Surgeries cancelled at Campbell River hospital

Surgeries were cancelled yesterday at the Campbell River hospital because there weren’t enough beds for patients. “All our surgeries are cancelled today because of gross overcrowding,” Dr. Stephen Sohmer, orthopedic surgeon at the Campbell River hospital, said Thursday morning. “They’ve done one cancer patient but everything else is cancelled.” Sohmer said there... more

North Island Edge lose a squeaker but bounce back with a blowout

The KLP Construction North Island Edge lost 4-3 to Port Alberni, Saturday in Comox but rebounded on Sunday big time. On Saturday, the Edge found themselves down 3-1 at the midway point of the game. After the poor start the... more

• Marine Harvest too much for undermanned Comox
• Peewee Tyees undefeated in 19 games
• Senior Wolves on a roll as playoffs approach

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Summit focuses on demand for skilled workers and Island competitiveness

The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance is focusing on increasing demand for skilled workers and making the Island more competitive as the organization’s annual summit approaches. In 2007, the year it was founded, the alliance created a Collaborative Workforce Portfolio to liaise... more

• Up for awards
• Career expo keys on the future

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Vaccine conspiracy bad science fiction

There are apparently thousands of people out there who think the H1N1 vaccine is some sort of sinister government plot on the order of a second-rate sci-fi TV show. The paranoid letters and e-mails we’ve been getting lately at the... more

• Healthiest jurisdiction for children...of bureaucrats
• Take advantage of Olympic opportunity
• Salmon

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Maybe we can become Shaw’s call centre

A number of years ago in Sudbury Ont, the Red Cross gave up their blood collection clinics and their small call centre. Canadian Blood Services took over the operations and set up a  call centre tender  which was to be located in New... more > more

Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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