By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
With summer on the horizon, Quadra and Cortes islanders are keen to see promised changes implemented on BC Ferries’ Campbell River to Quadra Island route, for congestion ease.
Continue reading BC Ferries closer to implementing changes on Campbell River to Quadra Route
BC Ferry traffic on both the Cortes and Campbell River ferries were almost back to pre-COVID levels in 2021.
20,000 more vehicles sailed from Campbell River than the previous year and there were almost 4,600 more from Cortes Island.
Continue reading Ferry traffic getting back to pre-COVID levels
According to Campbell River’s Sustainability Community Plan, 12% all trips to work within the city were to consist of walking, cycling or transit by 2020. They hope to increase this number to a third by 2060. In today’s interview the city’s transportation specialist, Melissa Heidema, talks about Campbell River’s shift to alternate forms of transportation.
Continue reading Walking, cycling and mass transit in Campbell RiverAt 9:08 AM on the morning of February 9th, 2022, a Squirrel Cove resident phoned the Coast Guard about a fire just north of Refuge Cove, on West Redonda Island. What she thought might be a house engulfed by fire turned out to be a 34 foot wood and fiberglass boat close to the shore.
Continue reading Boat catches fire close to Refuge CoveBy Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
High winds and above average snowfall this winter has left provincial transportation systems challenged, and BC Ferries has now warned residents to expect more sailing disruptions this winter.
Continue reading BC Ferries warns dependent coastal communities of more sailing disruptions due to severe weather, pandemic
