Derek Brand from West Shore RCMP waves as the 2015 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team arrives at Walmart

Derek Brand from West Shore RCMP waves as the 2015 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team arrives at Walmart

Tour de Rock hits Port Alberni; meet the riders at family carnival

Meet the Tour de Rock riders during the family carnival at Boston Pizza from 5:30 p.m. (Sept. 25, 2015)

The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock riders arrived in Port Alberni this morning at Walmart and spent the afternoon visiting various schools and other locales. They will depart tomorrow morning enroute to the west coast, before continuing their 1,000-kilometre-long trek to Victoria.

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