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May 2026 4 events

Unspoken Stories: A Screening Event & Community Panel
Thu, May 14 7 pm

Unspoken Stories: A Screening Event & Community Panel

2680 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland

This video series by Holding Heritage founder Hollie Ha brings forward intimate family conversations about refugee journeys, childhood, and parenthood. Through candid intergenerational conversations, Unspoken Stories shares the lived experiences of Chinese Vietnamese Boat People refugees and their descendants. The stories explore themes of identity and belonging, and offer insight into the complexities of family and cultural heritage. The videos are in Cantonese and Vietnamese with English subtitles. The event will feature clips from the series followed by a panel discussion with Ha, author Sandy Ho (No Way But Through: A Family Memoir), and project participant Andrew Ha. Registration is free!

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Spring Plant Sale Coming Soon!
Sat, May 16 10 am – 4 pm

Spring Plant Sale Coming Soon!

Cumberland BC

The annual CCFS Spring Plant Sale is coming up on Saturday May 16th at Village Market Day and CCFS Volunteers are busy sewing seeds, digging up shrubs and gathering donations for this annual fundraiser for the Cumberland Forest. For 25 years, dedicated plant sale volunteers have raised over $10,000 for the land and water protection, stewardship and education activities of the CCFS! Volunteers are ready to come and pick up your donation. Call Rick at 778-992-0207 or drop off your donation at 2774 Allen Ave (between 4th and 5th)

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CCFS Annual General Meeting
Thu, May 21 7 pm – 9 pm

CCFS Annual General Meeting

Abbey Studio

Join us for the Annual General Meeting of the Cumberland Community Forest Society on Thursday May 21st. Middle Earth update, Year in Review, financial reports and board elections will be followed by food and drink in celebration of the collective efforts of the Cumberland Forest community! AGM reports will be posted to www.cumberlandforest.com. All welcome.

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Bat Night at Comox Lake – CVRD Watershed Awareness Days
Thu, May 28 8:15 pm – 10 pm

Bat Night at Comox Lake – CVRD Watershed Awareness Days

Location TBA

Come learn all about bats in the watershed with Cumberland Forest and North Island BC Communtity Bat Program naturalists Heather Thomson and Meaghan Cursons. These nocturnal mammals play underrated and vitally important roles in our ecosystem and watershed, yet some species are at risk. What makes them fascinating, what makes them at-risk and what can we do? Come learn. We’ll follow it up by a lake-shore walk detecting bats using Echometer technology to help us determine the species based on their unique ultrasonic signature. Please bring a chair and headlamp or flashlight. Meet us at the Comox Lake Picnic Pavillion by 8:15 pm. This event is co-hosted by CCFS and LPS, and is part of the CVRD’s Watershed Awareness week. It’s free and open to the public!

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June 2026 2 events

Vancouver Island Herb Gathering
Jun 26 – 28 9 am – 5 pm

Vancouver Island Herb Gathering

Innisfree Farm

We celebrate, we laugh, we learn, and we meditate with plant medicine as our focus, and community as our backbone. It is our belief that plant medicine is people’s medicine, so it is with this intention that the space is prepared for a weekend of herbalism and plant medicine.

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Cumberland Home & Garden Tour AND Culture Crawl
Sat, Jun 27 9 am – 5 pm

Cumberland Home & Garden Tour AND Culture Crawl

Cumberland BC

Join us for the 2026 Cumberland Home & Garden Tour AND Culture Crawl! Explore the built places, gathering spaces, studios, gardens, urban farms, historic gems and modern additions in the Village of Cumberland. Early Bird Tickets are on sale now until June 15th for $25 – Buy your tickets HERE The overarching theme for this tour is ‘resilience’. We explore ways that our community can build resilience through water conservation, mindful landscaping, urban farming, alternative energy, restoring old buildings and building new structures with state of the art materials. We also explore ways to build resilience through Neighbourhood Emergency Planning, FireSmart assessments and drought and wildfire smart landscaping. Resilience is also all about creativity! Expect pop up art shows, music, crafts and other creative undertakings as we partner with Comox Valley Arts to activate the culture crawl aspect of this awesome event! Wan to join this fun this year and share your home, garden or gathering space? We’d love to hear from you. Message [email protected]

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July 2026 1 event

Canada Day 5th Street Mile 2026
Wed, Jul 1 12 am – 12 am

Canada Day 5th Street Mile 2026

Comox Valley

Hosted by the CVRR Sponsored by the City of Courtenay We return this year back to the traditional straight down 5th Street “measured mile” course. Free Registration from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM on event day.

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August 2026 1 event

Comox Valley Exhibition
Aug 28 – 30 2:30 pm – 5 pm

Comox Valley Exhibition

Courtenay Fairgrounds 4839 Headquarters Rd, Courtenay

Promoting local farming, the exhibition offers three days of fun-filled events for all family members. You can pet a lamb, watch the diving dogs, and the many farm animal shows. Check out the demonstrations, enjoy fresh squeezed lemonade, and sit back and enjoy the lumberjack show, carving show and non-stop entertainment.

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October 2026 1 event

7th Annual Cumberland Fungus Fest
Oct 1 – 4 4:30 pm – 4:30 pm

7th Annual Cumberland Fungus Fest

Cumberland BC

Join fungus lovers from across the Salish Sea region for our 7th Annual Cumberland Fungus Fest October 1- 4 2026 in the Village of Cumberland. This 4 day interdisciplinary celebration of forests and fungus includes guided walks, workshops, presentations, hands on activities, art, craft and music events and more! Stay tunes for updates and hold the date!

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