Brian Kieran

Dan Rikkinen, missing since Nov. 23, is a rough and tumble semi-retired truck driver with a heart of gold.

Langley man vanishes on trip to his new Sayward home

Danny Rikkinen’s family frantically searching for the missing 59-year-old Langley husband and grandfather

Dan Rikkinen, missing since Nov. 23, is a rough and tumble semi-retired truck driver with a heart of gold.

CUPE makes ‘no more, no less’ deal with NIC

CUPE negotiates 4-year deal with North Island College with no raise in the first two years

Vancouver Island North Women’s Resource Society Executive Director Georgette Whitehead leads a celebration of the lives of the 14 women slaughtered in 1989 in Montreal.

Polytechnique victims remembered in Campbell River

'It is an opportunity to consider the women and girls for whom violence is a daily reality'

Vancouver Island North Women’s Resource Society Executive Director Georgette Whitehead leads a celebration of the lives of the 14 women slaughtered in 1989 in Montreal.

Fishing vessel bursts into flames

Crews arrived to find a fire inside the cabin of a 60-foot fishing vessel

B.C. watchdog probes local RCMP crash

RCMP used a police vehicle to block the two centre lanes of Dogwood Street

Retreat from HST becomes income tax windfall

The government will reduce the income tax deduction thresholds of all British Columbians on Jan. 1

A Quadra Island group says Campbell River city officials are not standing up for the integrity of the coastal ferry service, which includes the Powell River Queen, pictured above, which services the Quadra Island-Campbell River route.

City fails neighbours over B.C. ferries

The City of Campbell River is failing its neighbours when it comes to defending the integrity of coastal ferry service

A Quadra Island group says Campbell River city officials are not standing up for the integrity of the coastal ferry service, which includes the Powell River Queen, pictured above, which services the Quadra Island-Campbell River route.
Strathcona Regional District Director Jim Abram, left, Ferry Advisory Committee Chair Paul Ryan and North Island NDP MLA Claire Trevena tell government representatives they can’t fix BC Ferries on the backs of gulf islanders.

Quadra Islanders give voice to ferry angst

Stop trying to solve the money woes of BC Ferries on the backs of gulf islanders, Quadra Islanders say

Strathcona Regional District Director Jim Abram, left, Ferry Advisory Committee Chair Paul Ryan and North Island NDP MLA Claire Trevena tell government representatives they can’t fix BC Ferries on the backs of gulf islanders.
Some youngsters joined the protest against Island Timberlands logging operations on Cortes Island this week.

Human shield stalls Cortes logging for third day

Island Timberlands trucks were stopped at a logging road gate

Some youngsters joined the protest against Island Timberlands logging operations on Cortes Island this week.
Merecroft Village Quality Foods manager Cyriel DeBruyne hopes Mirror readers will fill his grocery bags with food for those in need. The bags are inside today’s newspaper.

Quality Foods and the Mirror bag holiday cheer

Included in today’s edition of the newspaper will be Quality Foods grocery bag

Merecroft Village Quality Foods manager Cyriel DeBruyne hopes Mirror readers will fill his grocery bags with food for those in need. The bags are inside today’s newspaper.

Wilson-Raybould re-elected regional chief

Jody Wilson-Raybould of the We Wai Kai First Nation on Quadra has been re-elected Regional Chief for the BC Assembly of First Nations

David Leverton will be calling the tunes at the Museum at Campbell River now that he’s taken up his post as new executive director.

Leverton returns to the source of his inspiration

More than 15 years ago the Campbell River Museum captured David Leverton’s imagination

David Leverton will be calling the tunes at the Museum at Campbell River now that he’s taken up his post as new executive director.
Striking members of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1518 shut down the Campbell River Adult Care Society day care centre on Larwood Road with a one-day strike over wages and benefits. From left: program workers Sarah Yasinski and Andrea Marshall and cook Cheryle Robinson.

One day strike at adult care facility

The Campbell River and District Adult Care Society on Larwood Road in Willow Point was behind a picket line Friday

Striking members of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1518 shut down the Campbell River Adult Care Society day care centre on Larwood Road with a one-day strike over wages and benefits. From left: program workers Sarah Yasinski and Andrea Marshall and cook Cheryle Robinson.
Sunrise Square owner Orla Jensen is fed up with the graffiti that is becoming more and more violent in Willow Point. The area has been the target of a prolific tagger and the RCMP are gathering evidence on what they believe is a single perpetrator.

Vandals tag Sunrise Square with death threats

The business owner says the police met with him Sunday and seized some evidence

Sunrise Square owner Orla Jensen is fed up with the graffiti that is becoming more and more violent in Willow Point. The area has been the target of a prolific tagger and the RCMP are gathering evidence on what they believe is a single perpetrator.
Bank of Canada senior representative Dr. Farid Novin weighs the financial trends during an address to the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning.

Central banker warns of labour shortages in B.C.

B.C. is destined to be an economic leader in Canada and Vancouver Island can be an innovative player in the “new normal”

Bank of Canada senior representative Dr. Farid Novin weighs the financial trends during an address to the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning.

VIHA apologizes for overcrowding at Campbell River Hospital

Vancouver Island Health Authority apologizes for overflowing hospital which forced patients into hallways

Campbell River teachers overwhelmed by special needs pressures

The numbers of special needs students in Campbell River classrooms is “shocking” and “needs to be an election issue”

POLICE BEAT: Car flips, impaired driver charge

Crash on Alder Street left one car upside down in the front yard and two other vehicles heavily damaged in the driveway

Catalyst mill site development ‘frozen’

The Elk Falls Mill has been identified as a contaminated site by the ministry of environment

Car flips, impaired driver charged

A 29-year-old Calgary woman is facing impaired driving charges after a Nov. 15 crash