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Project Watershed needs your help to acquire and restore sawmill site
Paul Horgen, pictured above, chair of the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society board, asks for your help to purchase and preserve the old Field’s Sawmill site, known as the Kus-kus-sum project.
read moreImagine a sewer pump station with a homey feel
What would the City of Courtenay and the Town of Comox do if they didn't have a convenient ocean to dump their contaminated sewage into? Imagine, a homey feel at the Courtenay Air Park Treatment Plant (CAPTP). A place suitable to host wedding receptions and city...
read moreDoctors link flu outbreak to sewage leaks in estuary
Re: Current outbreak of flu potentially linked to leaky force mains in estuary News Reports in the Vancouver Island media suggest a serious stomach flu this winter caused by the norovirus has been linked to eating raw or poorly cooked oysters. Oysters are one of the...
read moreShakesides adviser releases letter sent to Mayor Ives
May 4, 2016 Town of Comox Office of the Mayor 1809 Beaufort Avenue Comox, B.C., V9M 1R9 Attention Paul Ives, Q.C. Dear Sir, Re: Mack Laing Nature House Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference (TOR) As our Committee rather abruptly concluded its meetings on Friday and...
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