Paul Rudan

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BC Hydro’s new John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project is ramping up for construction to begin. This diagram outlines the new station to be built underground.

BC Hydro project in Campbell River gears up

About 15 workers are widening Surge Tower Road in preparation of a big tunneling operation

BC Hydro’s new John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project is ramping up for construction to begin. This diagram outlines the new station to be built underground.
Abbotsford City Coun. Henry Braun (right) checks out Campbell River’s Safe Shelter – a converted shipping container – with Pastor Art van Holst

Visiting Abbotsford reps check out Campbell River’s Safe Shelter

To learn more about a pilot project to provide safe shelter for those who have no homes

Abbotsford City Coun. Henry Braun (right) checks out Campbell River’s Safe Shelter – a converted shipping container – with Pastor Art van Holst

Changes coming for a ‘life-saving’ drug

Dr. Jane Clelland has seen a who’s who of Campbell River’s methadone patients

The new four-storey Comfort Inn and Suites will soon be rising downtown. Pictured here on the building site are (from left) Jim Joyce of Titan Construction and business partners Jonathon Shead, Ken Clay and his father Colyn Clay.

Hotel ready to rise in downtown Campbell River

Foundation work is already underway to build the new 55-room Comfort Inn and Suites

The new four-storey Comfort Inn and Suites will soon be rising downtown. Pictured here on the building site are (from left) Jim Joyce of Titan Construction and business partners Jonathon Shead, Ken Clay and his father Colyn Clay.
Wings from a light aircraft went flying from a trailer hauled by this Dodge Ram pickup following an accident Tuesday afternoon at the Inland Island Highway and Willis Road. According to RCMP, the northbound pickup failed to stop for a red light and T-boned a green Toyota Echo that was crossing east across Willis. The female driver of the Echo was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries, while the male driver of the Dodge was treated on scene by ambulance paramedics.

Driver winged it on Campbell River stretch of highway

Wings from a light aircraft went flying from a trailer following an accident Tuesday afternoon

Wings from a light aircraft went flying from a trailer hauled by this Dodge Ram pickup following an accident Tuesday afternoon at the Inland Island Highway and Willis Road. According to RCMP, the northbound pickup failed to stop for a red light and T-boned a green Toyota Echo that was crossing east across Willis. The female driver of the Echo was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries, while the male driver of the Dodge was treated on scene by ambulance paramedics.

Secret admirer pins creepy letters to trees

Campbell River RCMP want to speak with the person leaving letters for a young woman in the Beaver Lodge Lands

We find what we lose, so just get rid of that weight

NO, REALLY: Like most things in life, it’s a process compounded by multiple factors

Troubled Campbell River man back behind bars

A man with long-standing substance issues, and who was kicked out of a treatment facility last fall, is hopeful for another chance

Steve Daigle (left), owner of Daigle Welding and Marine, along with Chris Wellstood, director of marine operations for Port Metro Vancouver, stand on the bow of one of two two patrol vessels Daigle is building for Canada’s biggest and busiest port.

Campbell River’s Daigle Marine ‘understands’ big port’s needs

Boat manufacturer will deliver two patrol vessels to Vancouver this spring

Steve Daigle (left), owner of Daigle Welding and Marine, along with Chris Wellstood, director of marine operations for Port Metro Vancouver, stand on the bow of one of two two patrol vessels Daigle is building for Canada’s biggest and busiest port.

The movies aren’t great, but I still love the memories

NO, REALLY: These movies need to be preserved and watched, and today’s gadgets make viewing more accessible than ever

Avid diver and underwater photographer Eiko Jones took this photo of healthy sun star below the Argonaut Wharf in Campbell River in late December.

Campbell River-area sea stars appear unaffected…for now

Sea Star Wasting Syndrome has been seen off the waters in Southern California and as far north as Alaska

Avid diver and underwater photographer Eiko Jones took this photo of healthy sun star below the Argonaut Wharf in Campbell River in late December.

Deadline extended, a bit, for New Horizons employees

The union continues to meet with employees to discuss any updates and strategies

Long jail term for ninth impaired conviction

A Campbell River man with nine impaired driving convictions has been sentenced to 20 months jail

Buried coffee can held cash and drugs

Mounties filmed drug transactions just off a logging road near Campbell River

This is what Port Metro Vancouver’s two new patrol boats will look like.

Campbell River boatbuilder wins Vancouver port contract to build new vessels

Firm designed and built two custom multi-task vessels for the Port of Nanaimo and now it is building two more for Port Metro Vancouver

This is what Port Metro Vancouver’s two new patrol boats will look like.
Despite this mishap in September, traffic accidents decreased in the first nine months of 2013.

Quarterly crime stats show a positive trend

Campbell River RCMP release statistics from the third quarter of 2013 and most numbers are down

Despite this mishap in September, traffic accidents decreased in the first nine months of 2013.
Linda Stopes and Walt Bukauskas were among the many volunteers who helped the Knights of Columbus pack Christmas hampers on Dec. 20. By the next afternoon, more than 1,100 hampers had been delivered to less fortunate individuals and families in Campbell River and outlying communities.

Filling the hampers

Linda Stopes and Walt Bukauskas were among the many volunteers who helped the Knights of Columbus pack Christmas hampers

Linda Stopes and Walt Bukauskas were among the many volunteers who helped the Knights of Columbus pack Christmas hampers on Dec. 20. By the next afternoon, more than 1,100 hampers had been delivered to less fortunate individuals and families in Campbell River and outlying communities.
Cole Percevault’s day got a whole lot better Friday afternoon when members of the Campbell River Storm visited him and other hospital patients and presented them all with new teddy bears. Percevault, 11, received one of the biggest stuffed toys, but the tough-guy later said he’s going to give it to his nine-year-old sister.

Delivering smiles

Cole Percevault’s day got a whole lot better Friday afternoon when members of the Campbell River Storm visited him

Cole Percevault’s day got a whole lot better Friday afternoon when members of the Campbell River Storm visited him and other hospital patients and presented them all with new teddy bears. Percevault, 11, received one of the biggest stuffed toys, but the tough-guy later said he’s going to give it to his nine-year-old sister.
Fire crews extinguished a vehicle fire Monday morning. At 7:47 a.m., firefighters from the #1 hall were called out to the 1500 block of 14th Ave. where a parked Dodge Dakota was filling up with smoke. The owner had parked the vehicle and went to work when it appears that an electrical short started smouldering and filling the SUV with smoke. No one was hurt.

SUV fills with smoke

The owner had parked the vehicle and went to work when it appears that an electrical short started smouldering

Fire crews extinguished a vehicle fire Monday morning. At 7:47 a.m., firefighters from the #1 hall were called out to the 1500 block of 14th Ave. where a parked Dodge Dakota was filling up with smoke. The owner had parked the vehicle and went to work when it appears that an electrical short started smouldering and filling the SUV with smoke. No one was hurt.

The Storm could use a brave guy like young Cole

NO, REALLY: It’s a tough go anytime you stay in hospital; harder still during a special time of year, like the Christmas holidays