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Police seek bank robber Mounties are are on on the the hunt hunt for for aa Mounties man suspected suspected of of robbing robbing banks banks man in Comox Comox and and Campbell Campbell River River on on in Monday. Monday. The first first occurred occurred at at 9:55 9:55 a.m. a.m. The at the the Coastal Coastal Community Community Credit Credit at Union in in Comox. Comox. Union According to Comox Valley RCMP, a man wearing a disguise approached a teller, demanded cash and said he had a gun. The robber then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. “Thankfully no one was physically hurt during this robbery. Although no weapon was seen, this does not minimize the incident. We hope to help the staff through this understandably upsetting experience.” said Const. Dean Biollo in a news release. The second robbery occurred
around 2:15 2:15 p.m. p.m. at at the the Bank Bank of of around Montreal on on Shoppers Shoppers Row Row in in Montreal downtown Campbell Campbell River. River. downtown According to to police, police, aa lone lone According man entered entered the the bank, bank, demanded demanded man money from from the the teller teller and and then then money fled with with some some cash. cash. fled In both both cases, cases, the the robber robber was was In wearing dark clothing and aviatorwearing dark clothing and aviatorstyle sunglasses. sunglasses. style Comox Valley Valley RCMP RCMP described described Comox the man man as as about about 5’10” 5’10” with with aa slim slim the build. build. During the the Comox Comox robbery, robbery, he he During was wearing wearing jeans, jeans, aa black black coat coat was with the the hood hood up, up, aa dark dark grey grey scarf scarf with around his his face face and and sunglasses. sunglasses. around As of of Tuesday Tuesday morning, morning, no no arrest arrest As had been been made. made. Anyone Anyone with with had information isis asked asked to to call call RCMP RCMP information or contact contact Crime Crime Stoppers Stoppers anonyanonyor mously. mously.
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Emotions Emotions ran ran high high at at the the Quadra Island Island Community Community Centre Centre Monday night night as as islanders islanders pleaded pleaded with a panel panel of of BC BC Ferries Ferries and and provincial government government representatives representatives to stop “killing “killing their their community. community.”” “Jobs “Jobs in in our our community community are disappearing, pearing, our our community community is disappearing, pearing,”” said said Jim Jim Abram, Abram, Quadra Island Island director director for for the the Strathcona Strathcona Regional Regional District. District. “You’re “You’re making decisions decisions based based on on ideology, ideology, not common common sense. sense. You’re You’re killing killing our
communities.” Abram said BC Ferries’ planned service reductions, along with increasing ferry fares, are hurting all coastal communities which rely on ferries. Kevin Richter, the assistant deputy minister with the B.C. ministry of transportation, said the purpose of Monday’s meeting was to hear from islanders as to how potential cuts would affect families, jobs and livelihoods and then take those comments back to the government. But some were skeptical that what was said would even make a differ-
ence. “I find this a really disgusting thing to do,” said Joe Duprey, owner of the Landing Pub on Quadra Island. “You guys have already made up your mind. My wife said to me, ‘You’re going to a ferry meeting tonight?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, because it’s life or death.’ And that’s what it is.” BC Ferries plans to eliminate the 10 p.m. sailing from Quadra Island and the 10:30 p.m. sailing leaving Campbell River every day as well as the 11 p.m. sailing leaving Quadra and the 11:30 p.m. from Campbell Continued on Pg. 5
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taken from from aa surveillance surveillance video video of of Police released this image taken Monday. The The same same suspect suspect is is believed believed a robbery in Comox on Monday. bank robbery robbery in in Campbell Campbell River River the the to have committed another bank same day.