Cumberland will have a new councillor Monday afternoon.
Nick Ward is being sworn in this afternoon as council’s newest member.
He won a byelection last month to replace Jesse Ketler, who stepped down in June.
Ward received 535 votes to win the by-election, compared to 169 for Thea Cockerton, and 27 for Ken Barth.
Ward will be sworn in ahead of today’s Committee of the Whole Budget meeting, at 5:30pm.
The public is invited to attend.
To learn more, visit Village of Cumberland.
Campbell River RCMP Seeking Missing Man
The Campbell River RCMP are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing man.
Campbell River Hospice Thrift Store Grand Opening Today
Campbell River Hospice Society is getting ready to open its new Hospice Thrift Store on Friday and they’re putting extra emphasis on helping locate it.
Santa’s Workshop Needs Your Help!
The Campbell River and North Island Transition Society is looking for a little extra help to brighten the smiles of moms and children this holiday season.
Light Up The Province Winter Impaired Driving Campaign Underway
BC Highway Patrol says almost 200 impaired drivers were caught in this year’s Light Up The Province impaired driving enforcement night, 18 on Vancouver Island.
Federal Funding For Kus-kus-sum Restoration
The federal government is putting one-million dollars toward restoring the Kus-kus-sum site on the K’ómoks Estuary in Courtenay.
Saturday & Sunday, December 13th & 14th, check out the River City Christmas Market, at the Willow Point Sportsplex.
at Campbell River Community CentreFriday-Sunday, December 12th-14th, it’s the Great Canadian Craft Fair at the Florence Filberg Centre.
at Florence Filberg CentreSaturday, December 13th, Rare Rebels Vintage presents another Curated Pre-loved Market at the Little Red Church in Comox.
at Little Red Church
The word "éy7á7juuthem" means “Language of our People” and is the ancestral tongue of the Homalco, Tla’amin, Klahoose and K’ómoks First Nations, with dialectic differences in each community.
It is pronounced "eye-ya-jooth-hem."