Comox Valley RCMP have confirmed that a man in his twenties was seriously injured during an assault April 2 while walking with three friends after leaving a bar in Cumberland.

Peace begins at home. It's a message that community leaders from across the Comox Valley hope will be embraced in the next month during the inaugural Comox Valley Purple Ribbon Campaign, which urges residents to take a stand against domestic violence.

If they can bring their 24-acre property into the city of Courtenay, the Foundation Capital real estate syndication corporation hopes to create a large condominium and single-family development near the Little River ferry terminal.

Courtenay council is taking some of the tax burden off business property owners in the city. Councillors voted Wednesday to move the commercial multiplier — the factor by which the commercial class tax rate is greater than the residential class rate — down from 3.1 to 2.9, which shifts the tax burden toward residential.

Comox Valley RCMP says they became aware this week of a complex employment fraud being perpetrated locally. It appears that several other island communities have been exposed to the scam as well, Const. Dean Biollo added in a news release.

Comox Valley or Coal Valley? The Comox Valley is facing a decision point about what kind of community it wants to become, and the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition is concerned that not enough people are aware of the big choice facing the Valley.

The idea of raising backyard chickens isn't going to fly in Courtenay.

A man's best friend in need is a man's best friend indeed. That is why an appeal has gone out to help the owner of a Boston terrier puppy pay off expenses she incurred after her one-year-old pet Guss was struck by a vehicle.

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.