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In an effort to enhance public awareness of the earthquake hazard in B.C., Comox Valley governments are encouraging residents to participate in the inaugural provincewide earthquake drill on Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.

The leader of the Green Party of Canada will be the guest speaker Jan. 22 at the launch of the Denman Island Transition.

A G.P. Vanier grad is recovering in an Edmonton hospital with third- and second-degree burns to his hands and face following a fire at the Horizon oilsands site near the Fort McKay First Nation.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort will someday have a twin ski slope in Ghana.

The racial incident in a Courtenay parking lot in July 2009, which became an Internet viral video, has hung over the Comox Valley for 18 months.

Karen Barry will make a short presentation about the Important Bird Area (IBA) program on Wednesday at a Comox Valley Environmental Council meeting.

With more than 40 offences against him, a 43-year-old Fanny Bay resident was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 37 break-and-enters in Campbell River provincial court.

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.

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.