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Terrance George Verner

July 5, 1935 - March 6, 2023In Loving Memory ~ It is…

  • Mar 6, 2023
The Silverado EV rides on GM’s Ultium battery platform, with front and rear electric motors driving all four wheels. Maximum range is estimated at 640 kilometres. PHOTO: CHEVROLET

Chevrolet’s Silverado EV: If an electric pickup can be popular, the EV movement has truly hit its stride

Electric cars are well and good, but with Dodge, Ford and General…

  • Mar 5, 2023
The Silverado EV rides on GM’s Ultium battery platform, with front and rear electric motors driving all four wheels. Maximum range is estimated at 640 kilometres. PHOTO: CHEVROLET
A truck carries a cargo container at the Port of Vancouver Centerm container terminal as others are stacked under gantry cranes in Vancouver on Friday, October 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A crane worker died in B.C. and investigations followed. What’s changed?

Out-of-service elevators on cranes makes reaching injured workers extremely difficult

  • Mar 5, 2023
A truck carries a cargo container at the Port of Vancouver Centerm container terminal as others are stacked under gantry cranes in Vancouver on Friday, October 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Comox Valley Glacier Kings and Campbell River Storm faced off Saturday at the CV Sports Centre in Game 4 in their VIJHL playoff series. Scott Stanfield photo

Comox Valley meets Campbell River in Game 4 of VIJHL playoffs

Last kick at the can for Glacier Kings

  • Mar 4, 2023
The Comox Valley Glacier Kings and Campbell River Storm faced off Saturday at the CV Sports Centre in Game 4 in their VIJHL playoff series. Scott Stanfield photo
The Comox Valley Wild U13 team won the Island B League champion banner in 2022. Photo supplied

Comox Valley Wild lacrosse gears up for season

Comox Valley Wild players are excited to get back to the box…

  • Mar 4, 2023
The Comox Valley Wild U13 team won the Island B League champion banner in 2022. Photo supplied
The Coalition to End Homelessness will conduct the fourth Point-in-Time (PiT) Homeless Count in the Comox Valley March 14. File photo

Comox Valley to participate in 2023 Point-in-Time Homeless Count

The Comox Valley will participate in a co-ordinated effort to measure the…

  • Mar 4, 2023
The Coalition to End Homelessness will conduct the fourth Point-in-Time (PiT) Homeless Count in the Comox Valley March 14. File photo

Sean Michael Potter

April 11, 1962 - March 4, 2023In loving memory ~ In the…

  • Mar 4, 2023
FILE – Gisele Pageal (left), Human Rights Director of Communications Energy Paperworkers Union of Canada, and Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, announce their chocalate lip campaign at a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 to Members of Parliament regarding pay equity for women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

LETTER: Coalition of 125+ B.C. groups call for pay equity legislation

‘We have paid a staggering price for government inaction,’ open letter says

  • Mar 2, 2023
FILE – Gisele Pageal (left), Human Rights Director of Communications Energy Paperworkers Union of Canada, and Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, announce their chocalate lip campaign at a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 to Members of Parliament regarding pay equity for women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson
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Notice of Proposed Disposition and Assistance

The City of Courtenay intends to grant a licence for municipally owned…

  • Mar 2, 2023
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City of Courtney Logo

Temporary Licence of Occupation

The City of Courtenay intends to grant a licence for a portion…

  • Mar 2, 2023
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North Island College Comox Valley campus. File photo

Applications open for North Island College student scholarships and bursaries

Current, future and graduating North island College students can now apply for…

  • Mar 2, 2023
North Island College Comox Valley campus. File photo
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton Alta., on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

OUR PLANETARY HEALTH: Could a harm reduction approach help ween us from our addiction to fossil fuels?

BY MEGAN TOMLINSON Special to the Record The term ‘climate change’ evokes…

  • Mar 2, 2023
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton Alta., on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Allen Roddis Walker

April 16, 1949 - March 2, 2023In loving memory ~ Allen, 73,…

  • Mar 2, 2023

Bernice Dorothy Baker

March 2, 2023In Loving Memory (1928-2023) ~ Bernice died peacefully on March…

  • Mar 2, 2023
File photo of Harriette Mackenzie at the 2022 CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championships.

Courtenay basketball star named PacWest women’s player of the year

Harriette Mackenzie, a 2021 graduate of Mark Isfeld Secondary now playing for…

  • Mar 1, 2023
File photo of Harriette Mackenzie at the 2022 CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championships.
The Comox Valley Food Bank received a cheque for $12,300 from the 100 Plus Women Who Care, Comox Valley Chapter. Photo supplied

Comox Valley women’s group raises nearly $25,000 for local charities

In just two meetings held within four months, the 100 Plus Women…

  • Mar 1, 2023
The Comox Valley Food Bank received a cheque for $12,300 from the 100 Plus Women Who Care, Comox Valley Chapter. Photo supplied
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Comox Valley Lions offering free 2022 tax preparation for modest-income residents

Canada Revenue Agency volunteers together with Comox Valley Lions Club are offering…

  • Mar 1, 2023
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The Sports Centre pool closure amplified the need for the CVRD to start developing an adequate replacement/expansion plan right now to support the region’s aquatic needs for coming generations.

LETTER – Pool closure amplified need for facility upgrades in the Comox Valley

Dear editor, With our move back to the Sports Centre Pool after…

  • Mar 1, 2023
The Sports Centre pool closure amplified the need for the CVRD to start developing an adequate replacement/expansion plan right now to support the region’s aquatic needs for coming generations.
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LETTER – Town of Comox should invest in Little Red Church as a cultural centre

Dear editor, It is time Comox stepped up its cultural game and…

  • Mar 1, 2023
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Robert ‘Bob’ Johnson

March 20, 1945 - March 1, 2023Commercial Fisherman (Relief) and Jack-of-all-trades. Over…

  • Mar 1, 2023