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The B.C. government's plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general has raised concerns in local government circles, but the minister responsible says it won't mean the province is going to start telling local councils how to tax and spend money.

Eirah Unger and Kim Tymkow will give local musicians a new place to perform and record just outside Courtenay's downtown core. Courtenay council approved a development permit with variances for Tessitura Flats, a project that features a four-storey mixed commercial and residential building at 574 Cumberland Rd. and 908 Grieve Ave. — near the school board office and fire hall — last week.

The first new subdivision proposed for the South Courtenay Local Area Plan area between Courtenay and Royston inched closer to reality last week. Buckstone Investments Ltd. is proposing a 300-unit residential development called The Ridge on 73 acres of land bound by Fraser Road, Buckstone Road and Comox Logging Road in South Courtenay.

Organizers of the third annual Cumberland Motorcycle Roundup expected more entries than 165 bikes they had last year. But more than 400?

Dolly Smith lives with pain. The Cumberland resident, who suffers from a number of afflictions, finds she hurts herself fairly frequently because she is "clumsy."

A woman who spent four years at 19 Wing Comox will become the first non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces to take the Aerospace Systems Course. Master Warrant Officer Miina Piir recently moved from Courtenay to Winnipeg to begin training.

The public is encouraged to attend the Ceremony of the Flags celebration Wednesday, Aug. 10 at Village Park in Cumberland.

Don McClellan is "nervous but excited" about hosting The Big Time Out at Ash Berry Farm, which he and wife Louisa operate in Royston immediately adjacent to the Cumberland boundary.

After being in the works for nearly two years, the Islands Trust — Hornby Island Local Trust Committee approved a rezoning bylaw last week for a 15-unit condominium to proceed on the Island to the development permit phase.

The electors should get a chance to decide. That's Courtenay council's view on the Comox Valley United Soccer Club (CVUSC)'s project to build artificial turf fields at Valley View Park.