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Family and loved ones of Comox Valley woman Sharon Youngman will hold a silent auction this week to raise money toward treatment for multiple sclerosis.

I checked in at 7:45 a.m., but by that time the air cadets at CFB Comox had breakfasted and started their daily ground schooling session.

Dustin Bentall joins his father Barney on the Filberg Festival stage.

When the Elk Falls pulp mill in Campbell River closed, money collected by employees through a benevolent fund was distributed to various charities in the Comox Valley and Campbell River. One of those was the St. Joseph's General Hospital Foundation.

When Alex Carey plays video games, he often wonders about the people behind them and how they came up with their ideas. This week, he'll get a chance to find out.

The Quality Foods Spectacular Festival of Lights ended the annual Nautical Days festival in Comox on Monday night as usual.

B.C. recorded a slight net loss of people migrating to other provinces in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary data compiled by Statistics Canada.

The Glacier View Lodge board is welcoming three new members for the coming year. Following its annual general meeting of July 14 — at which it reported on a successful year, including full accreditation — Glacier View Lodge is announcing several changes to the makeup of its board and executive.

Susan Armstrong is the new program co-ordinator of the Comox Valley Senior Peer Counselling Society. "Susan comes to us with much experience and skill and an abundance of energy, ideas and enthusiasm that will help this society and its programs grow to meet the needs of a growing community," the society says in a news release. "We are seniors helping seniors as they cope with the challenges that advancing years can bring."

The Village of Cumberland will hold a special meeting Tuesday, Aug. 2 to "review and reconsider (the) Big Time Out application," says a notice posted on the community's official website. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m., acting corporate officer M. Mason said in the notice.