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Temwa Mtawali is pictured during Saturday’s Island championship win over St. Michaels University School of Victoria. The host Isfeld won 85-71. Both teams advance to the B.C. AAA championship in Langley. Scott Stanfield photo

Courtenay school wins AAA Island boys basketball championship

Isfeld Ice defeated St. Michaels University School of Victoria

Temwa Mtawali is pictured during Saturday’s Island championship win over St. Michaels University School of Victoria. The host Isfeld won 85-71. Both teams advance to the B.C. AAA championship in Langley. Scott Stanfield photo
Saratoga Speedway owner Rob Leighton hopes to build a campground at the site in Black Creek. File photo

Saratoga Speedway campsite proposal will go to public hearing

Noise the key concern tied to plan for Black Creek race track development

Saratoga Speedway owner Rob Leighton hopes to build a campground at the site in Black Creek. File photo
Deep Water Recovery runs a shipbreaking operation in Union Bay. File photo

Comox Valley Regional District to consider injunction against Union Bay shipbreaking

Committee says controversial operation contravenes bylaws

Deep Water Recovery runs a shipbreaking operation in Union Bay. File photo
Cassie Sharpe is pictured at the Copper World Cup, December in Colorado. Photo by Chad Buchholz/FIS Freeski

Comox-raised freestyle skier embarks on second quest for Olympic gold

Cassie Sharpe has come back from a devastating injury

Cassie Sharpe is pictured at the Copper World Cup, December in Colorado. Photo by Chad Buchholz/FIS Freeski
Darcy Sharpe, who grew up honing his skills on Mount Washington, has been named to the Canadian men’s snowboard team for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo credit: Jérémie Perreault/Canada Snowboard

Island’s Darcy Sharpe joins gold medallist sister Cassie on Canada’s Olympic team

Cassie to defend women’s ski halfpipe title; Darcy named to men’s snowboard slopestyle/big air team

Darcy Sharpe, who grew up honing his skills on Mount Washington, has been named to the Canadian men’s snowboard team for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo credit: Jérémie Perreault/Canada Snowboard
Deep Water Recovery Ltd. owns a ship-breaking company in Union Bay. File photo

Global coalition calls for halt to Vancouver Island shipbreaking operation

Belgium-based group joins lobby concerned about the demolition of old ships in Union Bay

Deep Water Recovery Ltd. owns a ship-breaking company in Union Bay. File photo
The Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound included this photo of two ships parked in Union Bay in a presentation to the Electoral Area Services Committee. The photo shows the shipbreaking occurring on the water, which CCOBS said violates the Ministry of Forests (FLNR) foreshore lease. Photo supplied

Neighbours call B.C. shipbreaking operation a ‘disaster waiting to happen’

A group dubbed Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound (CCOBS) is pressing the…

The Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound included this photo of two ships parked in Union Bay in a presentation to the Electoral Area Services Committee. The photo shows the shipbreaking occurring on the water, which CCOBS said violates the Ministry of Forests (FLNR) foreshore lease. Photo supplied
B.C. U18 curling champions, from left: Carley Hardie, Grace McCusker, Gracelyn Richards and Keelie Duncan. Photo supplied

Comox Valley rink wins U18 B.C. curling title

‘We’ve worked so hard this year and I’m unbelievably proud of our team’

B.C. U18 curling champions, from left: Carley Hardie, Grace McCusker, Gracelyn Richards and Keelie Duncan. Photo supplied
Comox Valley Search and Rescue members conducted simultaneous searches Jan. 1-2 in Strathcona Park. Photo supplied

Searchers save 2 snowbound parties in simultaneous Strathcona Park searches

Five people and two dogs located in park by Comox Valley SAR

Comox Valley Search and Rescue members conducted simultaneous searches Jan. 1-2 in Strathcona Park. Photo supplied
Robbie Thompson, pictured at the Canadian Transplant Games, has made a documentary that considers how COVID is affecting medically vulnerable people. Photo supplied

Courtenay filmmaker shows how COVID affects the medically vulnerable

Double heart-transplant survivor shares pandemic life stories of the immunocompromised

Robbie Thompson, pictured at the Canadian Transplant Games, has made a documentary that considers how COVID is affecting medically vulnerable people. Photo supplied
Courtenay freestyle skier Dillan Glennie is airborne at an event in Austria this fall. Photo supplied

Courtenay freestyle skier in the mix for Olympic berth

Dillan Glennie hoping to earn one of four spots available on Beijing’s Canadian halfpipe team

Courtenay freestyle skier Dillan Glennie is airborne at an event in Austria this fall. Photo supplied
Recent rainstorms and mudslides have brought up questions about water and sewer capacity in the Comox Valley. File photo

Extreme weather raises questions about Comox Valley sewer, water capacity

Comox Valley has dodged a bullet as rainstorms and mudslides, but how prepared is it?

Recent rainstorms and mudslides have brought up questions about water and sewer capacity in the Comox Valley. File photo
Pitcher Adam McKillican signed a free agent deal last summer with the Texas Rangers. Photo supplied

Comox Valley product enters professional baseball ranks

6’5” pitcher signed a free agent deal with the Texas Rangers

Pitcher Adam McKillican signed a free agent deal last summer with the Texas Rangers. Photo supplied
The walk was followed by a sharing circle at the CVAG Plaza, from left: Sharon Karsten, Christopher Hauschildt and Nadine Bariteau. Scott Stanfield photo

Vancouver Island officials walk in the footsteps of our burgeoning drug crisis

Comox Valley Art Gallery exercise tackles toxic drug crisis by bringing officials to the streets

The walk was followed by a sharing circle at the CVAG Plaza, from left: Sharon Karsten, Christopher Hauschildt and Nadine Bariteau. Scott Stanfield photo
CVRD Area A director Daniel Arbour, left, pictured with members of the Denman and Hornby Internet Committee, the Connected Coast project and a rep from MP Gord Johns’ office. Photo supplied

Referendum paves way for high-speed internet on Hornby and Denman Islands

Preliminary results from Saturday’s referendum indicate the majority of Hornby and Denman…

CVRD Area A director Daniel Arbour, left, pictured with members of the Denman and Hornby Internet Committee, the Connected Coast project and a rep from MP Gord Johns’ office. Photo supplied
A Courtenay senior whose mobility scooter was damaged after being clipped by a car will receive a cash settlement from ICBC. Black Press file photo

Courtenay senior on scooter struck by car compensated with cash

Public can claim for damage to property as a result of a crash

A Courtenay senior whose mobility scooter was damaged after being clipped by a car will receive a cash settlement from ICBC. Black Press file photo
Single lane alternating traffic continues on the 5th Street Bridge as the repair process continues. Scott Stanfield photo

Bridge repairs, COVID a double whammy for Courtenay businesses

The COVID pandemic, coupled with an extended period to repair the 5th…

Single lane alternating traffic continues on the 5th Street Bridge as the repair process continues. Scott Stanfield photo
Emmy Lan celebrates a win. Supplied

Island mountain biker wins pair of 2021 national championships

Comox Valley’s Emmy Lan enjoying success in Canada and Europe

Emmy Lan celebrates a win. Supplied
Most illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C. from 2017-2020 contained fentanyl. File photo

Story Walks illustrated extent of toxic drug crisis in Comox Valley and other communities

In response to the toxic drug crisis that continues to ravage communities…

Most illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C. from 2017-2020 contained fentanyl. File photo
Aleah Ashlee of the Comox Valley is a guard on the University of Victoria women’s basketball team. Photo by Peggy Street

Basketball’s ‘Grandma Aleah’ loving her status as a rare 6th-year Vike

Comox Valley basketball product Aleah Ashlee back for another run with UVic

Aleah Ashlee of the Comox Valley is a guard on the University of Victoria women’s basketball team. Photo by Peggy Street