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Teachers wave to supporters passing by on Dogwood Street as they picket in front of Carihi Secondary during Monday’s one-day strike.
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Teachers across the city staged peaceful pickets in front of their respective schools Monday during a one-day strike.
The walkout – part of rotating strike action around the province took place on the first day of stage two job action by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation which is in a contract dispute with the province. “I’m here to support the teach-
ers…the composition of classes today sure isn’t what it was like when I was at school more than 30 years ago,” said Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, who joined picketers in front of Carihi Secondary.
All students in the Campbell River School District, along with the North Island district, returned to classes on Tuesday. No further job action is planned for this week at local schools, but if the contract
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A consultant’s sewer report backs the city’s claims that failing septic systems in Area D are contributing to poor water quality. The report was done by Levelton Consulting in 2009. “Based on the results of the field work completed, Levelton interprets the consistent poor quality of local surface waters as reflecting groundwater impacts from septic systems throughout Area D,” Lee Ringham, a senior hydrogeologist for Levelton, wrote in the report. “The results from Levelton’s field investigation are supportive of the Strathcona Regional District initiating the installation of a municipal sewer system to mitigate the environmental impacts of failing septic systems and low hydraulic conductivities in the surficial deposits underlying the study area.” The Mirror obtained a copy of the report which says consultants took 20 water samples from ditches and small streams between Finch Road Continued on Pg. 5
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