Dean Stoltz

Lois Robertson has had an adventurous spirit her entire life and as she prepares to turn 90 years-old on Monday she doesn’t plan on changing. So when someone suggested she jump out of a plane to celebrate her ninth decade on earth, she was all ears. “It was around a year ago and he said ‘why don’t you go skydiving’. I thought ‘oh that might be an idea,'” said Robertson.

One of the many bear videos being posted around the Comox Valley was one recorded Sunday June 14 as a black bear sauntered in front of the large Crown Isle sign at Ryan Road and Anderton Avenue. “No way. That is massive,” Lauren Thomson can be heard saying as she recorded the video in a passing vehicle. It’s just one of dozens of videos and pictures being shared online in the Comox Valley alone in what appears to be an increase in daylight bear sightings.

Concerns are growing about the number of abandoned RVs and the risks they pose to local forests and the environment, including an area near the bottom of Mount Washington where an old motorhome has been sitting vandalized for months. Under a warm sun in June, with temperatures heating up this weekend, an abandoned RV remains parked off the side of Strathcona Parkway at the bottom of Mount Washington near Highway 19. Its presence is raising concerns.