Every Friday we feature Valley history taken from our back issues.
Five years ago
this week in the Comox Valley Record:
Something was fishy about a New Year’s Eve break-in at a business in the 1700 block of Comox Avenue.
Mounties were called to the scene on the morning of Dec. 31 and found a back door kicked in and an open package of smoked salmon on a counter. Some of the salmon had been eaten, but nothing else in the building appeared to have been disturbed or stolen.
The RCMP painstakingly examined the salmon package but found no fingerprints or other clues to the thief’s identity.
Police did not comment on how they disposed of the salmon remaining in the package.
Ten years ago
this week in the Comox Valley Record:
Dozens of rifles, pistols and shotguns and a crossbow were turned in to police during the last few days of 2000, firearms officer Ken Doll said.
Midnight Dec. 31 was the deadline to apply for a possession and acquisition licence under a new federal firearms act, and many gun owners preferred to turn in their weapons rather than pay $60 and complete a six-page application form.
On New Year’s Eve, the front counter at the RCMP station was choked with people lined up to turn in firearms.
The collection included a few Enfield rifles and Webley revolvers produced for the British army. Both models were standard issue during the Second World War.
Fifteen years ago
this week in the Comox Valley Record:
A pool of stagnant swamp water may move faster than the province has on the northeast Comox junior school project.
Despite the determination of school trustee Peter van Barneveld (Comox’s representative) and his colleagues, and the critical deadline looming, neither the Education nor the Municipal Affairs ministries has made a move to solve problems surrounding a service agreement for Crown lands where the new school is to be built.
Van Barneveld fears if government delays further, working drawings will have to be scuttled during the fiscal year and thousands of Comox students will suffer.
Twenty years ago
this week in the Comox Valley Record:
If the weather folks were right, the Valley was to be whiter than white.
Snow began falling Jan. 6. Two days later, a full 20 centimetres had landed. Another 20 to 30 cm was expected by this date.
But a warming trend was expected by the weekend.
BC Hydro was coping with power outages in downtown Courtenay, south of the city and on the Islands.
Mount Washington and Forbidden Plateau reported “excellent” conditions with a good powder base.