Early Bird's Coffee Company Perseveres After Losing Equipment

Early Bird's Coffee Company perseveres after losing equipment

Early Bird’s Coffee Company continues to serve the Tri-Cities community, even after losing equipment in a recent crash.

Heavy equipment fire sparks early morning response north of Ladysmith

Ladysmith RCMP and fire crews respond to blaze on Trans Canada Highway near Cedar

Firefighters battle early morning trailer fire on Trans-Canada Highway near Cedar

A quick-thinking driver and fast response from firefighters helped prevent a potentially serious fire from spreading on the Trans-Canada Highway south of Nanaimo early Tuesday morning. Crews from the North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department were called out just after 6 a.m. for a vehicle fire involving a trailer hauling stump grinding equipment in a southbound lane of the highway, near Cedar Road. The fire likely began around one of the trailer’s …