Weed, pot, grass, herb or bud — no matter what the name, Ernie Yacub is passionate about the medicinal value of marijuana, despite facing charges following a recent raid by RCMP at the North Island Compassion Club. "The people in need are deemed to be criminals. The penalties are quite draconian," said Yacub during a press conference Tuesday at the Inspace Gallery in Cumberland. "Marijuana is a medicine. We were the only pharmacy in town."

Veterans in the Comox Valley will now have access to Veterans Affairs Canada staff right in their own community.

Comox Valley RCMP are warning about door to door solicitation targetting seniors. Recently a few companies have been canvassing door to door conducting air-quality surveys and using unscrupulous tactics, which lead to aggressive vacuum sales, police said Thursday.

After two months of exciting and challenging work, including many late nights in the final two weeks, a group calling itself the Comox Valley Challenge entered the Living City Design Competition.

The Comox Valley may be cold, but it's a dry cold, right? As residents continue to pile on sweaters, the end of the most recent cold snap to hit the area may be in sight, but first the temperatures may get worse before they get better.

About 40 dead and hazardous trees will be felled along the Don Apps and Horse Bike trails to ensure worker safety during site remediation in Seal Bay Park during the last week of February.

Feb. 23 marked the 106th anniversary of Rotary International. With more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide, Rotary Club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

The owners of the Driftwood Mall have taken another step forward as they try to court a liquor store. Bentall Kennedy, which owns the Driftwood Mall, has applied to change Courtenay's zoning bylaw to allow a liquor store on the property.

The health authority has begun re-reading more than 2,700 CT scans, as the work of a radiologist who has been at St. Joseph's General Hospital for more than 30 years is being investigated. The initial review, which began this weekend, impacts 2,723 CT scans involving 2,490 patients, according to a news release from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA).