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Mike Manson and Peter Woolgar see Twin Islands from the sea onboard Misty Isles. Campbell River Mirror reporter Jocelyn Doll was along for the trip as well. See her story on page 47.
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The provincial government may have specifically listed Oyster River and Discovery Passage Elementary as two schools that could be saved using their new Rural Education Enhancement Fund announced Wednesday, but it’s far too early to tell what that means for the district or those schools, according to Superintendent of School District 72 Tom Longridge. Both schools were set to close at the end of this school year. Longridge says he found out about the latest funding being made available by the Ministry of Education when the public announcement was made Wednesday. “There was no indication at any time before this announcement was made that this would be happening, so we really need some time to process it,” Longridge said Wednesday after the announcement. “There’s a lot of information we need before we
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