Economic Development Society: hidden finances, failed relationships. Read the series
How municipal stormwater practices kill our urban streams: read the whole series
Sexual Health Education: Why your children need to know. Read the series
Survey finds Areas A-B happy with regional board, directors, little interest in schools
Comox Valley regional directors in Areas A and B should address the affordable housing crisis as their top priority over the next year and a half, according to a local government performance review conducted by Decafnation. In Area C, the top issue is protecting the Regional Growth Strategy
Survey finds Areas A-B happy with regional board, directors, little interest in schools
Comox Valley regional directors in Areas A and B should address the affordable housing crisis as their top priority over the next year and a half, according to a local government performance review conducted by Decafnation. In Area C, the top issue is protecting the Regional Growth Strategy
LATEST NEWS
The Week: The heart of our survey is in the comments, not the hard numerical data
Decafnation’s Local Government Performance Review was designed to shed light on why people felt a certain way rather than predict some outcome through statistics.
Free webinar lectures on herring and the protection of natural shorelines in the Salish Sea
Comox Valley Nature present free webinar lecture on the importance of herring to the Salish Sea ecosystem and the effects of hard shoring our coastline
The Week: How sorry are you for people pleading “trapped” in Arizona or Mexico?
Local elections are not that far away; don’t feel sorry for people who travelled out of country; and, based on Alberta’s level of thinking, the human race is doomed
CV Regional District adopts a statement of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
The Comox Valley Regional District has formally recognized its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in a statement adopted by the board last week
Courtenay says it’s satisfied with City Council, different story in Comox, survey finds
Comox Valley elected officials should address the affordable housing crisis as their top priority over the next year and a half preceding the 2022 municipal elections, according to a local government performance review conducted by Decafnation
Early-onset dementia, a heart-rendering disease that took Dales Judd in his prime
Because early-onset dementia afflicts people in their 50s, the symptoms are often misunderstood as a normal part of ageing, like needing glasses to read. But the disease progresses quickly, taking its victims in increments and leaving loved ones in a stressful caregiver role
Wildwood: A community model for creating jobs and revenue within ecological parameters
A small charitable society has restored a heritage home and property with the help of local government into a self-sustaining and job-creating destination for people from all over the world. It’s a possible model for Mack Laing’s property and home
Local governments start their 2021 budgets; who is the CVs highest-paid official?
Decafnation volunteers have compiled key financial information from Comox Valley local government reporting. Are tax increases, policing costs and accumulated surpluses in line with other communities?
The Week: Take our local government survey!
Are you satisfied with the performance of your Comox Valley elected officials? In 20 months and three weeks, voters will go to the polls again. So we’re curious how Decafnation readers feel about their councillors, mayors, directors and school trustees halfway through their current terms in office
Another environmental dilemma: Do biosolids pose a public health risk?
Comox Valley electoral area directors told land applications of biosolids pose a danger to humans and a legal risk for the regional district, but the CVRD has invested heavily to produce a more highly treated Class A composting product
FEATURE
Contemplation in action — a friend remembers Father Charles Brandt
A reflection on Father Charles Brandt by Bruce Witzel, chair of the Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society
HEALTH
Early-onset dementia, a heart-rendering disease that took Dales Judd in his prime
Because early-onset dementia afflicts people in their 50s, the symptoms are often misunderstood as a normal part of ageing, like needing glasses to read. But the disease progresses quickly, taking its victims in increments and leaving loved ones in a stressful caregiver role
Early-onset dementia, a heart-rendering disease that took Dales Judd in his prime
Because early-onset dementia afflicts people in their 50s, the symptoms are often misunderstood as a normal part of ageing, like needing glasses to read. But the disease progresses quickly, taking its victims in increments and leaving loved ones in a stressful caregiver role
Let’s vaccinate the whole world against the COVID-19 virus as we did with polio
Let’s vaccinate the world against the COVID-19 virus as we did with polio
Seniors advocates call for longer and more frequent visits to care homes
As seniors struggle with loneliness after nine months of COVID-related restrictions on visitation at most care homes, North Islanders told that Canada needs a National Seniors Strategy
Shirley and Paul Brown share how the CRH pathologist shortage impacted their lives
Shirley and Dr. Paul Brown share their story about how the shortage of pathologist services at Campbell River Hospital delayed a cancer diagnosis, causing unnecessary anxiety and altering the medical treatment plan
OPINION
The Week: The heart of our survey is in the comments, not the hard numerical data
Decafnation’s Local Government Performance Review was designed to shed light on why people felt a certain way rather than predict some outcome through statistics.
The Week: The heart of our survey is in the comments, not the hard numerical data
Decafnation’s Local Government Performance Review was designed to shed light on why people felt a certain way rather than predict some outcome through statistics.
The Week: How sorry are you for people pleading “trapped” in Arizona or Mexico?
Local elections are not that far away; don’t feel sorry for people who travelled out of country; and, based on Alberta’s level of thinking, the human race is doomed
The Week: We focus on how our money is spent and Wildwood: a model for Shakesides
A new study shows that when newspapers close and nobody is watching, the cost of government rises. That’s one reason why Decafnation shines its light on local governments
The Week: Take our local government survey!
Are you satisfied with the performance of your Comox Valley elected officials? In 20 months and three weeks, voters will go to the polls again. So we’re curious how Decafnation readers feel about their councillors, mayors, directors and school trustees halfway through their current terms in office
ENVIRONMENT
Free webinar lectures on herring and the protection of natural shorelines in the Salish Sea
Comox Valley Nature present free webinar lecture on the importance of herring to the Salish Sea ecosystem and the effects of hard shoring our coastline
Free webinar lectures on herring and the protection of natural shorelines in the Salish Sea
Comox Valley Nature present free webinar lecture on the importance of herring to the Salish Sea ecosystem and the effects of hard shoring our coastline
Did you know: We drink Canadian beer out of American cans, where’s the logic in that?
During the recent aluminium tariff “trade war” between the US and Canada, the lowly beer can became a sign of the entire debacle. It began on August 6 when the US announced a ten per cent tariff on aluminium from Canada.
Wildwood: A community model for creating jobs and revenue within ecological parameters
A small charitable society has restored a heritage home and property with the help of local government into a self-sustaining and job-creating destination for people from all over the world. It’s a possible model for Mack Laing’s property and home
Another environmental dilemma: Do biosolids pose a public health risk?
Comox Valley electoral area directors told land applications of biosolids pose a danger to humans and a legal risk for the regional district, but the CVRD has invested heavily to produce a more highly treated Class A composting product
POLITICS
Rob Thompson: SD 71 trustee candidate looks at the future of education post-pandemic
Comox Valley Area C voters will elect a new school trustee in a Dec. 12 byelection. Rob Thompson is one of the six candidates.
Rob Thompson: SD 71 trustee candidate looks at the future of education post-pandemic
Comox Valley Area C voters will elect a new school trustee in a Dec. 12 byelection. Rob Thompson is one of the six candidates.
NDP’s Ronna-Rae Leonard: voters given chance to choose long-term stability
Courtenay-Comox riding incumbent MLA Ronna-Rae Leonard of the NDP seeks her second term in the BC Legislature with no apologies for calling a snap election
BC Liberals Brennan Day: economic recovery calls for bold ideas and actions
BC Liberal Party nominee Brennan Day may be the youngest candidate in the Courtenay-Como riding, but he has 15 years of oil and gas industry and business management experience to get the economy moving again
Greens Gillian Anderson: stop fossil fuel subsidies, only public long-term care beds
Former long-time NDP supporter Gillian Anderson is running for the BC Green Party because she could not endorse Premier John Horgan’s broken promises on environmental issues
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