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Roots, tree trunks and mud pile up against a parkade that collapsed in a mudslide at the 700 block of South Island Highway in Campbell River Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

Spring-like discharge triggered Cambell River mudslide: report

Approximately 550 cubic metres of soil was displaced

Roots, tree trunks and mud pile up against a parkade that collapsed in a mudslide at the 700 block of South Island Highway in Campbell River Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
This is the artwork of 20 year old Ezekiel, who is the oldest son of Shashi’s cousin & wife. He has captured a picture of life in a refugee camp as an aspiring artist. What this picture doesn’t tell you is that food from the NGO each month only lasts half the month, with no opportunity for work - they can only hope to find something to trade or sell to buy additional food. There is no school for the children in the refugee camp. This family had to escape for their safety from Congo to a Uganda refugee camp over a year ago. Photo supplied by Campbell River Christian Life Fellowship Church

Congolese refugee fundraising goal reached

Campbell River group raised over $54,000 to bring family of seven to community

This is the artwork of 20 year old Ezekiel, who is the oldest son of Shashi’s cousin & wife. He has captured a picture of life in a refugee camp as an aspiring artist. What this picture doesn’t tell you is that food from the NGO each month only lasts half the month, with no opportunity for work - they can only hope to find something to trade or sell to buy additional food. There is no school for the children in the refugee camp. This family had to escape for their safety from Congo to a Uganda refugee camp over a year ago. Photo supplied by Campbell River Christian Life Fellowship Church
Juvenile salmon with sea lice (Tavish Campbell photo)
Juvenile salmon with sea lice. Noted salmon fish farm activist Alexandra Morton wrote an open letter to Strathcona Region District on Jan. 30, stating the need for an outside study into the DFO’s claims that there is no correlation between salmon farms and sea lice. (Tavish Campbell photo)

Alexandra Morton writes open letter to Strathcona Regional District regarding the future of fish farms

SRD ponders whether DFO is giving full information regarding sea lice and wild juvenile salmon

Juvenile salmon with sea lice (Tavish Campbell photo)
Juvenile salmon with sea lice. Noted salmon fish farm activist Alexandra Morton wrote an open letter to Strathcona Region District on Jan. 30, stating the need for an outside study into the DFO’s claims that there is no correlation between salmon farms and sea lice. (Tavish Campbell photo)
Roots, tree trunks and mud pile up against a parkade that collapsed in a mudslide at the 700 block of South Island Highway in Campbell River Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The City of Campbell River lifted a state of local emergency Feb. 3 after a geotechnical investagtion was concluded. File photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

Geotechnical investigation concludes; state of local emergency lifts at mudslide

Report confirms the necessary steps taken by the city to support public safety – mayor

Roots, tree trunks and mud pile up against a parkade that collapsed in a mudslide at the 700 block of South Island Highway in Campbell River Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The City of Campbell River lifted a state of local emergency Feb. 3 after a geotechnical investagtion was concluded. File photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Made Sparshu, Sam Elder and Nyoman Sparshu (left to right) were the inaugural recipients of Island Health’s Youth Harm Reduction award. (Courtesy of Island Health)

Applications open for Island Health Youth Harm Reduction award

Award for young people who have worked on harm reduction projects in past year

  • Feb 3, 2023
Made Sparshu, Sam Elder and Nyoman Sparshu (left to right) were the inaugural recipients of Island Health’s Youth Harm Reduction award. (Courtesy of Island Health)
Jamie Prodaehl is being remembered as a mainstay of Brown's Bay Packing who never missed a day of work in 27 years. brownsbaypacking.ca photo

‘Mainstay’ of Brown’s Bay Packing for 27 years lost to workplace accident

The staff and management of Brown’s Bay Packing is mourning the loss…

Jamie Prodaehl is being remembered as a mainstay of Brown's Bay Packing who never missed a day of work in 27 years. brownsbaypacking.ca photo
Dr. Charmaine Enns, the North Island medical health officer, recently sent a letter to Campbel River city council urging them to hold off on a illegal drug consumption bylaw. (Black Press file photo)

‘Hasty’ drug use ban won’t serve community well– medical health officer says

Dr. Charmaine Enns urged Campbell River city council to wait six months, ‘seek sound advice’

Dr. Charmaine Enns, the North Island medical health officer, recently sent a letter to Campbel River city council urging them to hold off on a illegal drug consumption bylaw. (Black Press file photo)
North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Supplied photo)

North Island receives funds to reduce the risks of climate change-induced disaster

New Democrat MLA Michele Babchuk says that people in the North Island…

  • Feb 3, 2023
North Island MLA Michele Babchuk. (Supplied photo)
Naxolone, used to reverse opioid overdoses, is part of Island Health’s addiction services in harm reduction. (File photo)

More detox facilities needed to battle toxic drug crisis — local MD

‘We don’t have adequate ways to pull people out of this crisis’ — Dr. Erika Kellerhals

Naxolone, used to reverse opioid overdoses, is part of Island Health’s addiction services in harm reduction. (File photo)
Brenda Leigh has been fined $150 by Elections BC for breaking advertising rules during the municipal elections in September. (Mirror file photo)
Brenda Leigh has been fined $150 by Elections BC for breaking advertising rules during the municipal elections in September. (Mirror file photo)
Water flowing through the Clore River work area where Coastal GasLink contractors are digging a trench for a pipeline crossing. (Photo courtesy the Suzuki Foundation)

New fish habitat damage allegations levelled at northwest B.C. pipeline project

Coastal GasLink opponents say water overflowed a dam on Clore River due to inadequate safeguards

Water flowing through the Clore River work area where Coastal GasLink contractors are digging a trench for a pipeline crossing. (Photo courtesy the Suzuki Foundation)
Penticton resident Doreen Abbott ‘Nana’ failed to arrive at a friend’s house on the evening of Jan. 27 and has not been seen since. Her vehicle was found stuck in snow up Greyback Mountain Rd. on Jan. 28. (Facebook)

Penticton senior missing for 5 days; police call for dash-cam footage

Police are also asking to leave the search to the experts due to difficult terrain, cold weather

Penticton resident Doreen Abbott ‘Nana’ failed to arrive at a friend’s house on the evening of Jan. 27 and has not been seen since. Her vehicle was found stuck in snow up Greyback Mountain Rd. on Jan. 28. (Facebook)
Recently launched by the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society is a free and confidential drug checking, using a spectrometer to check ingredients in a given sample of drugs. The service is available on Tuesdays and Fridays between 1 p.m and 5 p.m. at the Overdose Prevention Site at 1330 Dogwood Street. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Recently launched by the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society is a free and confidential drug checking, using a spectrometer to check ingredients in a given sample of drugs. The service is available on Tuesdays and Fridays between 1 p.m and 5 p.m. at the Overdose Prevention Site at 1330 Dogwood Street. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Tahsis director Martin Davis is concerned about local tsunamis. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Tahsis director Martin Davis is concerned about local tsunamis. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
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Integrated Major Crime Unit investigates homicide on Quadra Island

Wellness check leads to discovery of a woman deceased inside her home

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Police say there will be no criminal charges involving a Lethbridge supervised drug consumption site. (File photo)

City of Campbell River prepares for decriminalization by passing ban on public drug consumption

Lone dissenting councillor says action made with not enough consultation

Police say there will be no criminal charges involving a Lethbridge supervised drug consumption site. (File photo)
A second engineer has lost their licence to practise over structural faults in a Langford apartment building formerly known as Danbrook One. (Black Press Media file photo)

Second engineer loses licence over troubled Vancouver Island apartment building

Theodore Sorensen had his registration with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia cancelled

A second engineer has lost their licence to practise over structural faults in a Langford apartment building formerly known as Danbrook One. (Black Press Media file photo)
John Hart Dam. BC Hydro photo

Brewster Lake Road to close temporarily

Closure is in place for two cranes to be placed on the spillway section of the dam

John Hart Dam. BC Hydro photo
Paramedic-assisted calls for drug poisoning and overdoses in Campbell River since 2016. Graphic by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror, data from BCEHS

Campbell River sees over 500 paramedic-attended drug poisoning or overdose calls in 2022

Highest year since start of public health emergency declared in 2016

Paramedic-assisted calls for drug poisoning and overdoses in Campbell River since 2016. Graphic by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror, data from BCEHS
A weekly organics waste collection program will be starting this spring for households currently receiving municipal curbside collection. Black Press File Photo

Kitchen bins to be delivered to eligible households ahead of organic waste collection service

A weekly organics waste collection program will be starting this spring

  • Jan 27, 2023
A weekly organics waste collection program will be starting this spring for households currently receiving municipal curbside collection. Black Press File Photo