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“The bottom line is that cw$ is all about networking and community collaboration,” says Michael Linton, left, with Pieter Vorster. “It is a way of empowering local business, individuals, and non-profit associations by providing a hand-up, not a hand-out, and supporting the local economy.”

Community

Making Money Go ‘Round

A grassroots system of ‘open money’ helps build commerce and community in the Comox Valley.

Prontissima pasta.

Local Business

Ready to Serve

Prontissima Pasta offers gourmet cuisine ready in minutes.

Shelter Point whiskey

Local Business

Innovation on Tap

Comox Valley ‘farm-preneurs’ see a golden future in single malt whisky.

For most of the people the Care-A-Van tends to, “their first contact with the medical system is the emergency room, and that’s the most costly way to deal with them,” says Tom Grant.  “They end up in acute care beds, which cost about $2,200 a night.  We are saving the healthcare system hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.”

Community

From Dawn to Dawn

Local Care-A-Van provides healthcare on the move to those most in need.