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Bus ridership in the Comox Valley shot up 17 per cent from the previous year, BC Transit said in its 2010/11 annual report, which detailed another record-breaking year.

The 2011 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock is scheduled to roll through the Comox Valley on Sept. 28. But it paid a surprise, early visit to a local couple on July 17. One of the 22 cyclists on the fundraising tour is Victoria police constable Alvin Deo, who is married to the daughter of Mike and Louise Jackson of Courtenay.

The regional district expects to install about 900 water meters in local service areas by early-September.

The Comox Valley RCMP has recognized its auxiliary members for their volunteer work and community involvement.

Filberg Park in Comox was full of flappers recently during a joint annual picnic held by The Views at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Glacier View Lodge.

Cumberland Mayor Fred Bates feels the second proposed location for a regional hospital is no better than the first.

Branden Nickerson, 11, (left) and Ethan Leone, 10, said it was hot on a rare summery afternoon recently while wearing cardboard boxes.

An unidentified person from the Comox Valley is among 37 people who have turned themselves in after the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver. Thirty males and seven females could face charges that include participating in a riot, assault, assaulting a peace officer, mischief, break and enter, theft, robbery, arson, weapons possession and possession of stolen property.

The Comox Valley RCMP are urging people to leave their pets at home when travelling.

Proponents of a regional hospital to be based out of the Comox Valley are considering option No. 2 near North Island College because the Department of National Defence has nixed the first choice of sites at Ryan Road across from Crown Isle.