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In 1987 the Comox Valley Record started publishing in competition with the Comox District Free Press. Two years later the Free Press was purchased by the Thomson Corporation, and when employees went on strike in 1994, the new owners closed the paper down rather than accede to their demands.
The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that includes the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, ...
Black Press obtained Harbor City Star, Nanaimo Daily News, Cowichan Citizen, Parksville Oceanside Star, Tofino/Ucluelet Westerly News, Comox Valley Echo, Campbell River Courier, Surrey Now and Langley Advance. [27] In August 2014, Black Press acquired Yukon News from owner Stephen Robertson. [28]
Don McRae was born and raised in the Comox Valley. He graduated from Georges P. Vanier Secondary School and went to the University of British Columbia as well as San Diego State University where he graduated specializing in education and international relations. [2]
In 1912, the colliery established a hydroelectric plant on the Puntledge River, which supplied the whole Comox Valley. [8] Total miners killed in a single coal dust explosion at Cumberland were 64 in 1901, 21 in 1903, 18 in 1922, and 33 in 1923. [11] In 1912, management locked out protesting Cumberland miners who took an idle day.
Comox Valley: Several hundred people gathered in Courtenay on 5 June for a rally and memorial led by Black and indigenous community members. Around 250 people met on 6 June to protest roadside with signs, and knelt for eight minutes at noon.
Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i / KORT-nee) [1] is a city of about 26,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District, which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District.