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A flock of fast-fingered fiddlers filled the Cumberland Cultural Centre earlier this month and showcased their best jigs, waltzes and reels.

The Comox Valley 30-Day Local Food Challenge has a weekend of date night goodness all set up for you.

At the end of a morning filled with caffeine and camaraderie, Roy Minett from White Caps Cappuccino was crowned top barista in the first Comox Valley Barista Challenge.

The ball started rolling last May when Phil Maund, principal at Cumberland Junior Secondary, asked band teacher Joanne Hawthorn to arrange something for this year's Empire Days parade in the small Comox Valley community.

The Comox Valley's Flying Dragons finished third in the Gold Division at the Port Alberni Sproat Lake women's dragon boat regatta recently.

With its black sheen, gold lettering and state-of-the-art tools, the newest addition to the Comox Fire Department carries more than just firefighting equipment. It now carries the name of former fire chief Frank Grogan, who presided over the department for 12 years.

MaKayla Laszlo, 9, and BC Hydro outreach representative Sam Reid check out how to reduce the energy use of a clothes dryer at the Fresh Air Cinema on Sunday evening in Lewis Park.

Cpl. Andrew (Boomer) Eykelenboom and other fallen Canadian soldiers will be honoured Sunday when the Portraits of Honour National Tour comes to Comox.

Breaching contract would be wrong, expensive: Lekstrom

Surrounded by friends, colleagues and family, writer Jack Hodgins officially received his permanent place in the Comox Valley — in front of none other than a bookstore. During an hour-long ceremony which began at the Sid Williams Theatre Friday, Hodgins was welcomed as the latest addition to the Comox Valley Walk of Achievement.