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After five years of fundraising and getting permits, the Denman Island Community Dock officially opened last Saturday afternoon.

On Aug. 16 at around 7:51 p.m. a complaint of mischief was received from a resident in the 2000 block of 13th St., Courtenay. The resident reports that two young males slashed the tires on a Green Ford Ranger pickup truck parked at that location.

Cathy Snyder is going bald in a couple of weeks. But unlike her friends who are undergoing cancer treatment and her mother who lost her battle against the disease, Snyder is losing her hair by choice.

A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was called to evacuate an injured patroller of the Ditidaht First Nation on the West Coast Trail Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 2 p.m., Parks Canada requested assistance to evacuate an injured trail patroller who had fallen in a remote portion of the West Coast Trail, north of the Nitinat Narrows.

Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black is resigning his seat to take a new job as CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Premier Christy Clark said she is "delighted and saddened" to see the MLA who succeeded her as Port Moody-area MLA leave politics.

Cohen inquiry hears conflicting evidence on potential role of salmon farms

Plans for a 128-unit residential development in the Lambert Drive and Arden Road area are moving ahead. Courtenay council adopted the Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning amendment bylaws, which allow 128 homes at the end of Lambert Drive, fronting onto Arden Road, last week.

The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is asking users of Comox Lake to exercise extreme caution during the installation of a 1.5-kilometre water line from Aug. 23 until this Friday, weather permitting.

鈥� Report of a break, enter and theft was reported Aug. 9 by a resident on the 4300 block of Marsden Road in Courtenay. The thief entered the house and stole a small quantity of jewelry and a dog. The dog was later located at the thief's house and charges are pending.

Two years of spearheading the local movement to end the hated HST led Kathryn Askew to a personal conclusion. 鈥淲e have had really arrogant, dishonest government in the Liberals and it has to end,鈥� she says. 鈥淥ffering my time and energy to the NDP as a nominee for MLA is the most effective thing I can do to make that happen.