News - North Island Midweek http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news RSS Feed for News - North Island Midweek en-us Tue, 22 May 2012 22:31:07 GMT Dogs and daffodils http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152740385.html Alena Williams of Courtenay took this photo of her two boys Deek and Jasper on a beautiful spring day in the Comox Valley Big Time Out returns to its home http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152735355.html For the past several years, Big Time Out mainman Vig Schulman has insisted the event was not an annual one Hornby eagles return to the Internet http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152730925.html Viewers watched as the eagles shared incubation duties on the nest Take Great Strides to beat cystic fibrosis http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152730065.html The Great Strides walk, in support of Cystic Fibrosis Canada-Campbell River Chapter, will take place on Sunday Nominations for tourism awards sought http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152729535.html Tourism Vancouver Island is seeking nominations of tourism stakeholders who have significantly impacted our industry Buy a brick, build a house in Guatemala http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/152729165.html Juan Antonio Juracan Chicoj works as a farm hand in Guatemala for a measly $6.50 per day Woodpeckers ball http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/151196525.html MidWeek reader John Ferguson crept up on these male and female pileated woodpeckers in Comox Three awareness weeks have the same gluten tag http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/151196295.html May is National Celiac Awareness Month, Food Allergy Awareness Month and Digestive Disease Awareness Month Cortes Island writer’s new book explores 50-year-old mystery http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/151195845.html It is no secret that the Cold War was synonymous with covert military operations Cold water can kill http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/151195765.html Many people think that a fall into the water is no big deal