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Don Booth, the winner of the 2009 Krazy Kar Rally for the United Way raffle, listens to pre-flight instructions from pilot Ed MacDonald at the Comox Valley Airport.

Comox Valley rottweiler owner Corae Bracken shows off her two-year-old CH Qualicum's Dolce Pia CGN.

The regional district will spend $60,000 — $20,000 for each electoral area — on a legal and technical review about stormwater management, the CVRD board approved Tuesday.

The City of Courtenay has initiated legal action against the owners of the Maple Pool Campground because it is not getting "voluntary compliance" as per a zoning bylaw, said CAO Sandy Gray. For upwards of eight years, Maple Pool owners Dali and Jin Lin have operated a Community Living Project at the Headquarters Road site, housing 54 low-income earners, seniors, disabled individuals and the homeless. The couple is concerned they might have to evacuate their tenants.

As summer break draws to a close, so too is a new school year about to begin. Much excitement surrounds the children's return to school, notes Const. Nicole Hall, media liaison for the Comox Valley RCMP. Along with this, she adds, comes an increased risk to their safety on the roadways.

The Military Police National Motorcycle Relay Ride concluded last weekend at Air Force Beach in Comox.

Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.

Elementary and secondary teachers across the province will begin "teach-only" job action when school starts Tuesday. They will continue teaching in classrooms, but they will not perform administrative tasks such as filling out forms, collecting money and attending staff meetings, explained Steve Stanley, president of the Comox District Teachers' Association (CDTA).

Bikes will be rolling in abundance along the streets of Cumberland and Courtenay Sept. 25, but not so much in Comox, as the inaugural Car Free Sunday has been cancelled in the town.

Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation and will stick to the scheduled date of May 2013 for the next B.C. election.