The recreational halibut fishery opens March 1, allowing anglers to catch one halibut per day and have two in their possession. The commercial fishery begins on March 12. Landing prices have not yet been negotiated.

The Isfeld Ice junior boys basketball team played solidly this past weekend at the North Island playoffs in Parksville and qualified for the Island championships this weekend (Feb. 17-19) in Victoria.

Steve Hextall and Ross McLean ran rampant Sunday, each scoring hat tricks as the Comox Valley Kickers men’s rugby club throttled Powell River Otago 52-0 at Cumberland’s Village Park.

The Comox Valley Evolution U18 girls’ rep soccer team were gearing up for their cup playdowns when they travelled to Port Alberni for a match on Sunday, Feb. 13.

Their home ice dates for the first round of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoffs have been confirmed.

The sixth annual Lucasi Hybrid 2011 British Columbia 8-Ball Championships, presented by the Canadian Cue Sport Association (CCSA), were held Feb. 2-6 at the beautiful Lakeside Resort Hotel & Casino in Penticton.

The Comox Valley Wild Lacrosse Association will be starting practices in gymnasiums on Feb. 21.

There was plenty of thunder in the Thunderbird Hall on Saturday during King of the Rock I, a full night of amateur mixed martial arts in Campbell River.

No group of outdoor people follow weather patterns more seriously than those who fish our coastal waters during the winter months. The two major forces in the life of these anglers are tides and weather. They have a direct effect on when and where we go fishing.

The North Island Wild Ravens U14 field lacrosse team captured the Island championship at a Feb. 12 tournament at the University of Victoria turf fields.