Tag: Active Transportation

Courtenay to host second open house to discuss supports for students who walk and cycle to school

Safer ways for students to get to school in Courtenay will be discussed next month. 

Phase 1 of Lake Trail Multi-Use Path completed

A new pathway designed to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety between two elementary schools has completed its first phase. 

Lazo Greenway Multi-Use Path opens with ceremony Wednesday

A new multi-use path is now open for walkers and cyclists in the Comox Valley, linking Butchers Road to Sand Pines Drive. 

Lake Trail Pathway construction to begin in Courtenay soon

City of Courtenay crews are getting set to begin work on a new multi-use pathway in the community to...

Courtenay council approves Cycling Network Plan update for next 5 years

More bike lanes will be developed and available over the next five years in Courtenay following an update to...

School Travel Planning in the Comox Valley

School District 71's sustainability coordinator is hoping to see more active transportation at Comox Valley schools. Angela Holmes is a...
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Trio of candidates vying to serve as Courtenay mayor

Courtenay voters will see three names on the ballot for mayor on Oct. 17.

Hangar 98 – Episode 16: The Great Victoria Blackout of 1979

During a long power outage in 1979, Victoria became the focal point of a story that has lasted the test of time...and quite possibly led to one of the best memories from one of the island's worst storms.

Hangar 98 – Episode 15: Pachena Point Foghorn Incident

Over on the island's west coast, mariners have been haunted by a coastline nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Pacific", but alone at Pachena Point sits a lighthouse with stories of it's own.

Hangar 98 – Episode 14: Godzilla’s Goldstream Rampage

Hangar 98 opens to Jet Nation revealing a little secret Hollywood's been keeping since they shot Godzilla back in 2014. That secret's buried around Goldstream.

Hangar 98 – Episode 13: The Leechtown Gold Rush

In this featured Hangar 98 Episode, a once bubbling gold rush town near Sooke almost had it all, then it all came crashing down leaving nothing but a piece of land...and possibly hopes of a new 'find' on the island.