Courtenay News

We don't want to take the shine off your Christmas celebrations, but when the holidays are over various ways to dispose of your bare festive tree have been announced.

BC Hydro cautions people to stay out of the Puntledge River until high flows lessen, which is expected to happen Monday.

Two Courtenay chartered accountant students and two students from Parksville recently passed the national Uniform Evaluation , a nation-wide exam required by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and the Chartered Accountant School of Business.

Courtenay got almost seven inches of snow overnight on Monday, twice as much as fell at the airport in Comox.

Mail delivered between destinations within the Comox Valley will begin taking the scenic route starting early next year.

Katy Bowen-Roberts, Director, Producer, Teacher and Singer has recently moved into the valley.

Difficult choices will have to be made by councillors to curb spending plans in next year's municipal budget, Courtenay Mayor Greg Phelps warned last night.

Fire destroyed a home at 11175 Jayson Rd., near Tabor Lake east of Prince George early Wednesday morning.

Hawskley Workman dishing 'Meat' and 'Milk' Hawksley Workman Hawksley Workman is planning a very happy New Year.

Show N Tell at the Comox Valley Art Gallery at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday will feature guest curator Ed Varney speaking about Artistamps , Zines and Art Money.

The Comox Valley was just half an inch away from a new weather record for November.

Island Westcoast Developments Ltd. of Nanaimo has been awarded the construction contract for North Island Collegea s new trades training facility at the Comox Valley campus.

Dress To Your Own Beat" this Saturday, Nov. 28 with Herb N' Wear, Jipsi Clothing movement and The Broken Spoke! Get ready for a night you won't forget ... A runway fashion show featuring local businesses Jipsi Clothing Movement, Herb N' Wear Clothing Store and The Broken Spoke .

Provincial cash is on the table for those affected by the floods that snarled commuters early last week.

Starting at 2 pm on Sunday, Nov. 29th Courtenay will be part of an historic film festival.

Crown Isle is offering to create what it calls "a very significant" 15-metre landscaped buffer corridor between its proposed commercial development zone and homes in the nearby Elderberry Crescent area.

CUPE is holding a march and rally Friday, Nov. 27 to protest repressive Bill 21 "back-to-work" legislation passed by the provincial government.

More flooding could be on the way. The Provincial Emergency Program has advised the City of Courtenay that high tide and heavy storm front could lead to the Courtenay and/or Tsolum Rivers to breach their banks tomorrow, Wednesday.

Brian Scott, a renowned Comox Valley storyteller and painter, met Guy Adams, new owner of Marine Link and the SS Aurora, during the summer of 2007.

The mid-Vancouver Island municipalities of Duncan and North Cowichan have declared a state of emergency and issued evacuation orders due to extensive flooding that began early in the morning on Nov.