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About 90 cyclists embarked Friday on the fourth annual Boomer鈥檚 Ride, a two-day, 240-kilometre journey from Courtenay to Victoria. The ride honours Andrew (Boomer) Eykelenboom, a Comox soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2006.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond's pleas to celebrate responsibly went out the window along with the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes Wednesday night, leaving the city and the province to clean up and assess their crowd control strategy.

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Solicitor General Shirley Bond's pre-game pleas to celebrate responsibly went out the window along with the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes Wednesday night, leaving the city and the province to clean up and assess their crowd control strategy.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority鈥檚 Mental Health and Addictions program last week issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking a proponent to provide existing or purpose-built residential space to accommodate 10-25 intensive supportive housing units for the Comox Valley.

Canada Post said it had to act, Ottawa mulls legislation

NDP leader Adrian Dix brought his party's anti-harmonized sales tax campaign to the Zocalo Cafe in Courtenay Monday, calling for a yes vote in the referendum to scrap the B.C. Liberals' HST.

Its clientele represents about 18 per cent of the local population, and statistics indicate the number of people served by the Comox Valley Food Bank will continue to increase with each passing year.

A new air quality monitoring station is giving families in the Comox Valley access to real-time information to help them protect their health on low air quality days, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced today as part of Canadian Environment Week (June 5-11) celebrations.

The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and CUPE 556, the union local representing about 70 employees, have agreed on a new, four-year collective agreement.