Safety a growing concern to some in downtown Courtenay

Some people feel the Connect Warming Centre should be located farther from downtown. File photo
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Randy Dodd fishes in a pool by Bridge Creek Falls back in 2021. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)

It will cost a little more to go freshwater fishing in B.C. this summer
Frustration grows over outdoor cannabis operation near Golden

Frustration grows over outdoor cannabis operation near Golden
You could spend a lifetime paddling here! Endless kayaking adventures await on southern Vancouver Island

You could spend a lifetime paddling here! Endless kayaking adventures await on southern Vancouver Island

Langley’s Team Andrews, the defending 2022 senior women’s champions, was at the front of the procession piped on to the ice Wednesday, March 21, at the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

BC Senior Curling Championships get underway
Salvatore Vetro’s recall petition against Premier David Eby has failed after Vetro did not submit the necessary paperwork by March 20. (Photo courtesy of Salvatore Vetro)

Recall petition against Premier Eby fails
14,500 Easter products are lovingly made every Easter at Hot Chocolates.

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    Last year, the team at Galaxy Motors in Courtenay joined the other locations for the “Wall of Hearts” campaign, as well as supporting local programs like Lilli House and Kitty Cat Pals.

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      Al Stone-Gebhardt and his mother, Erika Dubose, pose for a photo outside their home on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla. As hundreds of bills nationwide take aim at nearly every facet of transgender existence, from health care to athletics to bathroom access, trans kids like Stone-Gebhardt and their families say certain proposals could eliminate one of the last remaining safe havens to explore their identities: K-12 public schools. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

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      A Colwood mom has had her sentence reduced. (Image courtesy Creative Outlet)

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      A coyote walks through Coronation Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Now that coyote denning season is in full swing, the Vancouver park board is offering some tips for a “peaceful coexistence” between the animals and humans. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler

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      A woman shops for produce in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Food inflation appears to be easing in Canada but experts say consumers shouldn’t expect lower prices at the grocery store. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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      BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau last week tabled legislation that promises to limit the use of non-disclosure agreements. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

      Proposed legislation would stop NDAs from being used to ‘silence’ harassment victims: Furstenau

      Sonia Furstenau’s legislation comes after Canadian Bar Association criticized NDAs

      A pair of bald eagle parents-to-be are carefully taking care of two eggs, laid March 17 and March 20. Two other pairs in Delta and South Surrey appear to be making efforts toward breeding eggs of their own, all visible on 24/7 live camera streams on the Hancock Wildlife Foundation website. (Hancock Wildlife Foundation/Facebook)

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      Rona Tepper and Kristen Gribble are among six women who are active RCMSAR5 Crescent Beach crew members, out of a total 28. Tenures of the women range from eight months to 7.5 years. (Contributed photo)

      PHOTOS: Number of women on South Surrey marine-rescue team ‘a bit of anomaly’

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      Baby Eleanor has spent much of the first two months of her life away from home, as the family deals with the issues surrounding a pre-term baby. YANA has been there every step of the way. Photo supplied

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        Obituaries

        Philip Henry Moore

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        Richard Coulter ‘Ric’ Wheeler

        Mar 16th, 2023

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        Mar 13th, 2023

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        Margaret Crites

        Mar 7th, 2023

        (Ray) Stanley Raymond Van Der Mark

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        François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry speaks at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference regarding the future of critical metals and investing in Canada in Toronto, Monday, March 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

        Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry

        Goal is easier identification of owners of corporations tied to financial malfeasance

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        FILE - Rick Allen, of Def Leppard, arrives at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center on Friday, March 29, 2019, in New York. Allen says he recovering from an attack earlier this month, March 2023, outside a Florida hotel. Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, was attacked while taking a smoke break outside the the Four Seasons hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

        Def Leppard drummer recovering from attack outside hotel

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        FILE - Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the premiere of Netflix’s “The Politician” in New York on Sept. 26, 2019. Paltrow goes on trial starting Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Utah ski resort town of Park City where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family sky vacation. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

        Gwyneth Paltrow’s court case begins for Deer Valley ski crash

        Retired optometrist suing, saying Paltrow recklessly skiied into him in 2016

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        Prince Rupert’s Geraldine McLean is looking forward to spending time with her grandchildren after winning $100,000 on a BC Lottery Bingo Scratch card which she redeemed on March 14 in Vancouver. (Photo: supplied)

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        Ava Secuur sits with her mother Shannon in her hospital bed at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. (Courtesy of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation)

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        Still got it: 79-year-old Vernon man Wayne McGrath is a hockey lifer

        The former Mayor of Vernon started playing for the Moonshiners rec team 45 years ago

        Campbell Riverite Tyler Turner took home gold from the para-snowboarding world championships earlier this month. Photo courtesy Luc Percival

        Vancouver Island para-snowboarder defends world championship title

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        Bob Castle’s Under The Glacier cartoon for March 22, 2023.

        Bob Castle’s Under The Glacier cartoon for March 22, 2023.

          Letter to the editor.

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