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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL TWO COMMERCIAL spaces for lease located at 1491 McPhee Ave (Unit #283) Can be leased as individual or combined. 2600 sqft. total. Unit #2 - 800 sqft. ($780 + util) Currently being used as hairdressing salon/other half dance studio. Includes mezzanine for storage. Unit #3 1800 sqft. ($1000 + Util) currently being used a pole fitness studio and includes separate girls& boys change rooms w/showers & office space. Contact 250-218-3269 or fustiern@hotmail.com
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School District 72 is seeking applications for the following positions: • Casual Maintenance Tradesperson (Carpenter) • Casual Maintenance Tradesperson (Painter) For details on applying for these postings, please check the School District’s web site at www.sd72.bc.ca
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A servicing agreement between the City of Courtenay and the K’ómoks First Nation for the provision of water and sanitary sewer services to K’ómoks First Nation IR No.2 property on Condensory Road – including the site of the Puntledge RV Campground – was signed at a special ceremony on March 17. ■P3
Price not right for pickleball
Comox council suggested the Comox Valley Pickleball Association explore their options with the larger community for progression of outdoor permanent courts. â– P4
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More than 1,000 people responded to the City of Courtenay’s food truck survey, and the response was overwhelmingly supportive for such businesses. Nearly 95 per cent of respondents (94.88) declared a desire for increasing food truck opportunities in the city. ■P5
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Conservation officers are warning the public to be on alert after a series of cougar sightings in and around Courtenay last week.
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Cougars on the prowl in the area â– Scott Stanfield scott.stanfield @comoxvalleyrecord.com
The Conservation Officer Service received a number of calls about cougar sightings in the Comox Valley and Campbell River on Wednesday, March 16. In Comox, shortly before 4 p.m., a person spotted a cougar behind the duck pond in a swampy area at Lancaster Park near the intersection of Lerwick and McDonald roads. Police attended until COs arrived.
Rash of sightings in and around Courtenay in past week An RCMP helicopter that happened to be on a return trip assisted by performing a couple of circles. They spotted an orange domestic cat entering the swamp area. A CO with tracking hounds searched the area. “Because of the house cat being in there it kind of contaminated the scene so we couldn’t do a thorough search with the hound,� North Island CO Gord Gudbranson said. “A cougar’s scent is the same as a
house cat’s scent to a cougar dog.� Officers could not locate the cougar by foot searches in the swamps or by a perimeter search of the area. They posted warning signs before leaving. Later, around 9:20 p.m., a cougar was seen within 500 metres of the first sighting, near the water tower by Back Road. “Somebody was walking on the path in that area and saw a cougar slinking around,� Gudbranson said. “Probably was the same cougar escaping and getting back to the green belt area of Back Road.� See Cougars, Page 5
Juno nominee Peripheral Vision comes to Courtenay for the next Georgia Strait Jazz Society concert. â– P19
Three’s company at reading series
The Fat Oyster presents an entertaining evening of poetry and prose with award-winning poets Patricia Young and Terence Young, and local author and woodlot owner Harold Macy on Wednesday, March 30 at the Fanny Bay Hall. â– P20
SPORTS Currents surge on mainland
The Comox Valley Currents won two of three games played in a ringette tournament on the Lower Mainland. â– P21
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