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Comox, British Columbia, Canada: Allegiance: Canada: Service / branch: Royal Canadian Air Force: Years of service: 1940–1972: Rank: Wing Commander: Battles / wars: World War II. European Theatre; North African Campaign; Awards: Member of the Order of Canada Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar Distinguished Flying Medal Mention in Despatches ...
Rivals in life, both men shared a combined obituary in the local newspaper. [8] In 1891, the Comox District Free Press—affectionately known as "the Yellow Paper"—began publishing. In 1893, the provincial government, without consulting the local residents, abruptly changed the name of the village, the valley and the bay from Augusta to Comox ...
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.
The partition left the new Comox Valley Regional District with only 8.4 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but 57.9 percent of its population. The CVRD covers an area of 2,425 square kilometres, of which 1,725 square kilometres is land (the remainder is water), and serves a population of 72,445 according to the 2023 Census. [ 4 ]
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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, ...
The Regional District of Comox-Strathcona was a regional district of British Columbia, Canada, from 1967 to 2008. On February 15, 2008, the regional district was abolished and replaced by two successor regional districts, Comox Valley and Strathcona .
Walter Mears, 87, American journalist (Associated Press), Pulitzer Prize winner , cancer. [66] Abune Merkorios, 83, Ethiopian Orthodox prelate, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1988–1991, since 2018). [67] Jun Misawa, 69, Japanese baseball player and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–2000). [68]