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As the Comox Valley Women's Resource Centre empties out in its final days, it is planning a celebration. After 30 years of delivering programs and services to women in the Comox Valley, the North Island Women’s Services Society (NIWSS), which runs the women's centre, is closing at the end of the month.

Cumberland Mayor Fred Bates expressed his outrage Tuesday about a "disgusting display" by coal mine protesters whom he said verbally assaulted Vancouver Island North Conservative MP John Duncan at the Empire Days Victoria Day parade Monday.

The Islands Trust Council will hold its next quarterly business meeting June 14 to 16 at the Seniors Centre on Denman Island. The public meeting starts June 14 at 1 p.m. and is expected to finish June 16 by 11:15 a.m.

Canadians have been flocking to the glow of its red and white circle for years, and now Comox Valley residents will no longer have to trek to the U.S. to go shopping at Target.

The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce says it regrets it is unable to support the proposed plan for a downtown 24-hour Emergency shelter on Cliffe Avenue. While the Chamber recognizes the need for a facility to house the homeless in our community, it said this week in a news release that it has significant concerns surrounding the proposed shelter site.

The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) has announced $159,000 in funding towards fish and wildlife projects within the Puntledge River watershed.

It's in the name of the new medical clinic, and it's exactly what it took to turn a vision into a reality — community. After almost two years of construction, the new Hornby Community Medical Clinic will officially open this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Comox Valley RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in in identifying a man who approached two boys not wearing pants on a wooded trail near Bill Moore Park in Courtenay.