Mike Holland picked a symbolic location to launch his campaign bid for the Vancouver Island North riding. The federal Liberal candidate spoke Monday with guests and media at Glacier View Lodge, where he helped lead a fight to save long-term care beds in the 1990s.

North Island College’s Alumni Association wants to introduce you to TED, a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

Comox Valley RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating three young males who violently assaulted and robbed a 20-year-old man in East Courtenay.

Jim Milina and Paul Helpard are two outstanding British Columbians, and now the title is official for the threesome from the Comox Valley.

Spring is finally here and, now, the Snowbirds are, too. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived at 19 Wing Comox Monday afternoon to prepare for the 2011 season with their annual spring training deployment.

Green Party candidate Sue Moen is challenging the candidates in the other parties to create a better atmosphere for the 2011 federal election by letting Canadians know that their candidates are capable of being positive, as well as negative.

Members of the K'ómoks First Nation have voted in favour of an agreement in principle, the fourth and most critical stage of the six-stage process as the band moves towards negotiating a final treaty.

The Village of Cumberland might allow drive-thu services in particular areas of the highway interchange — specifically areas four and five of the proposed Trilogy development — council decided by way of a 3-2 vote Monday.

Courtenay council is considering raising property tax revenue by three per cent in 2011, but the impact on residents will not be known until final assessment roll values have come in.

To give as many people a chance to comment as possible, the City of Courtenay will hold an open house on proposed bike lanes for Fitzgerald Avenue.