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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
Take a hike, see devastation in the Comox Lake watershed
A trip up logging roads around Comox Lake and the Cruickshank River shows the devastation from logging around the Comox Valley’s drinking water source
Comox Valley adds voices to the demand for a federal climate debate
Some 30 rallies held Wednesday across Canada – outside CBC studios, offices and in the streets – aim to pressure the public broadcaster to host a debate between federal party leaders on the climate crisis ahead of the coming election
In Courtenay, a low-carbon solar oasis thrives behind a suburban facade
In Courtenay, Stewart Mcintosh has turned his yard into a low-carbon oasis. He harvests solar energy three ways, forming the linchpin of his low-carbon lifestyle
Watershed Sentinel: Canadian hemp fibre finally poised for market acceptance
Canadian hemp has an ecological footprint of hemp is one-third to a half smaller that U.S. cotton, a factor that is fueling the plant’s comeback on world markets
Comox Valley marches to preserve Island’s remaining old growth forests
Ninety-one-year-old Elke Bibby, with her walker in tow, thought it important enough to come in from Cumberland to join the Day of Action to Save BC Forests