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Site work to begin for new hospital PAUL RUDAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
The leader of the new hospital project promised the city’s business community there will be plenty of opportunities to bid on contracts and to supply goods and services. Tom Sparrow also stood by the P3 (public-private partnership) agreement to build the $266 million hospital and to maintain the facility for the next 30 years. “Canada is a real good garden for the incubation of P3s,” the hospital’s chief project officer said at the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce luncheon last Thursday, “(and) B.C. is the best province in dealing with P3s.” Critics, including local NDP MLA Claire Trevena, want to see the complete business plan and find out how much money the government has committed to the 30-year maintenance contract. So far though, the only firm number is the $600 million committed to building the local hospital and the new hospital in the Comox Valley. In his presentation, Sparrow did show a 30-year graph on the P3 payment scheme and it indicates an annual budget of approximately $2 million for facility Continued on A3
PAUL RUDAN/THE MIRROR
An uphill day Matt Minchau climbs the steeps stairs to the top deck of the Faithful Servant, a huge semi-submersible barge carrying his uncle’s new lodge for Knight Inlet. The barge arrived Friday night in Campbell River and unloaded the lodge buildings Saturday afternoon at the Catalyst dock where they are now being given a makeover before heading north. See more photos on Page A3.
Facelift for air tanker base at Campbell River airport KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
The air tanker base at the Campbell River Airport is getting a multi-million dollar upgrade. Preparations began Monday
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for a $3.7 million improvement project that is expected to be complete by June 1 – in time for this year’s forest fire season. Bruce Coutanche, forest fire protection officer for air tanker operations in B.C., said the base
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was long overdue for a makeover. “The base was put in in the mid to late ’70s so it was time for a facelift,” Coutanche said. Brand-new pavement and concrete will be poured in the area
where the air tankers are parked and loaded up before setting out to battle wildfires. Air tankers at the base are used to drop fire suppressant materials such as water and retardant Continued on A3
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