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Many fish bit and lots were caught during the 25th annual Bullhead Derby, the largest catch-and-release event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, last Saturday at Nautical Days in Comox.

It's been approved in Cumberland, and now the Car Free Initiative has the go-ahead in Courtenay. During Tuesday's meeting, council approved the Car Free Sunday event as long as a traffic management plan that is acceptable to the city's director of operational services is submitted along with required insurance.

Courtenay council will ask the regional district to reopen the search for a site upon which to build a homeless shelter or supportive housing. Picking up where they left off July 18 when three councillors walked out of the meeting, council debated a motion by Coun. Murray Presley to ask the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) to reopen the search for a "more suitable" site than the one purchased on Cliffe Avenue while affirming its support for assisting the homeless Tuesday.

For the second time in as many weeks Cumberland council has voted against holding The Big Time Out at Village Park. In a 2-2 vote at a special Tuesday meeting to reconsider a revised application from Cumberland Village Works, council defeated a motion by Coun. Kate Greening to proceed with the Aug. 12 and 13 music festival at its usual location near the downtown core.

The many supporters of the annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock fundraiser have many events scheduled.

The Village of Cumberland has recognized a group of dedicated volunteers who have beautified a former dumping ground at the No. 6 Mine Memorial Park behind the CRI.

The sun was shining and the water calm for the sixth annual Victor Simonson Dragon Boat Regatta. Twelve teams from all over Vancouver Island and the Mainland competed for the women’s, open and breast cancer survivors division titles during Nautical Days.

The Big Time Out music festival will not be held at Village Park in Cumberland, council decided in a 2-2 vote at a special meeting Tuesday.

HMCS cadets celebrate their victory in the Build Bail and Sail competition during Nautical Days.

Family and loved ones of Comox Valley woman Sharon Youngman will hold a silent auction this week to raise money toward treatment for multiple sclerosis.