The racial incident in a Courtenay parking lot in July 2009, which became an Internet viral video, has hung over the Comox Valley for 18 months.

Karen Barry will make a short presentation about the Important Bird Area (IBA) program on Wednesday at a Comox Valley Environmental Council meeting.

With more than 40 offences against him, a 43-year-old Fanny Bay resident was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 37 break-and-enters in Campbell River provincial court.

The City of Courtenay is giving residents a new opportunity to add a second residence on their property.

The lights were out, schools were closed and residents were slow to get to work Wednesday as the Comox Valley received a big blast of winter.

The fate of many Zellers stores — including the Courtenay store in the Driftwood Mall — is uncertain as major U.S. retailer Target is scheduled to move into locations across Canada.

Local residents can hear about the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s proposal to build new hospitals in the Comox Valley and Campbell River at the end of this month.

Committee members will have their work cut out choosing recipients of Comox Valley Community Awards due to the large number of nominations.

Union Bay Improvement District meetings are no longer open to the public, as announced by UBID chair Alan de Jersey following an apparently raucous board meeting last month.

Christy Clark spent five years in opposition trying to chase the NDP out of power.