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The Village of Cumberland selected three volunteer households to install air quality monitors, funded by the BC Lung Foundation through the CVRD, to measure wood smoke levels in the valley.

After Options for Sexual Health announced at the end of 2024 that 85 per cent of its clinics are at risk of closing, a local sexual health educator is calling on continuing support for the clinics.

On Monday January 13th, the CVRD Electoral Areas Services Committee made public the acquisition and expansion of five park spaces throughout the Comox Valley. 

Over 250 nurses from around the Vancouver Island area rallied in downtown Nanaimo outside the Vancouver Island Conference Centre following a local union conference.

Historians, researchers, and curious members of the public met to showcase discoveries and share historical items for an interested audience with the Nanaimo Historical Society. 

The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s Takeover Tour came to BC on Wednesday with a game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver; the game excited anticipation among local hockey players for the Courtenay Whalers Women’s Hockey team.

The City of Courtenay has asked residents to share their priorities for City spending. The City recently launched a virtual tool giving residents a DIY approach to simulate financial planning, and an opportunity to influence budget choices for 2025.

The Comox Valley Regional District has sent out an open invitation to residents for an information session. The session will cover upcoming unified Alternative Approval Process initiatives

Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s debut feature film The Stand will premiere in Nanaimo on Sunday, January 5th at 4pm, at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

It has been a busy year for Paige Pierce as she finishes up her first year as the City of Nanaimo’s Youth Poet Laureate.

On December 4th, 2024, K’ómoks First Nation appointed Dr. Marion Buller as their Justice of the Peace; a first in First Nations history in Canada.