TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015
VOLUME 30 | NO. 100
THE
Record COMOX VALLEY
Christmas
T H E 14 T H A NNUAL
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NEWS Community makes EDAS a success
Eleven schools and countless volunteers filled 800 hand-painted bags with warm clothes, toiletries, books, cookies and more, which will be distributed to those in need in the Comox Valley, Victoria and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as part of the Everybody Deserves a Smile initiative. ■ P3
Comox council hears from residents
Residents from Robb Avenue packed council chambers last week to express their disappointment with a 2016 infrastructure plan for their neighbourhood. The plan includes the removal of as many as 122 trees. ■ P4
ARTS CLT presents It’s a Wonderful Life Courtenay Little Theatre tackles one of the greatest Christmas stories ever to hit the big screen, with Frank Capra’s classic movie It’s A Wonderful Life coming to the Sid Williams stage. ■ P21
SPORTS Terrific trio at Dew Tour
Three Comox Valley athletes tore down the slopes at Breckenridge, Colo. over the weekend. Darcy Sharpe won the snowboard streetstyle while Cassie Sharpe finished second in ski superpipe and Spencer O’Brien took silver in snowboard slopestyle at the Dec. 10-13 event. ■ P23
’Tis the season not to drink and drive RCMP CounterAttack program helps keep our roads safe
FEATURES ■ P. 8
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