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Music lovers coming in to the Comox Valley for Vancouver Island MusicFest this weekend can fuel up and get the music started as The Zocalo Café in downtown Courtenay hosts Breakfast and Blues.

Doubts linger over province's pledge to restore cut hours

WITH 190 GRADE 12 students earning their high school diplomas Wednesday night, parents, friends and guests filled the gym at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary.

Two issues — the reduction of lot size in Point Holmes and a change to permit multi-storey apartments at 1582 Balmoral Ave. — were at the forefront for many residents of Comox who voiced their concerns Tuesday at a second public hearing of the Official Community Plan. About 50 people filled the d'Esterre Seniors Centre as councillors took notes during the second meeting, which occurred because a handful of revisions were approved during the June 17 council meeting to bylaw 1684 and 1685.

They've been there before, and now they're helping younger women achieve their post-secondary education goals. Each year, the Comox Valley branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) presents $1,000 bursaries to two Comox Valley graduates who are pursuing post-secondary education, and this year, the group honoured Carly Paterson and Chelsey Olsen.

Surrounded by a large group of supporters, Premier Christy Clark reiterated her families-first platform at a rally Tuesday in Comox, following a stop promoting economic development at the new Comox Valley Discovery Centre.

Courtenay Coun. Murray Presley has been elected president of the Comox Valley Economic Development Society board.

Retired Maj.-Gen. Bob Mortimer, who was 19 Wing Commander from 1974 to 1977, signs a panoramic photograph of the CFB Comox flight line during a short ceremony at 888 (Komoks) RCAF Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada.

Powell River band Superjuice topped the Battle of the Bands last Sunday in Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay as musicians younger than 18 competed for recognition and prizes.

There will be free swimming Saturday afternoons throughout the summer at the aquatic centre thanks to a sponsorship from Canadian Western Bank.