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11 Interesting facts about the history of Field’s Sawmill
#1 — The Field family — father Clarence and sons Ron and Roy — founded the original sawmill in 1947 on the site of Arden Elementary. The original property in the Arden area was owned by William Duncan. He built a barn and the building that became the original Fields...
Press Release from Project Watershed, K’omoks First Nation
MEDIA RELEASE September 12, 2017 The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society and K'ómoks First Nation announce deal to purchase the Field’s Sawmill Site (Kus-kus-sum) (Comox Valley, BC) The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society and the K'ómoks First Nation have...
Moving on to battle climate change, without Trump
The difference couldn’t be more striking. In his second inaugural address, former U.S. President Barack Obama said this: “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations … We cannot...
Do we still need an Earth Day? Unfortunately, yes, we do
Millions of people participated in a first-ever annual grassroots demonstration 47 years ago to raise awareness about environmental concerns. They called it Earth Day. At the time, in 1970, the message focused on saving the whales and cleaning the trash out of our...
Readers: Comox fines too low for Garry Oak damages
From time to time, we get letters from our readers. Here are two we received questioning how the Town of Comox dealt with a homeowner who damaged a number of protected Garry Oak trees. Comox: The lowest tree vandalism fine on record in North America Not a week goes by...
Pipeline approval shows Trudeau is no visionary
When Prime Minister Trudeau stepped in front of the media yesterday to announce the decision to approve the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, he personally owned it. Trudeau didn’t send out some sacrificial cabinet minister. Give him credit for...
Not as green as we think we are
Before Victorians and other west coast residents start congratulating ourselves for producing fewer greenhouse gases per household than most other Canadians, we should pause to acknowledge that this environmental fame may be fleeting. Because if Premier Christy Clark...
Dr. Chris Pileou: Valley’s eminent ecologist
BY MAINGON LOYS A few days ago, the scientific world, Canada, the Comox Valley as a whole and Comox Valley Nature (CVN), in particular, lost a 5-foot 2-inch giant. Nobody is ever likely to replace Dr. Chris Pielou. I knew her long before I came to the Comox Valley. I...