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Courtenay achieves national climate milestone through OCP update

Courtenay achieves national climate milestone through OCP update

The City of Courtenay is among 25 municipalities across Canada to complete an intensive climate action pilot project, charting a course to new climate-friendly goals in the city’s Official Community Plan (OCP) – and establishing Courtenay as national and international leader on local climate action.

Coalition looking for land to house homeless

Coalition looking for land to house homeless

Originally published by the Comox Valley Record on Dec. 19, 2017 2:30 p.m. The Comox Valley Coalition to End Homelessness appealed Monday to Courtenay council to provide land where modular units for the homeless could be constructed. The coalition is facing deadlines,...

Courtenay council nixes mayor’s housing motion

Courtenay council nixes mayor’s housing motion

Originally published by the Comox Valley Record on Dec. 5, 2017 4:30 p.m. In a 4-2 vote, Courtenay council defeated a motion from Mayor Larry Jangula which proposed measures to streamline approval processes for housing projects. The idea would be to stimulate rental...

New Comox Valley water treatment system moving ahead

New Comox Valley water treatment system moving ahead

Originally published by the Comox Valley Record on Nov. 6, 2017 10:30 a.m. Measures will provide a secure supply of reliable, high-quality drinking water for decades to come The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is planning to construct a new water treatment...

Courtenay city council approves 12 new positions

Courtenay city council approves 12 new positions

In a 5-2 vote Monday, Courtenay council approved 12 new city staff positions that will be a $1 million-plus expense by next year. The rationale for the staffing bump concerns a 43 per cent growth in Courtenay’s population from 2001-2016. Staff growth during the same...

Jolliffe re-elected as CVRD chair

Jolliffe re-elected as CVRD chair

Comox Valley posted Dec 14, 2016 at 12:00 PM - Scott Stanfield, Record staff. Comox Valley Regional District directors have re-elected Bruce Jolliffe as chair of the board and Bob Wells as vice-chair. Jolliffe is the director for Area A (Baynes Sound - Denman/Hornby...

Courtenay council embroiled in ‘texting’ controversy

Courtenay council embroiled in ‘texting’ controversy

It's not a scandal on the scale of Anthony Weiner "sexting" photos of himself. But the issue of "texting" has raised a bit of a scuffle at Courtenay council: Should elected officials be sending, or receiving and reading, texts from their cell phones while sitting at...

Family Fun at the 2016 YANA Ride

Family Fun at the 2016 YANA Ride

Great day at the ‪#‎YANAComoxValley‬ family bike ride. Over 600 people were out today and over 150 volunteers worked to help make the Simon's Cycle fundraiser a success!!! It was great to have Michelle and our 3 kids, Megan, Connor, and Quinn complete the ride with...

Sunrise Rotary Presentation on Startup Canada

Sunrise Rotary Presentation on Startup Canada

I was honoured to speak at the Strahcona Sunrise Rotary meeting recently (20 August 2016) on how Start Up Canada spread across Canada and how Start Up Comox Valley can help local entrepreneurs. I also tried to bring some focus to how “rabbits” (small businesses) are...