Renee Andor

Flu affecting young people in Comox Valley more than usual

Comox Valley influenza rates so far this season are similar to past years, though the age of those most affected is younger.

HELEN AUSTIN'S CHILDREN Daisy and Charlie had a fun day of skiing Sunday.

Skiers, snowboarders thrilled about Mount Washington opening

Mount Washington Alpine Resort saw the season's first skiers and boarders fly down the hill Sunday.

HELEN AUSTIN'S CHILDREN Daisy and Charlie had a fun day of skiing Sunday.
HIGHLAND GRAD Anika Barlow meets Ugandan students she helped send to secondary school via 2010 Highland grad legacy project '10 for 10.

Comox woman gets hero’s welcome in Uganda

A Highland Secondary grad recently met a group of Ugandan students she helped send to high school.

HIGHLAND GRAD Anika Barlow meets Ugandan students she helped send to secondary school via 2010 Highland grad legacy project '10 for 10.
CARTER JOHN JESS Wilcox was born at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, making him the Comox Valley's first baby of 2014. Pleased parents Amber and Alex Wilcox brought Carter home from St. Joseph's General Hospital Thursday morning.

Comox Valley’s first baby of 2014 just couldn’t wait

With a late-January due date, Amber and Alex Wilcox were completely surprised their son was born as the Comox Valley's first baby of 2014.

CARTER JOHN JESS Wilcox was born at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, making him the Comox Valley's first baby of 2014. Pleased parents Amber and Alex Wilcox brought Carter home from St. Joseph's General Hospital Thursday morning.
SINGER SUE MEDLEY has a simple new year's resolution — to cross every item off her weekly to-do list.

Comox Valley celebrities have plans for 2014

Have you made a new year's resolution?

We polled 10 Comox Valley people about theirs and this is what we learned:

SINGER SUE MEDLEY has a simple new year's resolution — to cross every item off her weekly to-do list.
Seven Isfeld Secondary School students visited the Great Wall of China. While in the country, they finished second of 40 teams from around the world in the Beijing Invitational Tournament for Destination Imagination.

Isfeld ‘rock stars’ rock Destination Imagination with second-place finish

Seven Comox Valley secondary students placed second of 40 Destination Imagination teams from around the world.

Seven Isfeld Secondary School students visited the Great Wall of China. While in the country, they finished second of 40 teams from around the world in the Beijing Invitational Tournament for Destination Imagination.

Comox Valley trustees narrowly approve raise for themselves

Future trustees on the Comox Valley Board of Education will receive more money for their service after a split vote.

GRADE 12 G.P. VANIER student Jessica Lewis offers hot drinks on the corner of 26th Street and Fitzgerald Avenue each evening to raise money for the Comox Valley Food Bank.

Determined teen braving elements to help Comox Valley Food Bank

Jessica Lewis is determined to raise as much money as she can for the Comox Valley Food Bank.

GRADE 12 G.P. VANIER student Jessica Lewis offers hot drinks on the corner of 26th Street and Fitzgerald Avenue each evening to raise money for the Comox Valley Food Bank.
SHAW TV INTERVIEWS Dr. Tracy Rodgers at St. Joseph's General Hospital for a special feature about how a new portable ultrasound has improved patient care in the maternal child unit. The segment will air on Variety's 47th annual Show of Hearts Telethon, airing in January.

Variety telethon helps patient care at Comox hospital

Dr. Tracy Rodgers can list how the maternal child unit's new portable ultrasound has improved patient care.

SHAW TV INTERVIEWS Dr. Tracy Rodgers at St. Joseph's General Hospital for a special feature about how a new portable ultrasound has improved patient care in the maternal child unit. The segment will air on Variety's 47th annual Show of Hearts Telethon, airing in January.
FREE FACE MASKS, hand sanitizer dispensers and signs reminding visitors to use them, are located throughout St. Joseph's General Hospital. Now, like hospital employees, hospital visitors who haven't had their influenza vaccine must wear a mask.

Flu starting to appear on Vancouver Island

The first handful of this season's confirmed influenza cases have shown up on Vancouver Island.

FREE FACE MASKS, hand sanitizer dispensers and signs reminding visitors to use them, are located throughout St. Joseph's General Hospital. Now, like hospital employees, hospital visitors who haven't had their influenza vaccine must wear a mask.

Bomb threat closes NIC’s Comox Valley, Campbell River campuses

A bomb threat prompted North Island College to close the doors to its Comox Valley and Campbell River campuses today (Friday)

Developers will face development cost charges in Cumberland

New commercial developments in Cumberland will no longer get a free ride in terms of development cost charges (DCCs).

OUR STORY: A HISTORY features the history of St. George's United Church in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

Hundred-year-old Courtenay church ‘very active in community’

Our Story: A History looks at St. George's United Church's long history in Courtenay, but it also highlights the church's current work.

OUR STORY: A HISTORY features the history of St. George's United Church in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

Amalgamation would not work for current Cumberland council

Cumberland council sees no benefit for Cumberland to amalgamate with the rest of the Valley, as proposed by four former Comox Valley mayors.

Cumberland schools will merge into ‘learning campus’

School District 71 plans to merge Cumberland's two schools into one kindergarten-to-Grade 9 "learning campus" by September.

Numbers in ferry fares map incorrect

The B.C. Coastal Transportation Society's 10-year ferry fare increase table released last week was incorrect.

ORGAN TRANSPLANT recipient Robbie Thompson hands St. Joseph's General Hospital ICU clinical co-ordinator Alana Drummond a big tin of popcorn during Operation Popcorn week.

Organ recipients thank Comox hospital for transplants

Comox Valley organ transplant recipients personally thanked St. Joseph's General Hospital staff for helping make transplants possible.

ORGAN TRANSPLANT recipient Robbie Thompson hands St. Joseph's General Hospital ICU clinical co-ordinator Alana Drummond a big tin of popcorn during Operation Popcorn week.

Official Community Plan process proceeding in Cumberland

Cumberland's Official Community Plan revision process is getting closer to completion.

As totalled by the B.C. Coastal Transportation Society, BC Ferries fares for Denman and Hornby islands have risen more than anywhere else.

BC Ferries fares up for Denman, Hornby more than anywhere else

Denman and Hornby Islands' ferry fares have increased by more than 300 per cent in the past 10 years.

As totalled by the B.C. Coastal Transportation Society, BC Ferries fares for Denman and Hornby islands have risen more than anywhere else.
COMOX VALLEY HOSPICE SOCIETY president Audrey Craig, Comox Valley MLA Don McRae and St. Joseph's General Hospital president-CEO Jane Murphy celebrate the recent announcement of four end-of-life care beds for the Valley during the CVHS 30th gala auction.

Funded end-of-life care beds in Comox ‘a start’

Comox Valley Hospice Society executive director Terri Odeneal is eager to see the Valley's first end-of-life care beds.

COMOX VALLEY HOSPICE SOCIETY president Audrey Craig, Comox Valley MLA Don McRae and St. Joseph's General Hospital president-CEO Jane Murphy celebrate the recent announcement of four end-of-life care beds for the Valley during the CVHS 30th gala auction.