FRIDAY January 4, 2013 Vol. 28•No. 2 ••• $1.25 inc. H.S.T.
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Popular Comox Valley trio Voices Three will continue a new year tradition Jan. 8 at the Mex Pub. page B2
Comox Valley hockey graduate Brett McLean helped Canada win the Spengler Cup in Switzerland. page B9
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Terminals will be upgraded Scott Stanfield Record Staff
BC Ferries will provide alternative service early next year while upgrading the Little River terminal in Comox and the Westview terminal in Powell River. The repair period is from January to March. “These terminals, like vessels, have an expected life span, and you have to do at some point significant maintenance to the structures,” said Darin Guenette of BC Ferries. “Then they’ll be good for 40 more years.” Both terminals will close the first three and a half weeks. The Island Sky, the regular vessel on the Saltery Bay-Earls Cove route, will sail between Saltery Bay and Departure Bay in Nanaimo. Sailing time is about three hours. BC Ferries is considering two round trips a day, one in the early morning and one in the evening. The company might arrange flights from Powell River to Comox and a shuttle service during the first part of the project. Priority will be given to passengers with medical appointments. For the remaining four and a half weeks, the Island Sky will sail from Saltery Bay to Little River. The trip is expected to take two hours and 20 minutes. BC Ferries has been consulting with stakeholders and local governments for several months to help solidify its plan. There will be three rounds of public open houses beginning in February in Comox, Powell River and Texada Island.
BC AMBULANCE PARAMEDICS remove an injured man from the base of the Kye Bay bluffs.
PHOTO BY CHRIS WRIGHT
Injured man found at base of Kye Bay bluffs Record Staff A 23-year-old man is recovering in intensive care at Victoria General Hospital after apparently falling down a bluff at Kye Bay over New Year’s Eve. Witnesses say two dog walkers found the man lying on the beach around 10 a.m. New Year’s Day and found him unconscious
but breathing. “(The) boy probably fell down there last night and he was probably laying there all night,” resident Jim Ekdahl told media. “I went down and the (dog-walking) husband was comforting the guy and doing all the right things — holding his head in the right position. I just gave him my coat and covered him and
called 9-1-1 ... and the whole time they were monitoring what was going on.” Ekdahl added the man was breathing but “banged up pretty bad.” Although it is unclear how the man came to be at the base of the 100-foot cliff, it is believed he was there overnight, and Ekdahl believes he was probably
suffering from hypothermia. Comox Valley RCMP confirm no foul play is suspected, although they are interviewing people who may have witnessed the events. Following their initial investigation, police believe the man was at a house party nearby and had been drinking. photos@comoxvalleyrecord.com
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