Neighbours helping neighbours at the Comox Valley Food Bank
Since 1983 the food bank on McPhee Avenue has served households from Cook Creek to the Oyster River. Here is how to use it, donate food, or send your bottle refunds its way.
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November 2026
Robb Avenue in Comox is being rebuilt this year
The Town’s upgrade between Anderton and Aitken roads — new mains, sidewalks, a parking bump-out and street trees — is under construction and is expected to wrap up by the end of 2026.
Water restrictions lifted across most of the Comox Valley
The regional district lifted water restrictions on November 6 for Courtenay, Comox and several rural systems, after rain began to refill the watersheds. Royston was slated to follow a week later.
The Comox Valley from Mount Washington
From the Strathcona Parkway above the Comox Valley, the view takes in farms, shoreline and mountains — at the edge of B.C.’s oldest provincial park.
A walk along the Comox municipal marina
The Town of Comox keeps the municipal marina’s main dock open to the public on a daily schedule, a short stroll from Beaufort Avenue for watching boats in any season.
From the village street to the Cumberland trails
Cumberland’s historic main street sits at the edge of an extensive non-motorized trail network, starting in the Community Forest just southwest of the village core.
A subalpine walk at Paradise Meadows
From Courtenay, exit 130 leads up the Strathcona Parkway to Paradise Meadows, an accessible subalpine corner of B.C.’s oldest provincial park.
Tide pools and a wide sandy beach at Miracle Beach
Halfway between Courtenay and Campbell River, Miracle Beach Provincial Park offers a broad sandy shore, short forest trails and tide pools at low tide.
What’s coming up: council meetings on the Comox Valley calendar
Comox’s official schedule lists a strategic planning meeting on November 18 and a regular council meeting on November 25, both at 5 p.m.
What Courtenay’s new council did at its inaugural meeting
Courtenay’s new council was sworn in on November 4 and appointed representatives to 10 regional and city boards, commissions and committees.