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School district sends off salvaged Courtenay school lumber

Material able to be repurposed from site includes old fir floor joists

Dec 23, 2021 3:30 PM Read more >

25 years later: Remembering Vancouver Island鈥檚 big blizzard of 鈥�96

It鈥檚 the silver anniversary of the heaviest snow Victoria has seen since WWI

Dec 23, 2021 5:30 AM Read more >

Senior governments fund Denman Island water treatment project

Senior governments are contributing money to a water treatment project that will help remove seasonal boil water advisories for a number of properties on Denman Island.

Dec 22, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >

Cumberland revisits financial reserve policies

Village is looking to increase percentages for various stabilization funds

Dec 22, 2021 10:30 AM Read more >

Vancouver Island Regional Library board removes fines for young adult material

Library fines can mean the difference between accessing materials or not

Dec 22, 2021 8:30 AM Read more >

Courtenay filmmaker shows how COVID affects the medically vulnerable

Double heart-transplant survivor shares pandemic life stories of the immunocompromised

Dec 21, 2021 3:30 PM Read more >

Shelter Point single malt gifted to Speaker of the House

Whiskey could be in running for prestigious 鈥楽peaker鈥檚 Selection鈥�

Dec 20, 2021 12:00 PM Read more >

Firefighters rescue 2 people from three-storey Port Alberni apartment fire

Residents displaced after second Port Alberni apartment fire in a week

Dec 19, 2021 8:00 PM Read more >

Comox Strathcona Waste Management considers composting in rural areas

The board hears report on pilot project to provide organics options in two communities

Dec 19, 2021 10:30 AM Read more >

Cumberland approves variances for project at old hotel site

Council OK鈥檚 changes for height, lot coverage and some but not all parking requirements

Dec 18, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >