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.

The Comox Valley Regional District’s Sewage Commission has received a Spill Response Plan for the Comox Valley sewage system, which includes the forcemain (pipe) that moves wastewater from Courtenay and Comox to the sewage treatment plant located on Brent Road.

Today at 11:15 a.m., the Comox Valley RCMP responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a vehicle and cyclist on the Comox Valley Parkway, just west of Piercy Avenue in Courtenay.

About two dozen workers and 20 trucks are on their way to the BC Interior to help restore power.