Oceanside Community Safety

Oceanside Community Safety Volunteers will once again be doing child car seat inspections in the new year 2020 at Oceanside Public Health Services, 494 Bay Ave. Parksville. Child Car Seat Technicians are trained by the Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada. You might wish to consider seeing us for help with choosing, installing and using your child restraint before your first child is born.

Flu season is upon us. It's a good time of year to ensure your medication list is up to date.

During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 249 complaints.

This year's holiday CounterAttack campaign is kicking off this weekend with roadchecks set up across the province. The B.C. government, police and ICBC are urging drivers to plan ahead and make smart decisions to get home safely this holiday season.

I pick up my grand daughters one afternoon a week at their rural elementary school. The kindergarten classes march out in line and wait patiently while their teacher identifies each child's caregiver and dismisses them individually. They now join the free for all to walk to the vehicles parked in the area and go home.

Cannabis edibles, topicals and extracts became legal in Canada on October 17, 2019.

You must be 19 years or older to buy, use, possess or grow non-medical cannabis in B.C.

It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours to begin to feel the effects of edible cannabis and up to four hours to feel the full effects. The intoxicating effects can last up to 12 hours, with some residual effects lasting up to 24 hours.

On the 15 November 2019, our team lead for Community Watch and Traffic Watch conducted two training sessions for fifteen volunteers who are new to OCSV.

During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 259 complaints.

This inquiry arrived in the DriveSmartBC inbox last Thursday: "I bought a used newer truck from a dealership and was told prior to signing the final documents that the truck had gone through a full safety inspection. Less than two weeks later I was pulled over and issued a ticket for improperly equipped motor vehicle and issued a box 2 inspection order for my 2017 Dodge Ram 3500."

Every night before going to bed we want all citizens to get in the habit of double checking that their vehicles, property and residence are secure. Offenders will often go down a street checking vehicles and houses for doors left open. By simply locking your door you could avoid waking up to an intruder in your home.