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Firefighter Derek Rushton hoses down a fire smouldering alongside Highway 19, 28 km north of Campbell River Wednesday morning. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Fire crews suppress smouldering fire on Highway 19 north of Campbell River

Wildfire reached .25 hectares, according to BC Wildfire Service

Firefighter Derek Rushton hoses down a fire smouldering alongside Highway 19, 28 km north of Campbell River Wednesday morning. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
Jessica Burns and her daughter Bella, 8, are shown just after receiving keys to their new home from Habitat for Humanity on Tuesday. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Residents welcomed to new Habitat for Humanity homes in Campbell River

New homeowners received keys during ceremony at affordable housing development

Jessica Burns and her daughter Bella, 8, are shown just after receiving keys to their new home from Habitat for Humanity on Tuesday. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
Firefighters managed to put out a fire at Saratoga Speedway following a rollover on June 16, 2019. Photo courtesy Oyster River Fire Department

VIDEO: Firefighters stop blaze from spreading after BMW crashes at Saratoga Speedway

Victoria-based businessmen were ‘corner training’ on Father’s Day when incident took place

Firefighters managed to put out a fire at Saratoga Speedway following a rollover on June 16, 2019. Photo courtesy Oyster River Fire Department
Campbell River-based ecotourism operator Nick Templeman captured photos of a rare ‘ghost whale’ in Seymour Narrows on Saturday. Photo courtesy Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions

PHOTOS: Elusive ‘ghost whale’ surfaces near Campbell River

Ecotourism operator captures images of the rare white orca

Campbell River-based ecotourism operator Nick Templeman captured photos of a rare ‘ghost whale’ in Seymour Narrows on Saturday. Photo courtesy Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions
Campbell River resident Dale Proteau is shown outside his home on Alder Street after a pickup truck lost control, knocking over a tree and damaging the house, on June 14, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

VIDEO: Pickup truck smashes into Vancouver Island home

No injuries reported in Friday morning incident

Campbell River resident Dale Proteau is shown outside his home on Alder Street after a pickup truck lost control, knocking over a tree and damaging the house, on June 14, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
A photo by local resident Mark Seal shows a storm battering the Campbell River coastline on Dec. 20, 2018. The city is preparing for rising sea levels caused by global warming and climate change.

As sea levels rise, Campbell River considers raised buildings and roads, extended breakwaters

City planning for one-metre sea level rise by 2100 amid human-caused climate change

A photo by local resident Mark Seal shows a storm battering the Campbell River coastline on Dec. 20, 2018. The city is preparing for rising sea levels caused by global warming and climate change.
The Campbell River Head Injury Society posted surveillance images to Facebook following an alleged June 8, 2019 theft.

‘Hundreds of dollars’ worth of tools stolen from Campbell River Head Injury Society

Group asking for help following third break-and-enter in 12 months

The Campbell River Head Injury Society posted surveillance images to Facebook following an alleged June 8, 2019 theft.
An undated photo provided by Sierra Club BC shows campaigner Mark Worthing in a clearcut at Schmidt Creek. Photo by Torrance Coste

Protesters in Campbell River call for moratorium on old-growth logging

Questions linger about effects of clearcuts on orca ‘rubbing beaches’ at Robson Bight

An undated photo provided by Sierra Club BC shows campaigner Mark Worthing in a clearcut at Schmidt Creek. Photo by Torrance Coste
The Mount Polley tailings dam broke in 2014, sending 24 million cubic meters of toxic mine tailings into the watershed. File photo

Vancouver Islanders call for better protection from bad mining

Campaigners ‘not against mining, but mining at any cost’

The Mount Polley tailings dam broke in 2014, sending 24 million cubic meters of toxic mine tailings into the watershed. File photo
Model and DJ Kristy Watkins is advancing to the semi-finals of the Maxim Cover Girl competition. Photo by Stan Novotny Portraiture

North Island model and DJ advances to semi-finals in Maxim Cover Girl contest

Competition raises funds for Canadian Cancer Society

Model and DJ Kristy Watkins is advancing to the semi-finals of the Maxim Cover Girl competition. Photo by Stan Novotny Portraiture
Protesters attend a rally against the Cyrus Rocks fish farm in Okisollo Channel, northeast of Quadra Island, on May 28, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Mowi suspends fish farm construction near Campbell River amid protests

‘Protest flotilla’ circled Cyrus Rocks aquaculture site

Protesters attend a rally against the Cyrus Rocks fish farm in Okisollo Channel, northeast of Quadra Island, on May 28, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
A protester in a small boat passes the Cyrus Rocks fish farm site in Okisollo Channel, northeast of Quadra Island, on May 28, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

VIDEO: ‘Protest flotilla’ opposes fish farm on North Island coast

Mowi suspends work at Cyrus Rocks farm, northeast of Quadra Island

A protester in a small boat passes the Cyrus Rocks fish farm site in Okisollo Channel, northeast of Quadra Island, on May 28, 2019. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
A ban on Category 2 open fires is coming into effect Thursday at noon throughout the Coastal Fire Centre area. Image from BC Wildfire Service

Vancouver Island backyard, debris burning ban arrives Thursday at noon

Coastal Fire Centre Category 2 ban holds off on campfires for the time being

A ban on Category 2 open fires is coming into effect Thursday at noon throughout the Coastal Fire Centre area. Image from BC Wildfire Service
Screengrab of video by Nanaimo resident Trevor Sokoloski of a grizzly bear at the Little Bear Bay campground north of Campbell River on May 17, 2019.

VIDEO: Stay away from grizzly bear on North Island, conservation officer warns

Curious onlookers evicted from campground

Screengrab of video by Nanaimo resident Trevor Sokoloski of a grizzly bear at the Little Bear Bay campground north of Campbell River on May 17, 2019.
A screengrab from Google Maps shows Highway 28, where a single-vehicle crash killed one man and seriously injured another on Saturday, May 18.

Fraser Valley man dead after car hurtles from embankment west of Campbell River

Survivor of crash rushed to hospital by helicopter in serious condition

A screengrab from Google Maps shows Highway 28, where a single-vehicle crash killed one man and seriously injured another on Saturday, May 18.
A photo provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) shows a patrol vessel in action. Two Campbell River-area residents were recently convicted of fisheries-related offences, according to DFO.

Campbell River-area residents on the hook following fisheries violations

DFO announces convictions related to sea urchin, prawn fisheries

A photo provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) shows a patrol vessel in action. Two Campbell River-area residents were recently convicted of fisheries-related offences, according to DFO.
A Black Press file photo shows the scene of an April 2, 2018 collision at the intersection of Jubilee Parkway and Highway 19.

Trial date set for woman charged in fatal hit-and-run in Campbell River

Marion Nicole Grant charged in connection with April 2, 2018 incident that killed Merville man

A Black Press file photo shows the scene of an April 2, 2018 collision at the intersection of Jubilee Parkway and Highway 19.
The Campbell River Fire Department posted this image of a burned-out pickup truck to social media on May 13.

Flames were spreading to brush as firefighters responded to burning truck in Campbell River

No injuries reported in blaze that destroyed pickup truck on Highway 19

The Campbell River Fire Department posted this image of a burned-out pickup truck to social media on May 13.
A photo taken by Sayward resident Ann Vansnick on the morning of May 11 shows smoke rising from a wildfire that reached 21 hectares, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

Firefighters putting out hotspots at suspected human-caused wildfire near Sayward

Early start to wildfire season worrisome for North Island residents

A photo taken by Sayward resident Ann Vansnick on the morning of May 11 shows smoke rising from a wildfire that reached 21 hectares, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
Filipino environmental activists wear a mock container filled with garbage to symbolize containers of waste that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines, as they hold a protest outside the Canadian embassy at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 7, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Aaron Favila

DAVE’S DIGS: Beyond the ‘garbage dispute,’ support human rights and dignity in the Philippines

Canadians implicated in pollution from mining operations and exploitative working conditions

Filipino environmental activists wear a mock container filled with garbage to symbolize containers of waste that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines, as they hold a protest outside the Canadian embassy at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 7, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Aaron Favila