Courtenay resident Tarah Millen had not been in Japan for very long when she found herself in the midst of a massive tsunami.

Brad Minton is the new chair of the Comox Valley Airport Commission.

As of Friday, St. Joseph's General Hospital and the Vancouver Island Health Authority have found 24 "significant discrepancies" in the 1,313 CT scans reviewed so far.

Former Comox Valley MLA and cabinet minister Evelyn Gillespie and labour leader Anne Davis declared their support Monday for Adrian Dix as the next leader of the B.C. NDP.

Friday's devastating earthquake in Japan served as a reminder of what could happen in the Comox Valley when and if a big one strikes Vancouver Island.

The mid-mountain snowbase at Mount Washington Alpine Resort had nearly reached the seven-metre mark by Tuesday morning, thanks to 95 cm of snow in the previous 48 hours.

In the fall of 2009 I was sitting on the veranda outside the Old Archers Cabin at the Courtenay District Fish and Game archery range wondering who would have built the extremely large arrow sitting by the side of the range. I got to wondering how big a bow would have to be to shoot that arrow. After measuring the arrow, I determined that a bow approximately 70 feet long should do the trick.