12 Hours of Cumberland returns June 23
The 15th annual 12 Hours of Cumberland, one of the Valley’s most popular and sociable mountain bike races, returns to Cumberland Saturday, June 23. At…
New UBCU union CEO looks to make connections
There’s a new captain at the helm of the only financial institution between Courtenay and Qualicum Beach. Mark Jones joined Union Bay Credit Union…
Campbell River student divers to collect critters for aquarium
Slurp guns, sea lettuce and grunt sculpins – if it’s not some underwater sci-fi epic then it must mean that Campbell River’s Discovery Passage Aquarium is preparing…
Vancouver Island ‘Craft Beer & Wilderness’ retreat a uniquely Canadian first
Brad Harris brews beer for charity. Dennyse Harris is an event planner who specializes in retreats for women. This spring, the Comox Valley couple…
SCUBA students to perform first ever underwater environmental assessment of Quadra Island landmark
Campbell River’s DiveSafe International is giving students of its newest dive program a truly unprecedented opportunity – the chance to perform the first ever…
Cumberland, BC to host ‘Canada’s toughest off-road triathlon’
It’s gnarly. It’s “climby.” It’s Canada’s toughest off-road triathlon, and it’s coming to Vancouver Island. PACE Multisport Dodge City X, which will take place…
Hardship on the Canadian Prairies
The memoir of Charles Lee – November, 1906 Recently, my son Spencer was assigned a family history project at school. While diving into our…
Campbell River dive program the first of its kind in Canada
DiveSafe International, based in the small city of Campbell River on Canada’s West Coast, has once again set a new first for Canadian professional…