density and diversity
Election 2024: Mid-Island candidate's priorities on addressing local housing crisis
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is continuing our local coverage of the 2024 provincial election, with a focus on four central Island ridings. Our Election Centre is live, featuring the latest campaign news, candidate profiles, voter information and more. As part of this coverage, we sent a survey to the 13 candidates running...
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polling the polls
Central Island ridings in the balance ahead of Saturday's election
NANAIMO - New polling data continues to show a razor-thin margin between the two leading parties ahead of this week's provincial election. An online survey of a representative provincial sample showed around 45 per cent of respondents supporting the BC NDP, with 41 per cent backing the BC Conservatives. Eleven per cent...
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cool event
Kevin Martin clinic to help boost Nanaimo Curling Club after summer chiller challenges
NANAIMO - Despite being roughly a week late, rocks are sliding for the season at the Nanaimo Curling Club after a stressful off-season filled with a lot of uncertainty. Play is back underway at the Wall St. facility with a new ammonia and brine chiller in place to keep the house nice and cool for curlers of all ages. C...
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Showcase setback
Shorthanded goal turns tables in Clippers 5-2 loss to Bucks
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NREMR: September 2024
Nanaimo Real Estate Market Report: September 2024
density and diversity
Election 2024: Mid-Island candidate's priorities on addressing local housing crisis
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polling the polls
Central Island ridings in the balance ahead of Saturday's election
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
live and work
Plans in the works for major north Nanaimo residential and commercial development
NANAIMO - A major residential and commercial development in north Nanaimo has taken another step forward. Located at the intersection of Uplands Dr. and Turner Rd., the proposal is for a V-shaped, five-storey, multi-family residential development with 82 rental units, along with a secondary, single-storey separate comm...
Oct 14, 2024
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Permit awarded
Whiskey Creek service station re-construction gets go-ahead
QUALICUM BEACH - Approval has been granted to rebuild a service station in Whiskey Creek where 2021 fire levelled the business. Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors recently granted a development permit to Mid Island Co-op to construct a gas station and convenience store at 3702 Alberni Hwy. A setback varian...
Oct 13, 2024
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On the Rise
VI Raiders end BCFC season on a winning note
NANAIMO - The VI Raiders were a much improved football team in 2024.After an 0-10 campaign a year ago the Raiders ended their most recent campaign at 4-6 while putting together a three game winning streak heading into the offseason.Head Coach Shawn Arabsky said there's a lot more work ahead but the club is trending in ...
Oct 12, 2024
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Nixon Stands Tall
First star performance from Chazz Nixon leads Clippers to 4-1 win at Cowichan
NANAIMO - The Clippers used a good offensive second period and a rode a razor sharp Chazz Nison in a 4-1 win in Cowichan Valley.After a scoreless first, defencemen Andrew Brown and Garin Ludwig vaulted the Clippers in front, and scoring sensation Alex Hebblethwaite added insurance to make the score 3-0 through 40 minut...
Oct 12, 2024
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cost of living
Nanaimo monthly rents see slight drop, but year-over-year increases remain high
NANAIMO - Rent costs in the Harbour City have seen a short-term drop, but long-term pain still remains. A new report from Rentals.ca shows the average rent price in Nanaimo for a one-bedroom apartment was $1,855 at the start of October 2024, a drop of 0.9 per cent from the start of September. Two-bedroom units were als...
Oct 11, 2024
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wanted man
Canada-wide warrant issued for Nanaimo man after no-showing at drug trafficking sentencing
NANAIMO - Police hope the public can help locate a man wanted for missing his sentencing hearing after he was convicted of serious drug trafficking charges earlier this year. A Canada-wide warrant is in effect for the arrest of Kerry Wallace Chang, 56, after he failed to show up for a Sept. 20 sentencing hearing in B.C...
Oct 11, 2024
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British Columbia
Washington mum on Canada's fresh allegations against India, expulsion of diplomats
OTTAWA - American officials have opted against condemning India's response to the explosive accusations that its diplomats were involved in an escalating number of violent crimes in Canada. On Monday, Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats after the RCMP said it believes Indian agents played a role in extortion, coercion...
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Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER - The founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested. Eris Nyx an...
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B.C. Conservatives expected to release costs of promises days before election
VANCOUVER - It's the last week of the British Columbia election campaign after a busy long weekend of promises for the B.C. Conservatives, including a new Children's Hospital for Surrey. B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is expected to explain how he's going to pay for all his promises, from the so-called Rustad reb...
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Calgary libraries to reopen Wednesday following cybersecurity breach
CALGARY - The Calgary Public Library says its branches will reopen later this week with limited services after revealing it suffered a cybersecurity breach. The library says in an update posted on its website that patrons will have access to spaces in its branches that "do not require technology" when they re...
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India to withdraw High Commissioner from Canada as he's named 'person of interest'
OTTAWA - India announced it will withdraw its High Commissioner from Canada after receiving official word that he is a person of interest in a Canadian violent criminal investigation. In a statement, New Delhi says it rejects what it calls "preposterous imputations" made in a diplomatic communication from Can...
Oct 14, 2024
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Lack of salmon may not be the problem after all for endangered orcas, report suggests
VANCOUVER - A key assumption about dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales pins the blame on a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have twice the number of chinook available in summer as their much healthier cousins, the northern residents. Researchers spent...
Oct 14, 2024
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Local Sports
On the Rise
VI Raiders end BCFC season on a winning note
NANAIMO - The VI Raiders were a much improved football team in 2024.After an 0-10 campaign a year ago the Raiders ended their most recent campaign at 4-6 while putting together a three game winning streak heading into the offseason.Head Coach Shawn Arabsky said there's a lot more work ahead but the club is trending in ...
Oct 12, 2024
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redemption tour
Culture of accountability triggers Nanaimo Buccaneers' dramatic turnaround
NANAIMO - For years they were the clear runaway laughing stock of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League.Playing against the Nanaimo Buccaneers used to be two free points and pad-your-stats night for opponents. Despite an 8-3 home ice loss to the Lake Cowichan Kraken Thursday night, the Buccaneers organization is he...
Oct 11, 2024
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Lift Off
Local Kettlebell competition still going strong in eighth year
NANAIMO - The 8th annual Grip Strength Invitational kettlebell event brought out competitors of all types.There were just under 20 competitors who took to the platforms at Cross Fit Nanaimo on the second weekend of September.Organizer Solomon Macys said there are many different goals for the lifters."Every year is...
Sep 30, 2024
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ClippersNOW
Showcase setback
Shorthanded goal turns tables in Clippers 5-2 loss to Bucks
ABBOTSFORD - The Clippers built up a 2-1 lead against the Cranbrook Bucks but couldn't hold it at the BCHL showcase in Abbotsford. The two teams traded goals in the opening period during a matinee tilt on Tuesday, Oct. 15, with Patrick Murphy connecting on a power play and the Clippers' Cole Lonsdale equalizing off a r...
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Nixon Stands Tall
First star performance from Chazz Nixon leads Clippers to 4-1 win at Cowichan
NANAIMO - The Clippers used a good offensive second period and a rode a razor sharp Chazz Nison in a 4-1 win in Cowichan Valley.After a scoreless first, defencemen Andrew Brown and Garin Ludwig vaulted the Clippers in front, and scoring sensation Alex Hebblethwaite added insurance to make the score 3-0 through 40 minut...
Oct 12, 2024
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Building Blocks
VIDEO: Clippers Kinch taking on bigger role in first full season in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The Clippers have had many ups and downs already this season. The team is 2-3-1 after the first three weeks of the campaign and veteran Dylan Kinch is seeing signs the team is coming together. "It's been a small sample size but we've been trying to grow as a team each and every game and I think every gam...
Oct 10, 2024
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Canada
Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He will take over the role on Oct. 28. Rogers replaces David Vigneault, who retire...
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Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules
MONTREAL - Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 - as the language reform ...
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Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER - The founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested. Eris Nyx an...
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Quebec government imposes measures to address 'toxic climate' at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Corrective measures are underway to address a "toxic climate" of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school. Quebec's Education Department has appointed two monitors who started working today at Bedford school in the city's multicultural Côte-des-Neiges district, who h...
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Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list
OTTAWA - Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Samidoun will now be listed under Criminal Code offences that ban people from donati...
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Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC
The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August. The federal agency says its investigation is now complete and Listeria was found within the production environment of Silk and Great Value plant-based refrig...
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World
Idaho revamps execution chamber so docs can access deep veins after failed lethal injection attempt
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday. Injecting a central venous line has long been a backup plan under the state's offici...
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Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of WNBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The emails went directly to Xargay's account, which was a bit unnerving for the couple, Stewart said at practice on Tuesday. "The fact it came to Mart...
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US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing weapons funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterpart...
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