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The Comox Valley Regional District is continuing the toilet and rain barrel/cistern rebate program for 2011.

Construction could begin this year on a hotel and restaurant proposed at the Comox marina, depending on the outcome of a “pre-sale program” the property owner intends on initiating in the spring.

Hoping to bring their principle-based party policies to provincial government, Green Party of B.C. leader Jane Sterk rallied support Saturday afternoon during a stop in Courtenay.

Development rebounded in Courtenay in 2010, as the city saw building permit values rise $20 million from 2009.

The proponents of the Cumberland Green proposal want to reward people who have reached the third stage of life with an opportunity to live in an all-inclusive retirement community on the outskirts of the village.

Political newcomer Hugh MacKinnon outduelled two veterans by a wide margin in a byelection Saturday to become the newest Town of Comox councillor.

Comox Valley RCMP are seeking the driver of a Chevrolet Cavalier or Pontiac Sunfire who was involved in a hit-and-run incident Friday night.

As it did Sunday, BC Hydro will again increase the discharge Thursday from the Comox Dam by about threefold to manage reservoir levels.