Starting next year, Courtenay council meetings will move from Mondays to Wednesdays. This change reduces the schedule impacts from statutory holidays and gives the public more time to review meeting agendas and reports from five days, to seven days. When discussing the schedule changes, mayor Bob Wells says the city will...

You weren't imagining something if you felt the earth move under you just after dinner time last night. A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the west coast of the island near Tofino at 7:50 pm. Earthquakes Canada says they haven't received any reports of damage, but people have reported to them that...

Wool socks, toques, mitts, gloves and scarves are being collected by local schools for those in need this holiday season. Everybody Deserves a Smile is making 1,355 care packages, with 910 to be handed out locally. Other packages will be sent to different communities. The warm clothes are encouraged to be...

It appears old man winter might be paying the Island and Sunshine Coast a visit next week with temperatures near zero and snowfall likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Derek Lee says cold air from the north will start making its way to the Island starting on Monday, combining...

The governments of both Canada and British Columbia are investing up to $24.7 million in funding to bring high-speed internet to over 5,000 households. Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings said the investment is necessary as access to the internet is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. “Access to...

A man in the Comox Valley has been sentenced after pleading guilty to indecent acts. On Friday, August 12, Comox Valley RCMP received two separate reports of a man passing by women, exposing himself and committing indecent acts in front of them. Two days later, they received a report of...