The community of Campbell River, B.C., has launched a campaign to support small tourism operators through the next leg of the pandemic. 

With very few international visitors expected again this summer, the Campbell River and District Chamber of Commerce is encouraging locals to take part in the area’s tourist activities, such as whale-watching, sport fishing and kayaking.

Chamber of commerce executive director Mary Ruth Snyder says the bid to help tourist operators is an extension of a campaign announced last spring that asked people