Students at Georges P. Vanier Secondary are buzzing with anticipation now that work is underway to seismically upgrade and replace part of their school thanks to a $33.8-million investment.

Seafood producers met with the provincial and federal governments to discuss skilled-labour and human-resource planning, as part of a series of roundtables held earlier this year with sectors highlighted in the BC Jobs Plan.

The public is invited to attend a drop-in information session on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, about the plan to improve the connection between Highway 19 and the north Courtenay area.

Chris Walkus wasn’t sure he could be successful in the North Island College’s Employment Transition and Construction Labourer program saying, “I had low self-esteem.”

The provincial government is preserving affordable housing in Courtenay through the purchase of the Washington Apartments, the city’s largest apartment complex.

Finding ways to ensure more efficient and sustainable energy use. That is the focus of community energy plans being developed by three Vancouver Island First Nations with support from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund.

The Comox Valley Farmers' Market is receiving $31,897 in Buy Local funding to increase the sales of local meat, vegetables and other food products by increasing awareness and building relationships between commercial purchasers and local producers.