Raising concerns about what could be handed down from on high if the process goes to binding arbitration, Courtenay council has endorsed the latest version of the Regional Growth Strategy.

A subdivision proposal that would impact a unique Garry oak grove behind Georges P. Vanier Secondary School could be headed back to Square One.

Calling the Fight HST movement a fight to stand up for democracy, former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm told a crowd of about 50 supporters Saturday night, 鈥淲e鈥檙e winning.

A benevolent society formed while the Elk Falls mill operated in Campbell River has donated $4,000 to the Dawn to Dawn Care-A-Van program, a mobile health-care unit that supports homeless and at-risk individuals in the Comox Valley.

Eight names will appear on the ballot sheet at Saturday鈥檚 byelection to fill a vacant seat on Comox council.

The latest figures from BC Assessment indicate the value of houses in the Comox Valley have increased over the course of the past year, the total value exceeding $5 billion. Last year was $4.975 billion.

The Comox Valley RCMP are investigating a robbery that occurred Friday at approximately 6:23 p.m., when a young male was robbed of his longboard outside the Apple Tree Grocery on Fifth Street in Courtenay.

Supporters of the campaign to recall MLA Don McRae will meet outside the Comox Post Office at noon today (Wednesday) to send their application for recall to Elections BC in Victoria.

The K鈥櫭砿oks First Nation has re-elected Chief Ernie Hardy three months before band members decide whether to send an Agreement in Principle (AIP) to the next stage of the B.C. Treaty Commission process.