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Following the Official Community Plan public hearing Monday, Comox town planner Marvin Kamenz presented council with nine areas of concern stemming from the meeting, possibly triggering a future public hearing if recommended changes are accepted.

Pocket-dialing, unlocked phones or speed dialing — whatever the case, Courtenay 9-1-1 operators are asking for the public's help in reducing the amount of abandoned emergency calls they receive from cellular devices.

A local scientist, who has made one of the most significant archeological finds in North America, is preparing to publish her findings. Recognizing the importance of this find, Project Watershed is co-ordinating a community-wide effort to make a submission to the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada for National Historic Status for the Courtenay River Estuary.

Toad In A Tree has created a hat to benefit the Love From Jenn Foundation. Moved by Jennifer Zahavich’s story, the Campbell River-based company found a way to contribute to Zahavich’s dream of creating a foundation that will financially support a Comox Valley person with cancer in obtaining naturopathic treatment.

As of Thursday, a postal strike appeared imminent due to an impasse in negotiations between Canada Post and the union representing postal workers.

With the summer approaching, 19 Wing would like to remind the population of the Comox Valley that flares and smoke canisters, in any condition, are hazardous if mishandled. The Texada Island Range, situated in the Strait of Georgia off the west coast of Texada Island, is an active pyrotechnics range.

For the second consecutive year, Mount Washington Alpine Resort will open the mountain to skiers and boarders in June.

Campbell Connor drew a round of applause by requesting a full expert panel review, along with aquifer mapping and modelling, as the environmental assessment phase of the proposed Raven underground coal mine progresses.

With donations to the Comox Valley Food Bank dropping off, the food bank president is drawing attention to a metal recycling program that recently moved to a new location in Courtenay.