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Markus Johnson from Carihi Secondary School won gold for Welding

North Island students excel at regional Skills Canada competition

Competition was held at North Island College in Campbell River

Markus Johnson from Carihi Secondary School won gold for Welding
From left to right: Dallas Smith, spokesperson for the Coalition and Tlowitsis Nation, Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and Chief Chris Roberts of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation. (Supplied photo)

First Nations coalition urges Ottawa to stop closing salmon farms where they’re wanted

Coastal group says rights and title, food affordability and jobs impacted, want minister replaced

  • Mar 9, 2023
From left to right: Dallas Smith, spokesperson for the Coalition and Tlowitsis Nation, Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and Chief Chris Roberts of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation. (Supplied photo)
North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
Weighing five pounds, nine ounces, a baby boy was born in a minivan Feb. 28, en route to the hospital in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)

Cariboo woman delivers baby in minivan en route to hospital

It was a third baby for Brittany Lee of Likely, B.C.

Weighing five pounds, nine ounces, a baby boy was born in a minivan Feb. 28, en route to the hospital in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)
Strathcona Regional District office. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Strathcona Regional District budget increasing this year

Total increase of 19.4 per cent, but different communities to see different changes

Strathcona Regional District office. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Mowi Canada West salmon farm. (Mowi photo)

North Island First Nations reject continued fish farming in the Broughton Archipelago

Three First Nations announce their call on region’s last 7 fish farms through consent-based processes

Mowi Canada West salmon farm. (Mowi photo)
Construction of a fire hall for Mount Washington has been delayed. File photo

Construction of Mount Washington fire hall suffers setback

Construction of the proposed Mount Washington fire hall has had a setback.…

Construction of a fire hall for Mount Washington has been delayed. File photo
Campbell River City Hall.

Campbell River taxpayers should prepare for big tax increases over the next 2-3 years

City council can expect the need for “out-of-parameter” tax increases in 2024 and beyond

Campbell River City Hall.
A bear cub named Rock came into the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in the summer of 2020 after police found it in a cage in a home. He spent a year with the shelter before being release healthy. Justin Thibault has now been sentenced for unlawful possession of live wildlife in provincial court on March 3, 2023. (Photo from NLWS Facebook page)

B.C. man fined $7,500 for keeping bear cub in a cage

Bear taken to Northwest B.C. animal shelter in 2020 and released into the wild the following year

A bear cub named Rock came into the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in the summer of 2020 after police found it in a cage in a home. He spent a year with the shelter before being release healthy. Justin Thibault has now been sentenced for unlawful possession of live wildlife in provincial court on March 3, 2023. (Photo from NLWS Facebook page)
Most of Campbell River’s homeless started as youth. File photo
Most of Campbell River’s homeless started as youth. File photo
North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Photo supplied)

MLA Babchuk says extensive funding will support big projects for people in her riding

The BC government will distribute $1 billion across B.C.’s 188 municipalities and regional districts

North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Photo supplied)
Campbell River Fire Department giving the Oyster River fire department mutual aid on July 1, 2020. Photo courtesy Oyster River Fire Department

Strathcona Regional District rural and urban directors not seeing eye to eye

All four electoral areas want out of proposed regional fire service

Campbell River Fire Department giving the Oyster River fire department mutual aid on July 1, 2020. Photo courtesy Oyster River Fire Department
City of Campbell River. Mirror file photo

Initial draft of City of Campbell River budget starts with a tax increase of 11.27 per cent

Council will work on reducing that in budget deliberations beginning March 7

City of Campbell River. Mirror file photo
Campbell River is under a drug poisoning alert. Photo courtesy St. John Ambulance
Campbell River is under a drug poisoning alert. Photo courtesy St. John Ambulance
Paula Brown, a community health worker with Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Medical Center, consults with a patient. (Michael Ollove/Pew Charitable Trusts/TNS)

New union agreement increases wage for B.C.’s health-care workers

UFCW 1518 community health workers ratified the agreement

Paula Brown, a community health worker with Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Medical Center, consults with a patient. (Michael Ollove/Pew Charitable Trusts/TNS)
Strathcona Gardens lifeguard Cianna Dunn keeps watch during a Campbell River Killer Whales practice. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Why it’s hard to keep the Strathcona Gardens pool open

Campbell River area pools adapting to shifts within lifeguarding

Strathcona Gardens lifeguard Cianna Dunn keeps watch during a Campbell River Killer Whales practice. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Wei Wai Kum Chief Chris Roberts (left) speaks at the signing of a protocol Feb. 27, 2023 in Nanaimo between the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, We Wai Kai First Nation and the Myra Falls Mine. We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite holds a carved paddle to be presented to Myra Falls general manager Adam Foulstone. Photo contributed

Wei Wai Kum and We Wai Kai Nations sign historic agreement with the Myra Falls mine

Negotiations for the agreement commenced in 2020, and parties have recently agreed to final terms

Wei Wai Kum Chief Chris Roberts (left) speaks at the signing of a protocol Feb. 27, 2023 in Nanaimo between the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, We Wai Kai First Nation and the Myra Falls Mine. We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite holds a carved paddle to be presented to Myra Falls general manager Adam Foulstone. Photo contributed
An afternoon sinkhole developed over Passage View Dr. on Feb. 27. Photo Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror

Afternoon Sinkhole opens up in Campbell River neighbourhood

Six-foot sinkhole opens up after salt truck drives on top of road at Passage View Dr.

An afternoon sinkhole developed over Passage View Dr. on Feb. 27. Photo Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror
A totem pole carved by Max Chickite looks out to the shores of Quadra Island on Sept. 13, 2020. – Campbell River Mirror

SRD gets grant to help with salvaging community and culturally sensitive artifacts

Money to be used to offer course on sacred cultural item salvage

  • Feb 26, 2023
A totem pole carved by Max Chickite looks out to the shores of Quadra Island on Sept. 13, 2020. – Campbell River Mirror
Snowplow tackles snow buildup on Highway 19. Mainroad Contracting photo

Snowfall Warning issued for Campbell River area

West, central and east Vancouver Island, Southern Gulf Islands, Malahat, and Sunshine Coast included

Snowplow tackles snow buildup on Highway 19. Mainroad Contracting photo