Courtenay

Imraan Abdulganiyu led Vanier’s senior basketball team in scoring last week in wins over Wellington and Burnaby Mountain Secondary. File photo by Peggy Street

Courtenay side faces giants from Nanaimo Tuesday

The GP Vanier senior boys basketball team pulled off a trio of…

  • Jan 23, 2023
Imraan Abdulganiyu led Vanier’s senior basketball team in scoring last week in wins over Wellington and Burnaby Mountain Secondary. File photo by Peggy Street
The Georgia Strait Big Band will be playing at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay on Jan. 21. Photo supplied

Big band music at Courtenay’s Evergreen Club

The Evergreen Club is hosting an afternoon of music and dance, featuring…

The Georgia Strait Big Band will be playing at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay on Jan. 21. Photo supplied
Based on the overwhelmingly positive response to his “energetic, inspiring” performance at St. George’s Back-to-Church Sunday in September, singer-songwriter Luc Blu Guthrie has been invited back to for the Ol’ Time Gospel Jamboree on Jan. 22. Photo supplied

Luke Blu Guthrie hosting Gospel Jamboree at St. George’s in Courtenay

The Reverend Ryan Slifka announces that St. George’s United Church invites everyone…

Based on the overwhelmingly positive response to his “energetic, inspiring” performance at St. George’s Back-to-Church Sunday in September, singer-songwriter Luc Blu Guthrie has been invited back to for the Ol’ Time Gospel Jamboree on Jan. 22. Photo supplied
Courtenay Coun./CVRD board vice-chair Will Cole-Hamilton will be joining the board of directors of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. File photo

Courtenay councillor takes a seat on Union of BC Municipalities board

Courtenay Coun. Will Cole-Hamilton will be joining the board of directors of…

  • Jan 16, 2023
Courtenay Coun./CVRD board vice-chair Will Cole-Hamilton will be joining the board of directors of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. File photo
Project Watershed executive director Caitlin Pierzchalski is pictured at a planting event at the Kus-kus-sum site last spring. File photo

Volunteers help restore Courtenay site to natural habitat

Volunteers have installed about 5,000 plants on the Kus-kus-sum site, a former…

Project Watershed executive director Caitlin Pierzchalski is pictured at a planting event at the Kus-kus-sum site last spring. File photo
Courtenay residents included in the city’s residential curbside collection program can now participate in weekly food waste collection. File photo

Courtenay launches weekly food waste collection service

Courtenay residents included in the city’s residential curbside collection program can now…

  • Jan 11, 2023
Courtenay residents included in the city’s residential curbside collection program can now participate in weekly food waste collection. File photo
Martha Ponting, Wilma Millette and Pat Acton (l to r) up-cycling the past to create a Steampunk’d future that never existed. Photo supplied

Courtenay gallery goes back to the future with Steampunk’d exhibit

Martha Ponting, Pat Acton, Wilma Millette, Jeff Hartbower and Daniel Needham are…

Martha Ponting, Wilma Millette and Pat Acton (l to r) up-cycling the past to create a Steampunk’d future that never existed. Photo supplied
Highland Secondary and Chilliwack squared off Thursday at the opening day of the Towhee Invitational Senior Boys Basketball Tournament at Vanier Secondary. Highland won 74-68. Scott Stanfield photo

Strong start for Comox Valley schools at Towhee basketball tourney

Three Comox Valley teams scored wins to kick off the 52nd annual…

  • Jan 6, 2023
Highland Secondary and Chilliwack squared off Thursday at the opening day of the Towhee Invitational Senior Boys Basketball Tournament at Vanier Secondary. Highland won 74-68. Scott Stanfield photo
Location of Aqua Dam installation. Graphic supplied

Courtenay installs Aqua Dam for seasonal flood control

The City of Courtenay is deploying the Aqua Dam portable water-filled flood…

  • Jan 4, 2023
Location of Aqua Dam installation. Graphic supplied
Diana Kolpak is the writer and performer in blue, an interactive solo musical at Courtenay’s Artful: the Gallery on Feb. 11. Photo by Fee Gunn

Interactive solo musical Feb. 11 at Courtenay’s Artful: the Gallery

Clown meets the blues by way of ’30s Berlin cabaret with a…

  • Jan 3, 2023
Diana Kolpak is the writer and performer in blue, an interactive solo musical at Courtenay’s Artful: the Gallery on Feb. 11. Photo by Fee Gunn
File photo of Vanier-Isfeld game last season.

Vaner hosts annual basketball tourney this weekend

Vanier’s senior boys basketball team beat Port Alberni 66-58 in a road…

  • Jan 3, 2023
File photo of Vanier-Isfeld game last season.
Santa’s Workshop president George Luterbach and co-ordinator Donna Kennedy pictured at the Newport Village workshop. Scott Stanfield photo

Santa’s Workshop brightens Christmas for Comox Valley children

For the past 50 years, Santa’s Workshop has been helping parents in…

Santa’s Workshop president George Luterbach and co-ordinator Donna Kennedy pictured at the Newport Village workshop. Scott Stanfield photo
Sharing the Christmas Spirit food hamper program is running this year out of the old BC Assessment building in Courtenay. Scott Stanfield photo

Drivers needed to deliver hampers in Courtenay

Sharing the Christmas Spirit volunteers have been busily filling hampers this week…

  • Dec 16, 2022
Sharing the Christmas Spirit food hamper program is running this year out of the old BC Assessment building in Courtenay. Scott Stanfield photo
The City of Courtenay has been recognized by the BC Municipal Safety Association through a 2022 Safety Improvement Award. Photo supplied

Courtenay’s workplace safety program receives award

Over the past 10 years the City of Courtenay has seen a…

  • Dec 15, 2022
The City of Courtenay has been recognized by the BC Municipal Safety Association through a 2022 Safety Improvement Award. Photo supplied
File photo of Isfeld and Vanier senior boys basketball game last season. The two teams met up Tuesday at Vanier.

Courtenay school third at Mt. Doug basketball tournament

Vanier’s senior boys basketball team won the bronze medal game at the…

  • Dec 15, 2022
File photo of Isfeld and Vanier senior boys basketball game last season. The two teams met up Tuesday at Vanier.
File photo of the Wachiay Friendship Centre. The Wachiay affordable housing project will be located at 1679 McPhee Ave. in Courtenay.

Courtenay project to house low-income Indigenous seniors, singles

Naut’sa mawt, a Coast Salish word meaning ‘together as one,’ is the…

File photo of the Wachiay Friendship Centre. The Wachiay affordable housing project will be located at 1679 McPhee Ave. in Courtenay.
Volunteers and employees at the Home Instead office in Courtenay wrap donated gifts to be delivered to seniors in the Comox Valley and Campbell River in time for the holidays. Scott Stanfield photo

Be a Santa to a Senior spreads cheer in Comox Valley, Campbell River

Volunteers and employees at the Home Instead office in Courtenay were wrapping…

  • Dec 14, 2022
Volunteers and employees at the Home Instead office in Courtenay wrap donated gifts to be delivered to seniors in the Comox Valley and Campbell River in time for the holidays. Scott Stanfield photo
Funds supporting people experiencing homelessness in the Comox Valley is having a measurable impact. File photo

Funding supports those experiencing homelessness in Comox Valley

To date, over $600,000 in funding distributed to service providers

  • Dec 13, 2022
Funds supporting people experiencing homelessness in the Comox Valley is having a measurable impact. File photo
Snow and wind hit the Campbell River area Tuesday, Nov. 29. Another snowfall is expected overnight on Dec. 9. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Snow and wind hit the Campbell River area Tuesday, Nov. 29. Another snowfall is expected overnight on Dec. 9. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
The Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and sponsors presented the Comox Valley Christmas Parade Sunday, Dec. 4 along 5th Street. Scott Stanfield photo

Comox Valley Christmas Parade files through downtown Courtenay

The Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association, along with sponsors, presented the Comox…

  • Dec 4, 2022
The Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and sponsors presented the Comox Valley Christmas Parade Sunday, Dec. 4 along 5th Street. Scott Stanfield photo
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