The snow is falling … but it won’t last
Snow starting falling in the Comox Valley today, and forecasters expect between 5 cm to 20 cm to fall throughout the day. But enjoy the snow while it’s here. It will start raining overnight, and probably be gone by Wednesday morning.
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Comox Cannabis Innovation Centre construction underway
Prefabricated walls for the greenhouses and laboratories at the Cannabis Innovation Centre in Comox are being installed this week. The centre plans to open this summer.
Rural Comox residents want less odour, more compensation
Curtis Road residents have asked the Courtenay-Comox Sewer Commission to reassess its plan for future odour controls and the need for a second equalization basin. They also want Host Community Compensation
Island and BC coastal communities say “ban groundwater licenses”
Bruce and Nicole Gibbons, photograph from their Facebook page By George Le Masurier epresentatives of 53 municipalities on Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast have endorsed a Comox Valley initiative for the...
Comox Valley man working AVICC to ban groundwater extraction
Vancouver Island Groundwater Rights Update Water rights advocate Bruce Gibbons is on a mission to end licensing of groundwater extraction for bottled water on Vancouver Island. And if that goes well, for all of BC
The Week: North Island health care privatization marches on
Good morning, it’s a great day in the Comox Valley. Let’s praise the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital Board for finally standing up to Island Health’s steady march toward privatization of health care
Three new sewage conveyance routes short-listed for study by joint advisory committee
Less than a year after the Comox-Courtenay Sewer Commission abandoned its patchwork plan to prevent leakage from large pipes that run through the K’omoks estuary and along Point Holmes beaches, a new, comprehensive Liquid Waste Management Plan is emerging that considers climate change and moves the entire conveyance system onto an overland route.
Hear Jane Philpott interview on CBC radio
FromWikipedia By George Le Masurier ane Philpott, who was expelled from the federal Liberal Paty caucus this week, along with Jody Wilson-Raybould, spoke about the affair on CBC Radio this Morning. Asked by Anna...
The Week: bizarre backstory; great news on sewage planning
Good morning. We’re writing about the tragic backstory of a water valve, the state of happiness in Comox, new (and thankfully) long-term sewerage plans and the strength of women like Jody Wilson-Raybould speaking truth to power
Council vote sends Mack Laing Trust issue back to court
Comox Town Council voted 5-2 this week to continue designing a viewing platform to replace naturalist Mack Laing’s heritage home, rejecting any other proposals for the property, as it prepares to head back to the BC Supreme Court.
Comox Valley hears “Voices from the Sacrifice Zone’
By Gavin MacRae was a long rap sheet, but speakers from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment detailed the dangers of fracking to people in the Peace region of BC, this Sunday at the Florence Filberg...