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The Cumberland Museum and Archives is presenting its 26th annual Miners Memorial event June 23-25, and community members far and wide are invited to come and be a part of the annual Cumberland Museum tradition.

Dunsmuir Avenue will be closed from 7:30-11 a.m. at First to Second Street and from 9-10 a.m. at Second to Fourth Street on July 3 to accommodate the BC Bike Race, as approved Monday by Cumberland council.

Comox Valley RCMP along with conservation officers and locally contracted cougar hounds have been kept busy the past couple of weeks with several cougar sightings.

No changes to the HST referendum timetable are being contemplated despite the postal lockout.

The Comox Recreation Commission is seeking proposals for youth outreach programs encompassing sport, culture or the arts.

The market will now decide how many slot machines there will be at Chances Courtenay. Courtenay council adopted a bylaw removing the restriction on the number of slot machines at the community gaming centre Monday.

Trilogy Group president/CEO John Evans launched CAYET — a 715-acre mixed-use development at the junction of the Inland Island Highway and the Comox Valley Parkway — Tuesday.

Hoping to put the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association more on council's radar, new president Mark Middleton is encouraging more lines of communication with Courtenay councillors.

Valleylinks is offering free Wednesday afternoon computer training sessions in Courtenay.

Comox Valley RCMP and the Courtenay Fire Department were busy Wednesday night in Courtenay dealing with numerous dumpster fires and other acts of vandalism, following the Vancouver Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup final.