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Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.

Elementary and secondary teachers across the province will begin "teach-only" job action when school starts Tuesday. They will continue teaching in classrooms, but they will not perform administrative tasks such as filling out forms, collecting money and attending staff meetings, explained Steve Stanley, president of the Comox District Teachers' Association (CDTA).

The Military Police National Motorcycle Relay Ride concluded last weekend at Air Force Beach in Comox.

Bikes will be rolling in abundance along the streets of Cumberland and Courtenay Sept. 25, but not so much in Comox, as the inaugural Car Free Sunday has been cancelled in the town.

Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation and will stick to the scheduled date of May 2013 for the next B.C. election.

A work-to-rule campaign by public school teachers, set to begin on the first day of school, is only one dispute expected in education in the coming year.

With the highest amount of total valid votes cast in B.C., a majority of Comox Valley voters — like the rest of the province — rejected the controversial Harmonized Sales Tax, although by a margin of fewer than 2,000 votes.

People signed a book of condolences for the Layton family Saturday in a gathering Saturday at the Filberg Centre to honour the NDP leader.

A decorated Spitfire pilot who served during the Second World War is being remembered as a gentleman and a role model after passing away this weekend. Douglas (Duke) Warren, who flew a Spitfire fighter as part of No.165 Squadron at Dieppe with his twin brother Bruce — also nicknamed Duke — passed away Saturday in Comox at the age of 89.

Aircraft from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron were called Saturday at approximately 9 p.m. to evacuate an injured climber who had fallen down a waterfall at MacBeth Icefield north of Kootenay Lake.