Comox Valley water system users will be affected by severe Stage Three restrictions from April 6 at 8 a.m. until April 14 at 4:30 p.m., says the Comox Valley Regional District.

The board of the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) has awarded the request for proposal (RFP) for construction of a new, larger library facility for Cumberland to Steam Engine Estates.

The regional district board has adopted a rural parks and greenways strategic plan that begins the implementation of a vision that will shape the future of Comox Valley parks over the next 20 years.

If you care at all about the plight of hungry people in the Comox Valley, carefully examine the inserts in Wednesday's Comox Valley Record.

Courtenay finished 42nd among 70 B.C. communities listed by BC Hydro as saving power during Earth Hour recently.

Christmas 2010 was not a merry one for Ken McEachnie. Rather than spending quality time with his two children, the single father bailed water from the basement of his Astra Road property near Kin Beach Park. As he had done in November 2009.

Faster and more extensive Internet service is coming to the Comox Valley.

A proposed 32-unit multi-residential project on Dingwall Road has nearby residents concerned about too much density and increased traffic. Six people spoke against the proposed Dingwall Project during a public hearing at Monday's Courtenay council meeting.

The Norovirus outbreak at St. Joseph's General Hospital has been declared over, as of Monday. Nine patients on the hospital's third floor — the medical-surgical floor — had the symptoms of Norovirus, an infectious gastrointestinal virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea, and visiting was limited last week after the outbreak was discovered.

There were walks, talks, displays and even artwork surrounding the K'ómox Band Hall on Saturday, as Project Watershed and the Estuary Working Group celebrated the Day of the Estuary.