After a long cold winter and long wet spring, summer is here and the local harvest is coming in! The Comox Valley Farmers’ Market Association is working hard to get local product to the people with three weekly markets running through the summer months. Saturdays at the Exhibition Grounds from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns will embark on a cycling tour across his 8,500 square kilometre constituency later this month to hear from residents about issues, ideas and concerns. During the Aug. 21-Sept. 2 tour, he will speak about his Private Member’s Bill C-312: An Act to Establish a National Cycling Strategy.

Island’s only Liberal MLA taken aback by announcement

Rough waters stall canoes at Neck Point in Nanaimo

Terrier from Lantzville that was surrendered to the SPCA had to be rushed to veterinary hospital

City council to discuss next steps after receiving report on CAO’s workplace complaints

It turned out to be a false alarm

The Dunsmuir Avenue portion of the Village Upgrades project is complete. The Village of Cumberland celebrated the project completion at a community ribbon-cutting ceremony in Village Square July 26.

The haze in the sky is from the more than 100 wildfires burning throughout the province.

Rescue volunteers used an inflatable kayak to reach an injured woman who was swimming Thursday at Nymph Falls. They figure the woman suffered a dislocated knee.