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Elderly woman watches while her house burns An elderly woman escaped without injury, but her home was extensively damaged by fire Sunday evening. “When Campbell River Fire Rescue responded to a house fire on Fawn Road yesterday evening at about 7:05 p.m., a large portion of the roof was involved in fire,” says Fire Chief Ian Baikie. “The lone occupant was watching from the street and is now staying with family since the damage was so significant.”
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Jolly Old St. Nick himself dropped by the Strathcona Gardens pool on Saturday to the delight of young swimmers.
Fire crews from both fire stations were on scene until just after midnight and prevented any damage to adjacent homes. “The roof on this home was under construction before the fire, and fire investigators are interviewing the roofer, the home owner and neighbours to try and understand how the fire occurred,” the fire chief adds. The dollar value of the damage has yet to be determined. The home was insured.
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NDP leader Tom Mulcair is feeling bullish on B.C. “Forty-two seats on the table in British Columbia in the next election,” Mulcair told a gathering of approximately 60 supporters at the Homalco Hall Sunday on the Homalco First Nation Reserve. “I can guarantee every single person in this room, the NDP will win the vast majority of those seats!” Success in this province in the next election will complete the job of propelling the long-time “third” party in Canadian politics into the government. The previous NDP leader, the late Jack Layton, told
Mulcair that the first task for the NDP would be to form the official opposition, but the party wouldn’t form the Official Opposition until it made a breakthrough in Quebec. In the last election, the party made that breakthrough and now holds Official Opposition status. “For the first time in a full generation, a majority of Quebeckers elected a majority of their Members of Parliament from a federalist party,” Mulcair said. “That’s a sea change in Canadian politics.” Completing the job of forming the government begins in B.C. where the base of the party is strong and a chance to win the majority of those 42 seats exists, Mulcair said. Continued on Pg. 2
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