Dean Stoltz
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'Felt pretty good': Alberni Community Policing volunteers credited with saving man from fire (opens the original)
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Bill Heggs has been a Community Policing volunteer in Port Alberni for four years but it was a patrol with an other volunteer on the Alberni Highway Friday night that might be the most satisfying. “We just finished looking around the hospital, came down here, saw some smoke, confirmed it and then called the fire department,” he told CHEK News. Jenny Chrenek who works at a nearby business also saw the smoke and ran over to help but she told CHEK News it was just too thick and dangerous to go in.
'Generational acquisition': Lake Cowichan purchases land to prevent fish die-offs (opens the original)
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The Town of Lake Cowichan has purchased two parcels of land to expand its sewage lagoons to prevent discharging effluent into the Cowichan River when water levels are low. The parcels are on both sides of the town’s wastewater lagoons. One parcel is 3.89 hectares on the north side of the lagoons and the other, 35.6 hectares is on the south side, across Hudgrove Road. The $1.4 million dollar purchase from Mosaic is being hailed as a game-changer for the community. “This is a generational land acq
Making the change from municipal to provincial politics (opens the original)
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Some local leaders in B.C. are hoping to make the switch from municipal politics to provincial as they seek election as a MLA. As mayor of Cenral Saanich for the last 12 years Ryan Windsor was a familiar face around the district offices but he announced months ago that he wouldn’t be running again “After 12 years I opted to see what else life had in store for me,” Windsor told CHEK News. He says if you asked him a week ago what he’d be doing this probably wasn’t it, but that all changed on Sunda
"It's too fast": Rryan Rd residents call for lower speed limit near Comox (opens the original)
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The section of Ryan Road between Anderton Road and Military Row leading to 19 Wing Comox is a busy two-lane thoroughfare that locals say is too fast and needs to change. Keith Rowe has lived and worked on this part of Ryan Road East for 30 years. “Probably every second or third day I hear the screech of rubber tires,” he told CHEK News. “And that’s just from the speed going by here. Eighty kilometres is just too much for all this residential traffic that we’ve got here now,” says Rowe. “The issu
Labour Day long weekend 2nd busiest of the year for BC Ferries (opens the original)
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Heading to or from Vancouver Island on BC Ferries this weekend will require a reservation or a lot patience. BC Ferries says 130,000 vehicles and 375,000 passengers are expected on the major routes over the next three days between Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. “We are asking passengers and customers as much as possible to book in advance because even though there may appear to be some room it is going to be a very busy weekend. So please prepare yourself, book in adva
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