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Volunteer accident “victims” get a little touch up on their make up during the 25th anniversary first aid competition held at Southgate School on Saturday. See more pictures on page 3.
Record-breaking first aid competition held Best ever. The annual Campbell River St. John Ambulance 1st Aid competition attracted the most teams ever for the 25th edition of the event on
Saturday. Twenty-four teams participated in the provincial juniorintermediate first aid competition held at Southgate School. “Twenty-four teams from all
over B.C. came and competed in three different first aid scenarios on each level,” said Vern Coward, Campbell River St. John Ambulance chapter president. “It’s beeen
a great event and we’re looking forward to No. 26.” Competitors tested their skills in different disaster scenarios under the watchful eyes of judges.
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Teachers could go on a full-scale strike as early as Monday. B.C. teachers voted Monday and Tuesday, after the Mirror went to press, on escalating job action that would see classes cancelled indefinitely. The strike vote follows months of tension between the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government over wages and the right to negotiate class size and composition, which was removed from teachers’ contracts by the BC Liberals. Elaine Thompson, president of the Campbell River and District Teachers’ Association, said this week’s escalation vote is meant to put pressure on the bargaining table. “Despite months at the table and compromises on our part, government has remained firmly entrenched – there has been no offer on class size (and) composition limits, no offer on ratios for specialist teachers, no offer on preparation time, no offer on professional development funding, and no offer on a reasonable salary increase that would even keep up with inflation,” Thompson said. “The government is Continued on Pg. 5
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