The provincial government is projecting that Vancouver Island will need 6,850 skilled carpenters and cabinetmakers by 2019. And North Island College (NIC) is in a position to help meet that demand with its brand-new Trades Training Centre at the Comox Valley campus.

Angry fishermen rallied Monday outside the Courtenay office of Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan, in response to the allowable catch for halibut recently announced by the department of Fisheries and Oceans. Their message was two-fold: the 88/12 per cent halibut allocation is a joke and they will never buy quota off the commercial sector.

A Comox woman who lived with cancer for a year after the radiologist reading her mammogram said she was cancer-free is hoping the provincial investigation into CT scans will include mammograms as well. Florence Smith of Comox was misdiagnosed in 2004 after a mammogram at St. Joseph's Hospital in Comox.

It's all in Ottawa's hands now. L'Arche Comox Valley has submitted a grant to the federal government, which it hopes will help create more housing and more economic opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

NDP leadership candidate Adrian Dix wants to tax financial institutions in B.C. and use part of the proceeds to restore a grant program for post-secondary students.

The Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) in Merville is concerned about the welfare of eagles in the Comox Valley and Campbell River due to a poor salmon run last season.

Over nine nights of service during the Christmas season, Operation Red Nose volunteers provided 196 rides to 446 people. But maintaining the demand for service will not be possible without additional support and sponsorship from the community.

A financial adviser who has lived in the Comox Valley for more than 30 years has stepped into a leadership role with the airport commission. The Comox Valley Airport Commission (CVAC) announced the appointment of director Brad Minton to the position of vice-chair on the commission's board of directors Friday.