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Comox Valley residents can vote from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 2 at a number of locations throughout the area.

Comox Valley voters can choose from six candidates to represent them and the rest of Vancouver Island North during the May 2 election.

Splitting the council votes in half, Comox council defeated a motion to fund a $8,000 grant to the Comox Recreation Commission, suggesting a grant of $4,000 instead at Wednesday's committee of the whole meeting.

A Comox Valley resident is facing numerous charges after being checked by police in a parked vehicle in Courtenay on Tuesday evening.

The Comox Valley Regional District’s (CVRD) role is to provide a reliable source of safe, high-quality drinking water to homes and businesses within some of its member municipalities and electoral areas.

They've heard from parents and staff members who would like a two-week spring break, and trustees are waiting for additional information before deciding on the calendar for the 2011-12 school year. Trustees decided Tuesday to defer any decision on next year's calendar to a special board meeting May 10 after receiving a report from the calendar committee this week.

A $1.7-million gift from Kensington Island Properties to Union Bay will help ensure residents of the seaside community have clean drinking water. The gift comes in the form of a Water Treatment Infrastructure Agreement, which the Union Bay Improvement District and KIP ratified last week.

Smoked Boerenkaas, one of Natural Pastures Cheese Company’s three finalist cheeses, was announced as winner in its category of ‘Flavoured Cheese with Added Non-Particulate flavouring’ at the Gala awards ceremony for the 2011 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix held in Toronto.