Marc Kitteringham

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Shifting winds could decrease the air quality in the village of Sayward. File Photo courtesy B.C. Wildfire Service

Smoke advisory issued for Sayward

Shifting winds could bring smoke from Newcastle Creek fire to village

Shifting winds could decrease the air quality in the village of Sayward. File Photo courtesy B.C. Wildfire Service
Styrofoam blocks and buoys washed up on the beach. Ashley Tapp photo

Fed’s response to banning foam from oceans ‘unreasonable, unacceptable and, quite frankly, lazy’

MP Rachel Blaney wrote letter to environment minister asking to follow Washington state’s example

Styrofoam blocks and buoys washed up on the beach. Ashley Tapp photo
Over 2,000 fish died in a tributary of Willow Creek in Campbell River this week. Photo courtesy Greenways Land Trust

Over 2,000 fish die due to suspected contamination in Campbell River stream

Exact cause under investigation

Over 2,000 fish died in a tributary of Willow Creek in Campbell River this week. Photo courtesy Greenways Land Trust
Afton Frost will be an MC for the Pride at the Tide event, and is one of the directors of North Island Pride. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Campbell River’s Pride Festival will be ‘just more of everything’, organizers say

Multiple days of celebration planned for 2023 Pride Festival

Afton Frost will be an MC for the Pride at the Tide event, and is one of the directors of North Island Pride. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Greenways Land Trust Habitat Coordination Manager Camille Andrews shows some yellow flag iris rhizomes that are decomposing. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Greenways Land Trust gets boots muddy in battle against Campbell River invasive species

Baikie Island, Campbell River estuary site of many invasive species management projects

Greenways Land Trust Habitat Coordination Manager Camille Andrews shows some yellow flag iris rhizomes that are decomposing. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
An inundation extent map for a Cascadia Tsunami in Tahsis, B.C. Photo courtesy Ocean Networks Canada

Modelled tsunami would take 20 minutes to reach Vancouver Island — study

Model based on magnitude 9.0 quake in Cascadia Subduction Zone

An inundation extent map for a Cascadia Tsunami in Tahsis, B.C. Photo courtesy Ocean Networks Canada
Modelling shows the wave amplitude in Esperanza Inlet and Nootka Sound following a hypothetical 9.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Photo courtesy Ocean Networks Canada

Modelled tsunami would take 20 minutes to reach Vancouver Island — study

Model based on magnitude 9.0 quake in Cascadia Subduction Zone

Modelling shows the wave amplitude in Esperanza Inlet and Nootka Sound following a hypothetical 9.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Photo courtesy Ocean Networks Canada
Jessica Wegg (left) is the Federal Green Party’s candidate for the North Island-Powell River riding. Green Party leader Elizabeth May (right) announced Wegg’s candidacy at the Green Party AGM in Campbell River. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Elizabeth May announces North Island-Powell River candidate in Campbell River

Jessica Wegg named federal candidate for riding

Jessica Wegg (left) is the Federal Green Party’s candidate for the North Island-Powell River riding. Green Party leader Elizabeth May (right) announced Wegg’s candidacy at the Green Party AGM in Campbell River. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Women of the Homalco First Nation walked through the streets to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Red Dress Day. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Homalco First Nation honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

‘Each woman here that has made a dress has made it with someone in mind’ — Fay Blaney

Women of the Homalco First Nation walked through the streets to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Red Dress Day. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
A response between The Ha-ma-yas Guardians, the Canadian Coast Guard and Western Canada Marine Response Corporation raised a sunken diesel tanker off Hardwicke Island last week. Photo courtesy DFO Marine Mammal Response Unit

Coastal First Nations Guardians key to fuel truck spill response

Local knowledge of area proved vital to success of salvage

A response between The Ha-ma-yas Guardians, the Canadian Coast Guard and Western Canada Marine Response Corporation raised a sunken diesel tanker off Hardwicke Island last week. Photo courtesy DFO Marine Mammal Response Unit
Crews work to raise the diesel truck from Chancellor Channel. Photo courtesy DFO Marine Mammal Response Unit

VIDEO: First Nations Guardians key to fuel truck spill response near Campbell River

We Wai Kai, We Wai Kum, K’ómoks and Tlowitsis knowledge of area proved vital to success of salvage

Crews work to raise the diesel truck from Chancellor Channel. Photo courtesy DFO Marine Mammal Response Unit
The PRIMED facility at Blind Channel will be a testing ground for clean energy projects. Photo courtesy PRIMED

B.C. research lab working to harness the power of the tides in the Discovery Islands

Clean energy project to be showcase for coastal communities looking to get off diesel

The PRIMED facility at Blind Channel will be a testing ground for clean energy projects. Photo courtesy PRIMED
Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons on Oct. 3. Photo courtesy Youtube

Federal study will help women veterans — NDP Veterans Affairs critic

North Island-Powell River MP wants to look into women veterans’ experiences

Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons on Oct. 3. Photo courtesy Youtube
North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney requested a name change to her riding on April 20. Photo courtesy Youtube

MP wants to change North Island-Powell River riding name in spirit of reconciliation

North Island-qathet moniker is “acknowledgment of First Peoples of this territory” — Rachel Blaney

North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney requested a name change to her riding on April 20. Photo courtesy Youtube
The PRIMED facility at Blind Channel will be a testing ground for clean energy projects. Photo courtesy PRIMED

UVic research lab plans to harness the power of the ocean in the Discovery Islands

Clean energy project to be showcase for coastal communities looking to get off diesel

The PRIMED facility at Blind Channel will be a testing ground for clean energy projects. Photo courtesy PRIMED
Campbell River’s Vancouver Island Regional Library branch. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Over $2 million coming to enhance programs and tech in North Island libraries

Provincial funding to help with modernizing technology

Campbell River’s Vancouver Island Regional Library branch. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (left) tours the Campbell River Food Bank with North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney during Singh’s visit to the riding on Jan. 23. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

North Island-Powell River MP has high and low points in 2023 Federal Budget

Housing, Seniors, Veterans and Health care all could have seen more — Rachel Blaney

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (left) tours the Campbell River Food Bank with North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney during Singh’s visit to the riding on Jan. 23. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Surfrider Pacific Rim’s Alys Hoyland, front, Amorita Adair, and Laurie Hannah are stoked about swapping out the foam on Tofino’s First Street dock with more eco-friendly air-filled floats in 2021. (Nora O’Malley photo)

MP wants to ban polystyrene to keep foams out of Canada’s oceans, Island shores

Rachel Blaney’s private member’s motion would ban expanded and extruded polystyrene

Surfrider Pacific Rim’s Alys Hoyland, front, Amorita Adair, and Laurie Hannah are stoked about swapping out the foam on Tofino’s First Street dock with more eco-friendly air-filled floats in 2021. (Nora O’Malley photo)
A screenshot from the streamed regular Tahsis village council meeting on March 21. Photo courtesy Village of Tahsis

Tahsis village council meeting turns chaotic

Shouting match erupts between councillors and audience relating to censure motion

A screenshot from the streamed regular Tahsis village council meeting on March 21. Photo courtesy Village of Tahsis
We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite and Starbucks Canada Vice President Shannon Leisz break ground on a new store that will be built at the Quinsam Reserve. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Canada’s first Indigenous-owned licensed Starbucks to open at Quinsam Reserve

‘We just knew we needed to take a shot’ — We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite

We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite and Starbucks Canada Vice President Shannon Leisz break ground on a new store that will be built at the Quinsam Reserve. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror