Community

The Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service, the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and First Insurance Agencies (FIA) are bringing Movies Under the Stars to the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds on Aug. 17 and to Comox Marina Park on Aug. 31.

Again this year, about 100 people attended the Train Station barbecue in Courtenay.

Canada Safeway has launched its fundraising and awareness campaign to support Muscular Dystrophy Canada in an effort to “Make Muscles Move.”

The Comox Valley Exhibition is celebrating cowboys' historic connection to chili and celebrating the Exhibition's theme of Cowboy Trails and 4-H Tales by holding a chili contest Aug. 28.

Come out for Yoga in the Park every Friday morning in August at beautiful Puntledge Park.

Maybe you've heard of food forests. Maybe you've read the recent UN report recognizing perennials as essential in creating sustainable food sources.

The Courtenay and Comox branches of the Vancouver Island Regional Library will hold free technology-focused training sessions this month.

Summer may have started late at Paradise Meadows this year — but summer will carry on through September, with extended staffing and programming at the Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre.

In animal welfare organizations, the huge influx of surrendered and abandoned kittens that begins in May and continues throughout the fall is commonly known as the “mountain of kittens.”

The Merville Grand Mothers are at it again — creating a not-to-be missed evening dinner party to be held at the Dove Creek Hall Aug. 13.