Islanders tackle illegal dumping problem with community cleanup effort

Plans are underway for a community-driven cleanup effort after a Campbell River businessman raised concerns about an illegal dumping site west of the city.
Dave Emery, owner of North Island Communications, said he has been watching the site in the woods on John Hart Road off Hwy 28 accumulating waste for years as he checked his transmitter sites in remote areas for his work.
“It’s about as severe a toxic waste dump as it can get,” Emery said. “It’s just getting wors