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Economic impact study revealed by the Comox Valley Airport

A recent economic impact study commissioned by the Comox Valley Airport has been released. 

Comox Valley Airport sees nearly 450,000 passengers in record setting 2025

2025 was the busiest year on record for the Comox Valley Airport. 

New budget airline to bring tourism boost, jobs to Comox Valley

A new, low-cost airline has landed at the Comox Valley Airport, and aims to bring a tourism boost and...

Airport CEO doesn’t expect ultra low-cost carriers at YQQ any time soon

COMOX, B.C. – An ultra low-cost flight carrier is sweeping the nation. Swoop, a subsidiary of WestJet, officially launched service...

Comox Valley Airport receives funding from province

COMOX, B.C. – The Comox Valley's regional airport has received a funding boost from the provincial government towards two...

Suspicious package shuts down Comox Valley Airport

COMOX, B.C- All operations at the Comox Valley Airport have been halted this morning. According to Maxine Montgomery with the...

New Air Canada service announced between Comox and Calgary

COMOX, B.C.- Traveling to Calgary from Vancouver Island will be a lot easier, thanks to a new Air Canada...

Annual Art Exhibit Opens at Comox Valley Airport

It's a special day at the Comox Valley Airport. The works of 25 local artists have been revealed as part...

WestJet Announces Additional Service From YQQ to YVR

WestJet has announced additional daily service from the Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) to the Vancouver International Airport (YVR), starting...

Pacific Coastal flight hit by lightning

A plane headed to Vancouver was struck by lightning on Monday night. Shortly before 7:30 PM, Pacific Coastal Airlines...

Comox Valley Airport sets new traveller record

It was a record breaking month for the Comox Valley Airport. In August the airport saw 43,072 travellers. Its previous record...

Enhanced screening measures now in place at YQQ

Travelers will notice some enhanced screening measures now in place at the Comox Valley Airport. CEO Fred Bigelow says passengers...

Call for entries for 2017 art program at YQQ

Artists from across the Island and the Sunshine Coast can now submit their work for YQQ's 2017 Art and...

YQQ one of the busiest small airports in Canada

Comox Airport is one of the busiest small airports in the country. The latest numbers released from Stats Can show...

Summer Art Exhibit unveiled at YQQ

The Comox Valley Airport has again teamed up with Art Alchemy Studio for a six-month exhibit at the terminal....

YQQ celebrates airport volunteers

In light of National Volunteer Week, the CEO of the Comox Valley Airport is tipping his hat to workers...
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B.C. NDP pledges millions for clean energy and climate programs

The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections. 

First Nations leaders call on B.C. Conservatives to drop candidate over alleged residential school denialism

First Nations leaders are calling on the B.C. Conservatives to remove a candidate over allegations of residential school denialism.

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.