At its July 10 meeting, Cumberland council directed staff to look into the process of rededicating or changing a street name, and the potential effects on residents and businesses.

Cumberland council has given second reading to a bylaw amendment to prohibit land-clearing fires that are not forestry-related and on private managed forest land.

L鈥橝rche Comox Valley has opened its new outreach centre/residence near Courtenay Elementary, housing six developmentally disabled adults and a live-in support worker. The upstairs contains six suites and office space, while the ground floor contains a large activity space, kitchen, crafts studio, welcoming area and further office space.

Wednesday night around 8:40 pm, the Comox Valley RCMP was notified of a person diving off the Fifth Street Bridge in Courtenay and did not resurface.

A man died in a trailer fire Wednesday evening on Denman Island.

A Cache Creek family is currently stranded in Ladysmith after wildfires forced the sudden evacuation of their First Nation community last week while they were vacationing here on Vancouver Island.

A destructive insect rarely - if ever - seen on Vancouver Island and in the Comox Valley is raising concerns for farmers, particularly those whose crops include hay and corn.

Coast Hotels offering support to help ease the burden on evacuees

The Village of Cumberland and members of CUPE Local 556 have ratified a four-year collective agreement, replacing the previous contract that expired in January. The agreement provides for wage increases of two per cent per year in each year, as well as benefit enhancements and changes in contract language.

They say lightning strikes twice.