Mount Washington hosted the fifth Frontrunners Coastline Endurance Vancouver Island Trail Racing Series race, Aug. 12, with an eight-kilometre short course and a 14km long course. To the delight of runners and race organizers, the smoke from the B.C. Interior fires cleared off the morning of the race to provide fantastic views for the 150 runners who took up the challenge of what is likely the toughest of the race series.

Comox flag-bearer Tracy Howlett-Cooney carried the Invictus Games flag on the first stop of its 37-day journey to Toronto.

The Courtenay CADORA Summer Show, Aug. 13 at the Comox Valley Fairgrounds, was a success for all riders and spectators.

The annual Victor Simonson Dragon Boat Festival welcomed teams from across Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Powell River. With 15 teams comprised of women, men and youth, the event was held in conjunction with Comox Nautical Days at Marina Park Aug. 6.

A quartet of Comox Valley footballers are among the top rookie prospects for the Thompson Rivers University women鈥檚 soccer team, which kicked off its exhibition season Wednesday in Kamloops.

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Mike Burrows, a Comox-raised golfer living in Austria, tied for second place at the PGA Seniors鈥� Championship last week in Burlington, Ont.

Three Comox Valley volleyball players on Team BC won silver medals at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Toronto.

There were 45 golfers, dozens of volunteers and a table full of prizes.

鈥淲e had 118 vessels registered, surfski / sea kayak/ canoe and row boats.鈥�