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Keilah Hanson received the Aboriginal James Hovell Award at Carihi School for Aboriginal Achievment on A student Honour Roll and Aboriginal Kwakwala language. She also received a bursary from the Wilson family. Hanson and hundreds of students graduate from Carihi and Timberline schools this week.

There is no denying the belt sander to beat this year is going to be Cyriel DeBruyne’s, which is currently holding the current champion title in the modified class division for the past two years in a row

Bring the whole family! The Museum at Campbell River presents Heritage Puppet Theatre shows beginning June 23, and summer students Delaney Sullivan, Kyle Rosenke and Melissa Kubinec are excited about bringing Campbell River history to life through the puppets and their stories.

he Black Creek Community Association (BCCA) is offering a variety of classes and activities through the summer month

Family and friends line up to photograph Carihi Secondary graduates who gathered on the foreshore Saturday afternoon for the traditional photo day.

On Sunday, the U-18 Boys Marine Harvest Football Club participated in their final community fundraiser along with their sponsor, Marine Harvest before departing to the provincial championships in Penticton July the 7. The event included a car wash and a salmon barbeque, with all proceeds going to the United Way. The event raised over $600.

Teams from two local mines brought home awards from the 56th annual Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition in Revelstoke on June 11.

People from around the coast came to Campbell River on Tuesday to celebrate on the Tyee Spit

Brent Lebsack (left) of Save-On Foods and Dave Reynolds of The River radio station (second from left) worked together to raise $5,500 for the Campbell River Food Bank which they donated to food bank managers Ann and George Minoksy on Tuesday at the grocery store.

Ocean Grove Elementary students and staff gather around 25-foot section of old growth red cedar that will be transformed into the school’s new totem, featuring a thunderbird and killer whale. First Nations carvers Ralph Wilson and Ross Bell are donating their time and services to do the pole. The red cedar was donated by Western Forest Products and dropped off by West Coast Hauling.