Previous articles about the Economic Development Society
How municipal stormwater practices kill our urban streams: read the whole series
Sexual health education: why your children need to know
Relationship issues still plague Economic Development Society in some Comox Valley sectors
Five years after its last regional district performance review, CVEDS still struggles to bolster its reputation among some sectors of the community, and for a variety of issues. Has an ingrained animosity developed?
Relationship issues still plague Economic Development Society in some Comox Valley sectors
Five years after its last regional district performance review, CVEDS still struggles to bolster its reputation among some sectors of the community, and for a variety of issues. Has an ingrained animosity developed?
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Open letter to Byron Horner, climate change questions he would have asked
An open letter to Conservative Byron Horner, who skipped a candidates forum on climate change
The Week: Island Health takeover for public safety, and Horner’s negative campaign
Island Health was right to take control of Comox Valley Seniors Village, and Retirement Concepts justification for staff shortages doesn’t hold up
Good Neighbor Agreement could help resolve sewage plant problems
Curtis Road residents have tried protests and lawsuits to eliminate the problem of noxious odours from the Courtenay-Comox sewage treatment plant. Now, they’re trying a collaborative Good Neighbor Agreement
Candidates to speak at 4th Person’s Day Lunch on Oct. 18
Federal election candidates will answer questions at the 4th annual Persons Day lunch on Oct. 18 at the Best Western Westerly Hotel celebrating three milestones in the journey to equity for Canadian women
Courtenay-Alberni candidates address climate crisis in forum
At the only federal election forum in the Courtenay-Alberni riding focused strictly on the climate crisis, four of the five candidates showed up and answered questions from a panel of four and an audience of about 300 voters
Neither private or public, Economic Development Society provides limited financial information
Comox Valley taxpayers and elected officials have limited metrics and financial information to assess whether their $1.2 million-plus investment in the Economic Development Society provides a good return
Island Health takes control of Comox Valley Seniors Village to ensure residents safety
It took a five-month letter-writing campaign, but Island Health announced Sept. 30 that it would take immediate administrative control of the Comox Valley Seniors Village
Why parents worry: sexting, porn, abuse and no education when it’s most relevant
Sexual health education has become an important topic in District 71 and around the province because social media and access to online pornography have created a crisis of sexual issues in our schools
FEATURE
Why parents worry: sexting, porn, abuse and no education when it’s most relevant
Sexual health education has become an important topic in District 71 and around the province because social media and access to online pornography have created a crisis of sexual issues in our schools
HEALTH
Island Health takes control of Comox Valley Seniors Village to ensure residents safety
It took a five-month letter-writing campaign, but Island Health announced Sept. 30 that it would take immediate administrative control of the Comox Valley Seniors Village
Island Health takes control of Comox Valley Seniors Village to ensure residents safety
It took a five-month letter-writing campaign, but Island Health announced Sept. 30 that it would take immediate administrative control of the Comox Valley Seniors Village
Tell us your story! New health care advocacy group asks public for help
A new advocacy group, called Seniors Voices Comox Valley, wants to hear the stories of people who have personal experience with health care, including home care, residential care and respite care.
Violations spark demand for Seniors Village takeover
After three residents died as an indirect result of a norovirus outbreak at Comox Valley Seniors Village earlier this year, a group of family members of the facility’s residents demanded an investigation and better oversight of the facility by Island Health
Ministry continues Liberals’ privatization of health care
George Le Masurier photo By Barbara Biley work for Island Health as a medical transcriptionist at the Comox Valley Hospital.On Jan. 30, all the VIHA medical transcriptionists, in Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay and...
OPINION
The Week: Island Health takeover for public safety, and Horner’s negative campaign
Island Health was right to take control of Comox Valley Seniors Village, and Retirement Concepts justification for staff shortages doesn’t hold up
The Week: Island Health takeover for public safety, and Horner’s negative campaign
Island Health was right to take control of Comox Valley Seniors Village, and Retirement Concepts justification for staff shortages doesn’t hold up
The Week: CVRD pledges $750,000 to watershed; trouble in the town
CVRD’s contribution to the potential purchase of another 226 acres of riparian areas around Perseverance Creek is a good step toward protection of the Comox Valley drinking water supply
Why did Comox boot its CAO? No shortage of speculation around town
The Town of Comox booted its chief administrative officer, Richard Kanigan, this week. Why? Councillors aren’t saying, so people are floating their own theories
The Week: Courtenay Liberals without candidate days into the Oct. 21 federal election
Three days into the federal election campaign and the Liberal Party in the Courtenay-Alberni riding still have not chosen a candidate
ENVIRONMENT
Comox Valley climate strike draws thousands to Courtenay march
Comox Valley residents joined millions of people marching worldwide on Sept. 27 demanding that governments step-up their efforts to tackle the climate emergency
Comox Valley climate strike draws thousands to Courtenay march
Comox Valley residents joined millions of people marching worldwide on Sept. 27 demanding that governments step-up their efforts to tackle the climate emergency
Who’s monitoring water quality at Island beaches?
The Vancouver Island Health Authority announced last month that it planned to drop a public health responsibility and dump it onto BC municipalities, but it apparently forgot to inform municipal officials
Comox passes $250,000 lawsuit over to global insurance firm
The Town of Comox has handed off Norine and Ken McDonald’s $250,000 lawsuit to one of the world’s largest independent providers of claims management solutions, Crawford and Company
From the Sentinel: How the small village of Cumberland returned a forest to the people
The Cumberland Community Forest Society (CCFS) has been purchasing and protecting privately owned forests scheduled for logging near the Village of Cumberland since 2000
CULTURE
Harley-riding Hamilton Mack Laing fills the hall after 104 years
Comox legendary naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing’s account of his motorcycle ride from New York to the San Francisco World Exhibition of 1915 is now available in a new edition of his memoir
Harley-riding Hamilton Mack Laing fills the hall after 104 years
Comox legendary naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing’s account of his motorcycle ride from New York to the San Francisco World Exhibition of 1915 is now available in a new edition of his memoir
Dancing in Gumboots: Comox Valley stories of cultural shift
Comox Valley anthologist Jane Wilde pulls together 32 stories of women who moved to the Comox Valley between 1970 and 1975 and broke down gender barriers, and built lives based on self-confidence and self-reliance
The Decafnation lists its favorite books read in 2018
Each year on Jan. 1, Decafnation presents its annual collective book report. Thanks to everyone who took the time to share micro-reviews of books they enjoyed in last year.
The meaning of Guernica explained in a subway
Baffled by the imagery of Guernica? An art critic explains Picasso’s famous anti-war painting to random people in a New York subway.