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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Cannabis breeding and genetics centre creates three new strains for Aurora Cannabis
The Cannabis Innovation Centre in Comox, founded by Vanier grad Jon Page and now called Aurora Coast, has produced its first new strains of cannabis and will release them to consumers later this month
Campbell River Environmental Committee lists its current top priorities
The Campbell River Environmental Committee has kept North Island residents aware of environmental risks and promoted awareness of potential concerns to help government and industry make informed decisions
Our Earth Day announcement: forgoing journalism to spend more time with family, nature
Millions of people concerned about our planet launched Earth Day 51 years ago when environmentalism was about a cleaner world, not the matter of human survival that it is today. But has anything really changed? For Decafnation, Earth Day 2021 marks the start of a new direction.
Comox Valley social activist Wayne Bradley dies after short battle with cancer
Well-known community activist Wayne Bradley suffered a short battle with cancer.
BC forest march: Tell Premier Horgan to implement Old-Growth Review Panel advice
Premier John Horgan should keep his promise to implement the recommendation of the Old-Growth Review Panel and place a moratorium on logging old-growth trees in British Columbia, say participants in the BC Forest March
Blowing smoke: Campaign to overturn wood stove bylaws called misleading, ineffective
The woodstove industry has launched a campaign to overturn restrictive bylaws in the Comox Valley, but local government leaders say they are unmoved and a new study suggests woodstove testing is fatally flawed.
Enter your favorite tree into Comox Valley Nature’s annual contest by April 1
Comox Valley Nature is taking nominations for the Tree of the Year until April 1.
The Week: Doing it right on the wrong side of town, CVRD gets a good result for wrong reasons
The Comox Valley Regional District did the right thing in terminating the CVEDS contract. But they did it for the wrong reasons.
Regional District terminates CVEDS contract, opposing views were too entrenched
After more than a year of divisive conversations about the future of economic development, the Comox Valley Regional District plans to terminate its contract with the Comox Valley Economic Development Society
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.