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June 16 - July 26: 10am to 4pm One War Two Victories. The Alberni Project. June 20 - June 22: Comox Cup Road Hockey Tournament June 21: 12pm to 5pm Shellfish Festival Celebration June 24Th - July 13Th: Pearl Ellis Art Gallery People Choice Awards Show July 3: 7pm Filberg Park Summer Concert “Blackberry Woods” July 5&6: Men’s’ North Island Golf Tournament at Comox Golf Course July 17: 7pm Filberg Park Summer Concert “Fish and Bird” augusT 1 - 4: Festival Weekend in Comox:

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Comox is a great communi-ty for so many reasons. Located on the east side of Vancouver Island, the area enjoys a very moderate climate. Tempera-tures are relatively warm in the winter, and not excessively hot in the summer. More than that, the living conditions are very comfortable for those who have discovered Comox.

Prices for residential properties are quite reasonable compared to many other areas in Canada, and particularly so compared to Vancouver and Victoria. This puts the “liv-ability index” at a comfortable level.

Comox preserves a small-town feel complete with safety, accessibility and modern con-veniences. The downtown area offers a range of shopping and service options for locals, within

a compact, walkable area. Comox is a small town

which is fully connected to the world via electronic and physical connections. High-speed Internet connections are plentiful. Free Wi-Fi services are available at many establish-ments. Locals can use cloud services virtually anywhere. This has given rise to many employment opportunities such as journalism and fine arts. In fact, the area is home to many writers, artists and other positions where creative talents are necessary.

Physical connections to the area also help to instil vi-brancy to Comox. The airport and harbour offer many daily flights which put Vancouver 20 minutes away; jetting to Calgary and Edmonton takes around an hour.

BC Ferries operates a nearby route which whisks travellers to the Sunshine Coast. Modern highways connect Comox to the rest of Vancouver Island and beyond, via the many Is-land ferry terminals. Comox is well connected, and residents no longer feel isolated here.

The downtown Comox area offers residents more con-nection opportunities. Local businesses are well represented on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.

Locals can interact with friends, family and others who share similar interests. Many people can walk to shops and services within the compact downtown core.

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They have discovered a truth which has long been known to Comox locals: Comox by the Sea is a great place!Vaughn SmithPresident, Comox Business in Action

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It could be a way to cool off from the summer heat, a chance to practice paddling skills or just enjoy the camaraderie of friends, but Stuart robinson is hoping a regular Tuesday night event in the Town will draw participants of all ages and skill levels.

robinson, of Compass Ad-venture, is hosting in conjunc-tion with the Comox Business In Action a regular night event — Tuesday evening paddle — every week throughout the summer.

“We’re hoping to get a lot of user groups together. There will be a recreational version and an elite version for all skill levels with a timed event,” he explained.

“Anyone with a kayak, out-rigger, SUP (stand-up paddle board) can come out and enjoy the water and a social

afterwards.”robinson noted a $5 dona-

tion per person includes a BBQ afterwards in Marina Park.

A sign-in begins every week at 6 p.m. at the marina and robinson invites anyone “from kids to senior citizens” to join, and offers some rentals for those needing a boat or board.

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Building on the success of last year’s market, the Comox Business In Action is making Thursday nights the night to be in downtown Comox.

“The feedback (last year) from locals was amazing. We were expecting out-of-towners to embrace the idea, which they did, but we had a huge amount of local people visiting,” said Holly grant, execu-tive director of the Comox BIA.

“The Sunday Street Market (during Nautical Days) is running again, and the Thursday night markets are going to be the same format.”

grant said the market will take place on the third Thursday of the month begin-ning in June and running until September, and will feature many vendors from the Comox Valley Farmers’ Market — in-cluding a stage — along with local BIA vendors.

A block will be closed off to traf-fic and grant said the market will also

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Comox is the place to be on Thursday nights

appeal to locals who want to visit the Saturday farmers’ market but sometimes can’t physically make it to the Exhibition ground location.

The market will run from 4 to 7 p.m. and will feature local musicians.

“We want it to be the place to be on Thursday nights,” added grant.

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The 32nd annual Filberg Festival is coming up, and with it are some new changes.

one of the most notable changes is the new Comox rotary Stage, an upgrade from the usual tent-like canopy.

The rotary Club of Comox has given $15,000 towards building the stage. The Comox Valley Community Foundation and Coastal Community Credit Union have each donated $5,000 towards the project.

The 191 Construction Engineer-ing Flight subunit of 19 Wing Comox has volunteered to build the stage.

191 CEF commander, Lt. Teslin Bruhn, works on site with crews five days a week. The goal is to have it com-pleted by mid-June, weather permitting.

“That’s somewhat dependent on the weather for the pour of the main slab,” Bruhn said.

Aside from the usual construction work on the base in Comox, com-munity projects are often a priority for the 191 CEF crew.

“We definitely like opportuni-ties to work in the community and give some-thing back to the community that supports us,” Bruhn says, adding that this project’s location makes it accessible to all.

The concrete stage will have four pil-lars and a timber frame structure, covered with a slanted metal roof for a sturdy, open design. The electrical work will be mostly concealed by the new structure,

New stage for Filberg FestivalDonors, 19 Wing volunteers come together for build

ensuring a safer and more esthetically pleasing look.

The rotary Club of Comox will also pitch in their labour doing stone work.

Performing on the new stage will be a lineup of enter-tainment both locally and from across Canada.

Tiller’s Folly, royal Wood, Jesse Peters, and Ken Lavigne are some crowd-pleasers that will be appearing throughout the festival.

Local artists and 2014 Juno nominees Phil Dwyer and David gogo will also be present.

Musical entertainment is not limited to adults as there will be several children’s performers including Aunt Bobbi, The Kerplunks, and 2014 Juno winner for Best Children’s Album, Helen Austin.

Wendy Sears of Lewis & Sears Mar-

keting and Event Management says that

there’s a focus to have a wider variety of

music for this year’s festival, adding the

majority of the talent is local.

“Seventy-five per cent of the entertain-

ment is from Vancouver Island, which we

are very proud of. There are exceptional

musicians and singers on the Island,”

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Musical entertainment will be

throughout the entire festival at the

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“We have a number of new artisans at

this year’s festival as well as the returning

favourites,” Sears added.

The guest artist this year will be Tracy

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Comox Valley.

Along with the arts and entertainment

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The annual Comox By The Sea Shellfish and Seafood Celebration will showcase the best shellfish and seafood products in B.C. — presented by world class chefs and in-novative producers — June 21 at the Filberg Lodge and grounds.

There will be chef dem-onstrations, tasting booths, a beer garden, a competition to determine the best oyster shucker in B.C., and the Best Chowder Competition.

New to this year’s event are interactive displays including live touch tanks and educa-tional booths.

“We’ve got some pretty exciting exhibitors and some awesome food booths as well, and some first-class chefs,”

festival co-ordinator Holly grant said.

The event, which had run about seven years at Marina Park, used to be organized by the Shellfish growers Associa-tion. Comox Business In Ac-tion now takes care of logistics but the event is largely under the auspices of the Comox Valley Economic Development Society.

“It’s grown over the years to the point where they needed to take it to the next level with the marketing, and make it more of a destination-type af-fair,” grant said.

CVEDS has broadened the festival to allow for various events over a two-week period, she notes. organizations including the Vancouver Aquarium and North Island College are involved this year.

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He’s given second life to a canoe, and in doing so Stuart robinson of Compass Ad-ventures in Comox is paying respect to the culture around him.

robinson recently acquired an oC4 outrigger canoe — a 32-foot long boat steeped in traditional Hawaiian culture giving young athletes in the Valley the ability to train year-round.

“I wanted something to train on in the winter, and to supplement the ocean racing Academy,” he explained.

“It happened to be the right time. The boat wasn’t actually a boat, but a mould from which other canoes would be built.”

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to the Island from Abbotsford, and installed buoyancy tanks and seats, two new lakos — pieces which join the hull to the ama — the outriggers.

The hull had to be sanded, and with volunteer hours from local businesses, the boat was finished, added robinson.

“The boat is designed for rougher water conditions and

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Friend Zo Norcross-nu’u donated eight paddles to the racing academy, and Andrew robinson, master paddler, refinished the paddles with a special addition.

“Since the paddles origi-nated in Hawaii and needed some work done, I thought

this was a great chance to do something in honour of their roots,” he said.

“We took some Hawaiian grains of sand and put it into the under side of each handle in order to respect the tradi-tion and origins of this great sport. Now anytime this boat goes out, the persons paddling will be holding a piece of Ha-waii in their hands and con-necting themselves through the Pacific ocean.”

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Whether looking for women’s clothes, accessories, home decor or a gift for someone special, The Cottage has plenty of selection on offer.

Located in the heart of Comox on Comox Avenue, Susan Tordon’s shop first opened about five years ago. From then until now, Tordon says the comment most new customers make when they enter her business is that the clothing is unique, and there’s lots of styles to choose from.

“There’s streamlined things and then there’s soft, flowy kinds of things,” she says, noting made-in-Vancouver brand Sympli is a prominent line in the store, as well as American brands Cut Loose and Bryn Walker.

“We carry a lot of European lines, too, made in Denmark, Turkey, India, Portugal and France.”

Tordon says prices vary at The Cottage, too.

“There’s lots of different price ranges,

like there’s dresses for $40 right up to dresses for $300 so there’s a big range,” she explains.

Accessories like purses, scarves and jew-elry are also spread throughout the shop.

Meanwhile, The Cottage offers huge variety of home decor with Indaba being a main brand for these items. From din-nerware and glassware, to throw pillows, scented candles, to furniture like a pine lamp table or wine cabinet, a large selec-tion of home decor items are arranged around the periphery of the shop.

Tordon says there’s a strong empha-sis on customer service at The Cottage, whether one of two “lovely girls” who work at the shop or Tordon herself, helps customers find what they’re looking for.

“We help people pick outfits for them-selves because there’s so much in here,” she says, noting it would take some time to go through all of the items in the shop. “So, we try to figure out what style they’re comfortable in, what their body shape is like, so that we can dress them and make them look good.”

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susan tordon’s downtown Comox business the Cottage offers a wide array of clothing, accessories and home decor. Photo by renee andor

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After its overwhelming suc-cess last year, the welcome pack-age for transient boaters will be back this summer.

“It’s a win-win for the boat-ers and it’s a win-win for our businesses,” says Comox by the Sea co-ordinator Holly grant, who notes the welcome package includes information about things to do in Comox and what businesses are in town, plus some business coupons.

Businesses “see the results of the coupon coming back into their stores so they know that they’ve got a boater, so it’s kind of neat.”

She notes Wills Marine Sup-plies & Services as one example, pointing out staff there had coupons from the welcome package coming in most days last summer.

Due to its success, grant says the package will be larger this

year, with about 25 vendors featured, up from about 15 last year.

“So the package is even bet-ter this year, and the other thing we did was put the walking tour brochure into it as well because the feedback from all the ma-rinas was how much (visitors) really liked that walking tour brochure,” adds grant. “It just gives them ideas of some cool walks to do in downtown Co-mox and some of the highlights and so forth.”

She notes tourism from visit-

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Meanwhile, Comox Valley Harbour Authority wharfi n-ger robert Clarke says boat rendezvous could become more frequent in Comox.

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Takin’ it to the Streets.It was a hit song for the Doobie Broth-

ers in 1976, and this year it will again be the underlying theme for the Comox Cup road Hockey Tournament.

As always, there’s guaranteed to be plenty of hits handed out at the 2014 edition of the popular event, which starts Friday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. and runs through to Sunday, June 22 at 5 p.m.

Comox recreation started the tourney and is proud to be putting on the 19th annual version. recreation programmer Jessie Wallis notes the event will again be held in the parking lot of Marina Park.

After previously held at the Comox rec parking lot and then downtown Comox, the tourney moved to Marina Park last year and it proved to be a great venue.

The 2013 event attracted 22 teams (of 18-and-older players) from all over the Island.

Mitt Crashers defeated Chanced grind-ers to win the A Division (competitive), Hood ratz knocked off Cougar Snatch-ers to claim the B Division (recreational/competitive) crown and road Kill overcame the Courtenay Knights to take C Division (recreational) honours.

This year, teams have until 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12 to register and can do so through Comox Community Centre’s front desk (250-339-2255).

What’s new this year? “Not much new added, just perfected,”

Wallis said. “We will have the Comox Valley Head Injury Society holding a barbecue this year, and we will have the beer gardens run by the rink Minx roller derby team.”

The event has a loyal following of both fans and teams.

“This tournament has not only be-come one of the highlights of our year, but an annual tradition bringing friends together no matter where life takes us,” says Tim Chaisson, captain of the Courtenay Knights – the only team that has played in every Comox Cup since it started in 1995.

“The majority of us have been with the team since Day 1 or for many years, and

hockey cup hoisted high in Comoxso the Comox Cup is our opportunity to all get together for a weekend no matter what is going on in our lives in the spirit of friendship, camaraderie, and just plain fun,” says Chaisson.

“Winning three championships and numerous fi nals helps appearances, but for many of us now in our 40s this is also our motivation to stay active and in shape year round, so we can still compete (and win) against the young guys!”

The Comox Cup began in 1995 when Comox recreation Centre programmers asked themselves: “Why don’t we turn the recreation centre parking lot into hockey rinks and get a bunch of teams together to play a few games on Father’s Day week-end?”

In the beginning the rinks were nothing more than as-phalt parking lots with hockey nets at either end, noted former event spokesperson Dawn Stevens.

There were no referees, and it was just like playing road hockey with a bunch of friends.

Within the next few years the rinks became more sophisticated and snow fencing wrapped around tire rims were added to help keep the balls in play and the fl ow of the game going.

As the the games became more com-petitive, referees became an important addition.

The simple set-up soon became hours of painstaking work, as wooden boards replaced snow fencing and mere hockey nets were backed by 25-foot backstops.

CFB Comox personnel were enlisted to aid in the set-up as this was no longer a one-person job.

on the 14th anniversary of the Comox Cup, the event relocated to downtown

Comox. The rinks were made out of security fencing, similar to other

road hockey tournaments around the province.

Netting and backstops protected spectators and store-

fronts and created a real rink feel on Comox Avenue.

With its new location at Marina Park, the community is wel-come to drop by to enjoy the pavement-pounding road hockey action and take in the breath-taking views of the Comox Harbour, Beaufort Moun-tains and Comox glacier.

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asked themselves: “Why don’t we turn the recreation centre parking lot into hockey rinks and get a bunch of teams together to play a few games on Father’s Day week-end?”

In the beginning the rinks were nothing more than as-phalt parking lots with hockey nets at either end, noted former event spokesperson Dawn Stevens.

There were no referees, and it was just like playing road hockey with a bunch of friends.

Within the next few years the rinks became more sophisticated and snow fencing wrapped around tire rims were added to help keep the balls in play and the fl ow of the game going.

security fencing, similar to other road hockey tournaments around

the province. Netting and backstops

protected spectators and store-fronts and created a real rink

feel on Comox Avenue.With its new location

at Marina Park, the community is wel-come to drop by to enjoy the pavement-pounding road hockey action and take in the breath-taking views of the Comox Harbour, Beaufort Moun-tains and Comox glacier.

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