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Veteran Comox Valley graphic designer home at last — at home

Veteran Comox Valley graphic designer home at last — at home

Havers Design first opened its doors in 1983 on Fourth Street in Courtenay with about 200 square feet of space in a section of the building that is now home to Michael’s Off Main.

This Friday, shut your trap, for good

This Friday, Better Mousetrap Marketing wants you to Shut Your Trap, for good. The Courtenay-based firm is opening its doors next week to offer a series of one-hour marketing consultations, all for a good cause.
Comox Valley car dealer helps raise money for dry grads

Comox Valley car dealer helps raise money for dry grads

Two Courtenay schools joined forces with local car dealership Ford Country last month to raise over $5,000 for the schools’ dry grad events this summer.

Comox Valley companies honoured by Better Business Bureau

Two Comox Valley businesses came home from the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island awards ceremony Friday with Torch Awards.
Comox Valley home-based businesses honour their own

Comox Valley home-based businesses honour their own

Since 1998, the Comox Valley Home-Based Business Association has been “embracing the entrepreneurial spirit.” Last week, the organization celebrated that spirit at its 13th annual awards gala — presenting awards to members who were nominated by their peers in nine categories.

Sales of single-family homes down on Island in VIREB region

Single-family home sales declined by 13 per cent last month in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) region compared to the previous April and by almost nine per cent compared to March 2011. The average price of a single-family home sold in April 2011 through the VIREB MLS system was $353,613, up one per cent from the $348,423 posted in April 2010, and similar to March 2011's $347,522.

Advertising single best way to get your message out

For people to know who you are, what you have to sell and where they can find you requires you to do something very basic — you need to advertise.

Garf Baxandall Ford Sales in Courtenay earns President's Award

Garf Baxandall Ford Sales is among an elite group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be recognized with the 2010 President’s Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada.

Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce turning its focus away from delivering visitor services

The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced a comprehensive plan to strengthen its focus on core member services and advocacy for local businesses. It does not include running the Comox Valley Visitor Centre.

Business consultant Trish Medland to speak at Business Network International Thursday

Trish Medland, a business development and marketing consultant, will speak at the Business Network International this Thursday, and later that night, she will work with the awards committee to set up the venue and the distribution of awards for the Home-Based Business Association.