H1N1 vaccine available to all

By Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies around the province are used up as soon as possible. Dr. Perry Kendall said Thursday the demand for the vaccine was not as high... more

Central crisis line proceeding

Gazette staff Despite Island-wide reaction, plans to merge six existing crisis lines into one are proceeding, said Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Monday. “VIHA currently funds six separate crisis intervention telephone services in Victoria, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Courtenay, Campbell River and Port... more

• Time for everyone to get H1N1 shot
• HST rebate increased for new homes
• Hydro drops 21 clean power projects

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Midgets gain experience in River City

Kristen Douglas Gazette staff Two North Island minor hockey teams took part in a midget tournament in Campbell River Nov. 6-8 — and Port McNeill nearly won the whole thing. The Port McNeill team had experience on its side. “Not only do we have... more

• Visitors victorious
• Flu hits peewees
• Edge falter in Burnaby tourney

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Local company wins MISTIC award

Gazette staff PORT McNEILL - A local company was in the winning circle when prestigious science, technology and innovation awards were presented. Strategic Forest Management of Port McNeill won the engineering award at the fourth annual Mid Island Science, Technology and Innovation... more

• Chinese builders take to B.C. wood

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An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

Remembrance Day reveries about the sacrifice of our ancestors weren’t on my family’s mind this year. My eldest brother landed at Kandahar Air Field before dawn Nov. 11 and spent the day moving to a reinforced tent that will be his... more

• Sockeye go on the witness stand
• Local Crown best for all
• An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

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Cause to think on November 11

Those who recently watched the History Channel saw brutal bloodshed, like we have not seen since the dropping of the two atom bombs that ended WWII. I am referring first to the battle on the Indus River, when Alexander the Great... more

• Conspiracy theory bunk
• Funding rules did change for parent councils
• Democracy suffers

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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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