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Trying to maintain market share in rapidly evolving gambling business, B.C. Lottery Corporation is looking at expanding its online games and tickets to mobile phones and tablets.

Kaitlyn Henderson has just graduated and started the Satori Lifestyle Resources program for adults with disabilities. It should be an exciting time in her life. Instead, the 19-year-old is stuck at home and can't access the program.

With what his father calls only "one per cent of James' friends" converging on the front lawn of the Courtenay courthouse Thursday morning, supporters rallied for justice for James Denton. The 19-year-old died after he was stabbed late Saturday night near G.P. Vanier Secondary School.

Cynthia Fitton, secretary of the LUSH Valley Food Action Society, spread awareness and sold Season Upon Season cookbooks at the Rhythm on the Rock music festival last weekend.

The retrofit of the St. Joseph's General Hospital helipad has reached substantial completion. It now awaits final recertification from Transport Canada and the completion of the retrofit of helicopters recently purchased by government.

Sitting in the middle of the Wednesday farmers' market at Comox Bay Farm and eating food prepared with ingredients from the producers whose stalls surrounded them, local politicians and businesspeople learned more about the Comox Valley Farmers' Market.

With the 29th annual Filberg Festival and the 53rd annual Nautical Days, Comox will be a busy place this weekend.

Where journeys begin. It's the new tagline for the Comox Valley Airport, which was unveiled last Thursday during a presentation on the airport's new brand. The new tagline and a new logo were presented during the Comox Valley Airport Commission (CVAC)'s annual public meeting.

Chairs of nine coastal regional districts met last week in Powell River with Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, to discuss BC Ferry Corporation fare increases. They also called for a major revision of the 台湾MM裸聊室 Ferry Act.

The Town of Comox and electoral areas B (Lazo North) and C (Puntledge-Black Creek) support a referendum for a bylaw that, if supported, would increase taxes to pay for a pair of lit artificial turf fields at Valley View Park, as proposed by the Comox Valley United Soccer Club.