While no one was hurt, the spectre of school shootings came to Campbell River on March 1, 2026. It was merely a threat: arguments escalating to the point that a youth posted a picture of himself holding a BB gun and ‘threatening others who had threatened a friend.’
Being shot by a BB gun is rarely fatal, but often hurts.
The Campbell River RCMP took the threat seriously. Their press release states:
Continue reading Spectre of School Shootings Comes To Campbell River
2026 is a municipal election year and some people hope Campbell River residents will use this opportunity to elect a city council that will help alleviate the homeless situation.
“We have an opportunity as a community to come together and actually create solutions with the support of the city, because they are the only ones that have the capacity to be able to do the longevity of some of these projects, but they need us. They need the nonprofits, they need the grassroots, they need citizens and residents to help them and to buy into those solutions in ways where we create a much more inclusive, safe, welcoming community for everybody, not just for some,” explained Sue Moen, a Kwesa Place volunteer and coordinator for the Campbell River Community Action Team.
“Many of these counsellors and new people are going to be campaigning over the next 10 months. I think that’s really important for voters and citizens to say, ‘okay, how are you going to work with others to do this?’”
Continue reading How will Campbell River’s next Council address homelessness?
By Nora O’Malley, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Campbell River, BC – Campbell River’s Berwick by the Sea retirement community is lit up with holiday flair, while across the street a mural portraying the word L-O-V-E fades on the side of boarded up building that was once a lifeline for the homeless.
Six months ago, at the end of June 2025, Kwesa Place and Hem’?aelas Community Kitchen were forced to close after the City of Campbell River bought the properties for redevelopment.
Continue reading Gentrification of downtown Campbell River displaces services for the homeless
Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It turns out the biggest question at the all-candidates debate in Campbell River Tuesday night was if it would go ahead at all.
It didn’t.
The event, organized by the board of the Campbell River & District Chamber of Commerce and the sponsored by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, was officially cancelled on Facebook as people were already filing into the Tidemark Theatre when the venue’s doors opened at 4 p.m.
Continue reading Aaron Gunn MIA after Vancouver Island riding debate suddenly cancelled
There are some Cortes Island elements in the story of a boat stolen from Campbell River on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Someone living in the Potlatch Road area of southern Cortes Island observed ‘big military type planes’ and some helicopters flying around the ocean that morning and thought it might be a Sea-Air Rescue excerise. He did not think about it again until reading about the incident on CHEK News.
Continue reading Cortes Island Elements In A Boat Theft Story
