News

Teresia Louden of Comox Valley Aboriginal Head Start has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence as part of the 2010–11 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education, MP John Duncan announced Wednesday.

Actually, we have no idea what this guy's name is, but — like the Where's Waldo phenomenon — it's fun to try to spot him in his leafy hiding place.

Despite her limited swimming skills, Nicole Hall put her life on the line in the summer of 2009 when she jumped into the water to assist a teenager who was in distress and who ultimately drowned while scuba diving in the Little River area.

Courtenay activist Tarah Millen is about to spend months following her passion to save dolphins and whales from slaughter in Japan and Antarctica.

Emma Dubé was pretty surprised when she got a phone call from her former principal recently. Luckily, Wayne Friesen had good news: the 17-year-old from Comox is Highland Secondary School's Governor-General's Academic Medal winner as the school's top graduating student.

Comox Valley RCMP are asking the public for help in identifying a man suspected of possessing counterfeit money.

Coun. Tom Grant in the Town of Comox will seek re-election to council in November.

City of Courtenay staff will start looking into the feasibility of building a pedestrian/cycling bridge over the Courtenay River at Sixth Street.

Filling it to capacity, James Denton's family and friends packed a Courtenay courtroom Thursday morning to hear the charge for the 16-year-old suspect accused of his death has been changed to second-degree murder.

Coun. Russ Arnott is running for a second term on Comox council.