North Island College will welcome Frank MacDonald, an award-winning Canadian author who will read from his debut novel, A Forest for Calum, to the Comox Valley next week.

The Comox Valley Women’s Resource Centre is sponsoring an event next week to provide aspiring women entrepreneurs with the information they need to decide if self-employment is right for them.

A lawyer for a 59-year-old Courtenay resident facing 10 charges of sexual interference of a person under 16 at the Comox Valley Aquatic Centre in January entered a plea of not guilty Thursday morning.

Members of the Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association are invited to the annual general meeting this Saturday in Comox to vote for six board of director positions.

Staff members at St. Joseph's General Hospital are getting set to lace up their skates for a fundraising hockey game that supports children and families in the Comox Valley.

Let the mudslinging begin — unless a spring election can be avoided in light of the federal Conservative budget announced Tuesday. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois have all panned Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2011 budget proposal, necessitating a fifth federal election in a decade unless the minority Tories amend the document.