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Hydro crew frees couple from vehicle alistair taylor Campbell RiveR miRRoR
A couple waited in their truck while BC Hydro crews were called to free them after they collided with a power pole on the Old Island Highway Monday afternoon. Hydro workers disconnected the power cables that landed on top of the vehicle after the pole was sheared off by the bumper of a late model Chevrolet near Jubilee Parkway south of Campbell River around 3:30 p.m. The driver and her passenger appeared unhurt but had to stay in the vehicle as a precaution until the power to the lines had been disconnected. Hydro crews were on the scene within 15-20 minutes and had the couple free shortly thereafter. North and southbound traffic on the Island Highway had to be diverted around the approximately two-kilometre stretch of Highway 19A near Crawford Road. Meanwhile, northbound vehicles south of the Oyster River were diverted up Continued on Pg. 2
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A BC Hydro employee cuts the wires off a power pole that had trapped a couple in their late model Chevrolet on the Island Highway Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m.
Sayward gets 29 per cent tax cut in regional district budget Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
The Strathcona Regional District has approved a financial plan that contains a 5.3 per cent tax increase
for Campbell River taxpayers. That translates to a $10.72 increase over 2013 rates and is estimated to be $213.40 for residential taxpayers with an average assessed home of $260,971.
Directors adopted the 2014 budget at its board meeting last Thursday. The budget contains a 0.3 per cent tax increase for Zeballos, an 8.9 per cent decrease for Tahsis, and a significant 29 per cent tax cut for Say-
ward due to a decrease in administration and planning costs. Gold River will also see a tax decrease, at 2.4 per cent, due to a reduction in administration and planning costs as well as a decrease
on what it pays into the Strathcona emergency program and 911 answering service. But while most municipalities within the regional district are seeContinued on Pg. 2
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