The Comox Valley Regional District committee of the whole supports in principle a farmers' market facility proposed at Comox Bay Farm, but it's premature for the City of Courtenay to provide financing and operating information, says Courtenay director Greg Phelps.

Comox Valley voters can choose from six candidates to represent them and the rest of Vancouver Island North during the May 2 election.

The City of Courtenay is getting its feet wet in preparation for a new flood mapping study by approving overland flood routes and establishing interim changes to the floodplain mapping for the Courtenay, Puntledge and Tsolum rivers.

The Comox Valley Regional District committee of the whole defeated a recommendation this week to sell a 20-foot strip of property at 865 Cliffe Ave. for $75,000 to Det Kunz, who owns a building next door at 841 Cliffe Ave. in Courtenay.

The Vancouver Island North Green candidate in the current federal election is using YouTube to present her position on various issues.

To celebrate Earth Week, the Cumberland Community Schools Society (CCSS) and Cumberland Elementary School staff are organizing a Walking School Bus. It’s like carpooling without the cars.

DFO’s halibut quota system is privatizing a public resource and hurting B.C.’s coastal economy, say NDP candidates Ronna-Rae Leonard and Nathan Cullen.

The Comox Valley Earth Day Family Festival on April 23 at Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay will host a Youth ecoForum facilitated by Zac Whyte and Ta’Kaiya Blaney.

Despite the absence of Vancouver Island North Conservative MP John Duncan and two other candidates, the show went on before a packed house at an all-candidates forum Wednesday at North Island College in Courtenay.