues. The board decided last week that trustee votes at public meetings — whether for, against or abstaining — will be recorded in the minutes.

Love. In the Comox Valley, and across the country to Prince Edward Island, the simple four-letter word is closely associated to

Terms have been negotiated for an interim measures agreement that would increase the K’ómoks First Nation's capacity in the shellfish aquaculture industry.

Discovery Community College is throwing its doors open next week to celebrate its move to Courtenay. The private professional college opened a campus at 1025 Cliffe Ave. late this fall, and Discovery Community College (DCC) is celebrating by hosting an open house March 16 from 3 to 7 p.m.