JAZZ AND BLUES FEST
associated tire 2X1.5
Campbell River Mirror Charity Jazz and Blues Weekend kicks off tomorrow at Spirit Square Pg. 10
1710 Island Hwy., Campbell River
250-286-6132
PROCESS
www.associatedtireandauto.ca
Campbell RiveR miRRoR First issue 1971
View our eEditions online WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
Newsstand 85¢
www.campbellrivermirror.com
Rain doesn’t dampen enthusiasm for seeing John Hart Project up close look like. If they come out every year, they can really see the project evolve and develop.” he public got a chance to He said despite the weather, get a first-hand look at people seemed enthusiastic to have the John Hart Generating this opportunity. Station Replacement Project last “The weather’s not great, so we weekend, and, despite the dreary don’t know how many people are weather, many happily took advan- going to come out, but we’re pretage of that opportunity. pared for quite a few and so far the Buses left every 10 minutes or so response has been good and it’s from downtown at been great to see all Spirit Square Sunday the community interTHEY SAID from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 est.” IT: “They can p.m. shuttling the At the first stop really see the public to and from the on the self-guided project evolve site, giving the public tour, Marty Klotz a once-a-year chance introduced the public and develop.” to see for themselves – Stephen to how the system what’s going on up Watson, will work, why it has the hill. BC Hydro been designed the “BC Hydro mainly way it has, and where provides community things are in relation updates through the Interpretato everything else, just so people tive Centre that’s open five days a could get their bearings on the week and the monthly construcwhole thing. He also explained the tion reports that has pictures and process and progress of the excavaoverviews, but there’s really nothtion and introduced people to some ing like actually seeing it,” said of the machinery. Stephen Watson of BC Hydro, The procession then continued who welcomed visitors to the tour down to the entrance of the main and introduced them to the site access tunnel, where Project Manin a general way before sending ager for Frontier Kemper/ASL Matt them on the circuit where various Kendall was waiting to answer project coordinators and managers more questions. would be giving presentations and “The biggest questions I’ve gotten answering questions. have been about ventilation, how “So once a year, and only once a the tunnel interfaces with the powyear, we’re going to open up cererhouse, and about where the water tain areas of the site for people to goes,” said Kendall. come in and have a look,” Watson He explained to one man, for said. “That way they can really get example, how surge protection a perspective of what it’s going to Continued on Pg. 9
Break and Enter and Assault on Woodburn
Mike Davies
Campbell RiveR miRRoR
T
“
Mike Davies/CaMpbell RiveR MiRRoR
It was worth the wait to ride the BC Hydro bucket trucks up into the trees for many visitors at the first of the annual public events to show off the progress of the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project.
great canadian oil 7x2.5
36
Oil Change $
PROCESS
STARTING AT
99
Limited time offer. Some restrictions apply. Can not be combined with any other offer.
Residents of the Woodburn Mobile Home Park were at their windows late Saturday afternoon watching as multiple police vehicles and an ambulance attended one of the homes before a search of the area took place. A 48-year-old male, according to RCMP, had illegally entered a residence at the trailer park and assaulted the resident with an undisclosed weapon. “We received a call at about 5:20 about a suspected break and enter and assault at a residence in the 2700 block of Woodburn Road,” said Cpl. Gordon Hay of the Campbell River RCMP. “The suspect was located upon search of the area and taken into custody. The victim was transported to hospital, treated and released.” The nature of those injuries was not disclosed. The suspect was released after charges were laid for break and enter and assault with a weapon, Hay said, and will appear in court at a later date. Hay said that while the emergency response may have looked especially large to those nearby, it was just a matter of protocol, and the public should not use the level of response to assume the severity of an incident. “We send all available personnel when we get a call of that nature,” he said. Hay wouldn’t comment on whether that particular residence is known to be troublesome. Hay did, however, confirm that the victim and suspect are known to each other and it was not a random attack. – Mike Davies/Campbell River Mirror
1691 Dogwood St., Campbell River 250-286-4288 Mon - Fri, 8:30–5:30, Sat 8:30–5, Sun: CLOSED