With all the media focused around avalanche dangers on the mainland, Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue reminds people on Vancouver Island that we鈥檙e not immune.

A fundraiser Jan. 29 will benefit a dedicated contributor to the Comox Valley theatre scene who is dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

Claire Everson hopes her school can raise enough money to give at least three artists in Kingcome Inlet the tools they need to make a living.

The Comox Valley Regional District is continuing the toilet and rain barrel/cistern rebate program for 2011.

Hoping to bring their principle-based party policies to provincial government, Green Party of B.C. leader Jane Sterk rallied support Saturday afternoon during a stop in Courtenay.

Construction could begin this year on a hotel and restaurant proposed at the Comox marina, depending on the outcome of a 鈥減re-sale program鈥� the property owner intends on initiating in the spring.

The proponents of the Cumberland Green proposal want to reward people who have reached the third stage of life with an opportunity to live in an all-inclusive retirement community on the outskirts of the village.

Development rebounded in Courtenay in 2010, as the city saw building permit values rise $20 million from 2009.

Political newcomer Hugh MacKinnon outduelled two veterans by a wide margin in a byelection Saturday to become the newest Town of Comox councillor.