A man stranded in the ocean yelled through the night for help after his kayak reportedly broke apart offshore between Royston and Comox.

Search and rescue crews from 19 Wing Comox were called to rescue a civilian 132 nautical miles west of Port Renfrew Friday morning.

In late autumn 1988, Richard Hebda — then head of botany at the Royal BC Museum — stepped into the living room of a man named Mike Trask following a report of an interesting fossil find on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flooding is seen at the Maple Pool Campground near Courtenay, B.C., on Jan. 30, 2026. The Comox Valley Regional District has ...

Local search and rescue team helped 11 people and several animals escape from flooded areas Several flood warnings and flood watches have ended on Vancouver Island as rainfall has eased and an ...

COURTENAY — Heavy rains on Vancouver Island on Friday kept a search and rescue team busy as they helped nearly a dozen people out of floodwaters, as well as dogs, a cat and four sheep. A member of the ...

People in British Columbia’s Comox Valley are being allowed to go home, with floodwaters receding from their homes and properties. Staff at the Comox Valley Regional Emergency Operations Centre say ...

The Comox Valley Regional District has declared a state of local emergency and issued an evacuation order because of flooding in the area. Residents of 12 properties along Stephen and Headquarters ...

Regional district warns of rising waters, flooding and risk to property as evacuation order issued The Comox Valley Regional District, a community of about 72,000 people on mid-Vancouver Island, has ...