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This flatdeck truck wowed the Truck Light Parade viewers Friday night as the annual procession of lit up trucks and other vehicles kicked off the Christmas retail season in Campbell River. See page 4 for more pictures.
The Rivercorp board of directors has decided to move forward without its chief executive officer. Vic Goodman is leaving the municipal economic development corporation, a lightning rod for criticism during last month’s municipal election campaign and frequently criticized for a lack of visible results. But none of that was touched on in an announcement released Monday. “Vic Goodman has led Campbell River’s economic development corporation since the summer of 2011, and his work has supported many initiatives that have enhanced our community and region by promoting local economic advantages to businesses, investors and visitors,” says Rivercorp vice-chairman Bruce Woytuik. “We recognize how fortunate we have been to have had the benefit of Vic’s experience and dedication, and we all extend our thanks and our best wishes to Vic for the Continued on Pg. 5
Campbell River no stranger to domestic violence Mike Davies Campbell RiveR miRRoR
On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered in Montreal simply because they were not men.
They were students and staff of L’Ecole Polytechnique. They had promising futures. The world would be a better place if they were alive today. In alphabetical order, their names
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were Genevieve Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganiere (the only non-student killed, who
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worked in the engineering school’s budget department), Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michele Richard, Annie St-Arsenault and Annie Turcotte. Thirteen more people were injured
in the attack perpetrated by Mark Lepine, who brought a semi-automatic assault rifle to the school that day and ended innocent lives filled with so much promise, because, as
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