Comox Valley Record Published: July 08, 2010 6:00 PM
Updated: July 08, 2010 6:09 PM
Dear editor,
My earlier letter (Record, July 2) was for Ralph Shaw only.
Anyway, the point of my letter was to remind Ralph of his obligation to educate people who imagine that releasing small fish and keeping big fish is a sensible thing to do, or that it is ethical to catch salmon headed for other people’s rivers.
As local archeologists Nancy Greene and David McGee have shown, Valley rivers once produced so much fish that …

We welcome and invite everyone to attend the Keeping it Living Estuary Art Exhibit and Silent Auction Opening. This event will take place on Thursday May 6th from 7-10pm at Zocalo Cafe and Gallery on the corner of 5th and Cliff. We will be celebrating the beauty and diversity of the Arts, the Estuary and our Community in the Comox Valley.
The evening will start with a short presentation from Project Watershed on the Courtenay River Estuary – its importance, uniqueness and the activities occurring on and around it. This will …

Ken Kirkby shows off some of the paintings he’ll sell to raise money for the Nile Creek Enhancement Society. (Keven Drews Photo)
By Keven Drews – Published Date: 2010/3/19 17:27:31, Article ID : 7653

UCLUELET — One of Canada’s most celebrated painters has big plans to save the salmonids of eastern Vancouver Island’s fish-bearing streams.

Ken Kirkby – who unveiled a model of a massive 48.33-metre by 3.66-metre painting called Isumataq in Parliament in 1992 – plans to raise millions of dollars for the Nile Creek Enhancement Society (NCES) by selling prints …

Is there a will in local governments to acknowledge climate change and to plan for the future?In the February 10th Echo article by Wayne White, he clearly explained the issues and modification of the Courtenay River Estuary that directly contributed to the flooding experienced in January. Will this be more common in the future and will the Mayor of Courtenay have to declare more States of Emergency? I think the answer is clearly yes. So what can we, as residents of the newly created Comox Valley do about this??
Whatever your …

But power company insists it did all it could to control dam’s outflow safely…
Philip Round, Comox Valley Echo – Published: Friday, February 26, 2010

B.C. Hydro should be barred from ever again releasing water from Comox Dam in quantities capable of flooding downtown properties.
That’s the view of petitioners from Maple Pool Campground and nearby properties that have been washed out twice this winter – and they finger the power company more than bad weather as the cause.
They have made their protest to local MLA Don McRae and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, calling …

Jack Minard, Comox Valley Echo – Published: Friday, February 05, 2010

It is with dismay we learn that a further disruption of the headwaters of Brooklyn Creek has occurred at Lannan Forest.
We knew when we lost our community-driven bid to purchase Lannan Forest that it was purchased by a developer and at some point the land would be developed. What we did not even suspect was that the already severely damaged headwaters of Brooklyn Creek would be further compromised by logging practices that, contrary to Provincial Riparian Area Regulations, are not respecting …

Published: Comox Valley Echo, Friday, 22 January 2010

Re: Water Education and Water Use
I would like to thank Leigh Carter for her recent letter regarding the education component of the Water Conservation Strategy but I think she was too modest by not pointing out the results of this very worthwhile program.
A review of the Water Conservation Strategy carried out by Koers & Associates Engineering in March 2009 reported a reduction in the total drinking water use from the Puntledge River of 10% over the review period (2003 to 2008). When population …

Of the seven arguments made by the Sierra Club of Canada to discredit the regional district’s approval of the Dyke Road Gas and Go, not one stuck in a judgment from the B.C. Supreme Court.
Justice B.D. MacKenzie’s judgment on the lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club against the Comox Valley Regional District and Gas and Go Petroleum North Ltd. was released Thursday afternoon.
“I am satisfied the Board was acting within its proper jurisdiction in these circumstances and did not exceed its legislative authority,” wrote MacKenzie in the 15-page reasons for …

The Courtenay River Estuary is the heart of the our watershed and home to hundreds of species, including us. We have a vision that works towards the return of abundance and you can find out more by checking for the monthly page in Wednesday’s Record.
Local artists please note, submissions to an online art competition and silent auction are now being accepted – it’s your chance to win money, support the estuary, gather acclaim and sell your work.
Not an artist but still want to get involved? Become an online sponsor or …

Read the article by Colleen Dane in the Comox Valley Record of 9 December 2009.
The lawyers have had their say — and all that can be done now is wait for the judge’s response.
The legal challenge launched by the Sierra Club of Canada against the Comox Valley Regional District over a development permit for the Gas and Go station proposed for Dyke Road was heard in B.C. Supreme Court last week. “It worked out the way it’s supposed to — now it’s up to the judge,” said Mike Bell, chair of the Sierra …