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A fundraiser Jan. 29 will benefit a dedicated contributor to the Comox Valley theatre scene who is dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

The Comox Valley Regional District is continuing the toilet and rain barrel/cistern rebate program for 2011.

Hoping to bring their principle-based party policies to provincial government, Green Party of B.C. leader Jane Sterk rallied support Saturday afternoon during a stop in Courtenay.

Construction could begin this year on a hotel and restaurant proposed at the Comox marina, depending on the outcome of a “pre-sale program” the property owner intends on initiating in the spring.

The proponents of the Cumberland Green proposal want to reward people who have reached the third stage of life with an opportunity to live in an all-inclusive retirement community on the outskirts of the village.

Development rebounded in Courtenay in 2010, as the city saw building permit values rise $20 million from 2009.

Political newcomer Hugh MacKinnon outduelled two veterans by a wide margin in a byelection Saturday to become the newest Town of Comox councillor.

Comox Valley RCMP are seeking the driver of a Chevrolet Cavalier or Pontiac Sunfire who was involved in a hit-and-run incident Friday night.