wind storm
Some schools & highways closed as mid-Island begins cleanup from overnight 'bomb cyclone'
NANAIMO - Wind gusts in excess of 170 kilometres per hour hit parts of the B.C. coast overnight as a strong storm system came as advertised.Close to 40,000 BC Hydro customers remain without power as of early Wednesday, Nov. 20 with outages beginning around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and continuing to mount despite the ...
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digital payments
Public transit ticket sale changes looms for mid Island bus riders
NANAIMO - Traditional fare products will soon no longer be sold to Regional District of Nanaimo's transit customers. As of Dec. 1, physical tickets, along with monthly and semester passes, won't be sold to RDN transit riders, while physical tickets will still be accepted as payment until they run out. The BC Bus Pass P...
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powers out
Over 30,000 homes across Nanaimo, Gabriola & Oceanside without power as wind storm hits
NANAIMO - A forecasted 'bomb cyclone' storm system has caused swift and widespread impacts to the region's power grid. BC Hydro reports over 30,000 of its customers from south of Nanaimo to north of Qualicum Beach were without power as of 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Most major populated centres had major outages inc...
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'It's a significant event:' Multi-day power outages expected in Nanaimo and across mid-Island
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wind storm
Some schools & highways closed as mid-Island begins cleanup from overnight 'bomb cyclone'
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digital payments
Public transit ticket sale changes looms for mid Island bus riders
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
move that snow
Snow removal for priority walking routes in Parksville under consideration
PARKSVILLE - Sidewalks lining priority routes could soon be clear of snow when the white stuff falls in Parksville. During a Monday, Nov. 18 council meeting, councillors agreed to advance a two-year sidewalk snow removal pilot project for consideration as part of upcoming budget discussions. Chief administrative office...
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expect delays
Some Nanaimo ferries cancelled ahead of wind storms arrival
NANAIMO - A strong fall storm moving into the region over the next day is already causing some issues for ferry travel. BC Ferries have pre-emptively cancelled the 8:45 p.m. sailing from Nanaimo's Departure Bay for Tuesday, Nov. 19, along with the corresponding 10:10 p.m. return trip from Horseshoe Bay. The final sched...
Nov 19, 2024
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fatally injured
Recommendations made after Coroner's Inquest into Nanaimo ferry terminal shooting death
NANAIMO - A seven-member jury have made a pair of recommendations to both BC RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) following a week-long inquest. The jury were tasked with determining relevant facts about the death of 39-year-old Jerry Robert Smallwood, known as Jer Wood, on May 8, 2018 as he exited Departure Bay...
Nov 19, 2024
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be prepared
'We prepare for these events:' Hydro crews on standby as windstorm hits Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - BC Hydro says they have a full complement of crew ready to respond however they're needed over the next 24 hours.A strong system from the Pacific, dubbed a 'bomb cyclone' due to its quickly dropping pressure, is poised to make landfall throughout Tuesday, Nov. 19 and continue with rain and blustery winds over...
Nov 19, 2024
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fall storm
A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist
VANCOUVER - The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorologist Cindy Day says there's nothing alarmist about the language. Day says that when used appropriat...
Nov 19, 2024
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familiar situation
Prolific Nanaimo offender returns to jail after offered residential treatment
NANAIMO - He was warned he'd likely go back to jail if he didn't report to a southern interior treatment centre and that's exactly what happened. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson was ordered to serve the remainder of a six-month conditional sentence order in jail after his prior community-based sentence formally collap...
Nov 19, 2024
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British Columbia
B.C. government delegation jets to California to promote the province's film industry
Just days after being appointed to their new jobs, three members of the British Columbia government are off to California to promote the province as a hot spot for film production. Spencer Chandra Herbert, minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport, says in a statement that they want to bring the "biggest produc...
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Emergency alert test coming as B.C. mops up from 'bomb cyclone' with high winds
A test for Canada's emergency alert system is set to take place just as British Columbia cleans up from a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather system that cut power and battered parts of the coast with hurricane-force winds. The national alert system is typically tested twice a year, with the next test set to tak...
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Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn and inspire recovery efforts
BURNABY, B.C. - The metallic screech of a train rolling by. The constant hum of traffic on the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. These are the sounds of the Brunette River in the fall, as it cuts through the suburbs of Burnaby, B.C. And rising above the din of Metro Vancouver, the splashing of chum salmon as they push upstr...
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Bomb cyclone batters B.C. with hurricane-force winds, cutting roads and power
VANCOUVER - Hurricane-force winds of up to 159 km/h have slammed into parts of the British Columbia Coast as a massive storm swirling off Vancouver Island severed highways and cut power to about 225,000 people. Winds from the bomb cyclone weather system were expected to reach 120 km/h on the central and north coast, al...
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B.C. port union challenges constitutionality of labour minister's back-to-work order
VANCOUVER - The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a legal document dated Tuesday, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it's questioning whether the ord...
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Writers' Trust of Canada to hand out seven book prizes, cash
TORONTO - The Writers' Trust of Canada is set to hand out seven awards and more than $330,000 in prize money at its annual awards bash tonight. Prizes include outstanding debut book by an LGBTQ2S+ emerging writer, best non-fiction and fiction books, and career achievement awards. Poet-novelists Canisia Lubrin and Fawn ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Local Sports
Playoff Time
Barsby Bulldogs hit the road for AA varsity quarterfinal game
NANAIMO - The John Barsby Bulldogs are playing in a BC high school football quarterfinal game in Abbotsford.The AA varsity team will be an underdog against the number three team in the province when they take the field on Friday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m.Barsby coach Rob Stevenson said it's been a fall of growth for his 5-3 te...
Nov 15, 2024
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Storied Career
Former Clipper Matt Irwin retires after 13 year NHL career
NANAIMO - Clippers alumni Matt Irwin has announced his retirement from the NHL after a career spanning 13 years and 461 games. Irwin played junior hockey in Nanaimo from 2004-2008, appearing in 163 games and earning 92 points. The product of Brentwood Bay was named the BCHL's top Coastal Conference defenceman in both 2...
Nov 14, 2024
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National Tournament
VIU Mariners women's soccer in contention for bronze medal at CCAA nationals
SQUAMISH - After a narrow defeat in their first game at the CCAA women's soccer nationals the VIU Mariners kept in medal contention with a massive win. The Mariners scored four goals in the opening 22 minutes of their bronze medal quarterfinal en route to an 8-0 win over the Brandon University Bobcats on Thursday, Nov....
Nov 08, 2024
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ClippersNOW
dominating victory
Kinch hattrick paces Clippers to 7-1 rout of Kings
NANAIMO - A clinical performance from the Nanaimo Clippers saw them romp to one of their most comprehensive wins of the season.In the first leg of a weekend home-and-home series against the Powell River Kings, the Clippers got off to a fast start on Friday, Nov. 15 at Frank Crane Arena, with Samuel Boisvert opening the...
Nov 16, 2024
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Major Turnaround
Clippers stumble in 5-2 loss to Grizzlies
COLWOOD - After scoring the first goal the Clippers surrendered four straight and lost 5-2 to the Victoria Grizzlies.Garin Ludwig's point shot put Nanaimo in front but the game swung in the first period on a five minute major penalty assessed to Jimmy Lyver.The Clipper winger was also given a game misconduct.Victoria s...
Nov 10, 2024
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Lonsdale Wins It
Clippers beat Rivermen 2-1 in overtime
NANAIMO - The Clippers had several heroes in a 2-1 overtime win over the Langley Rivermen.Most notably Cole Lonsdale who scored the game winner 19 seconds into overtime.Defenceman Andrew Brown was also crucial with a goal and an assist, and netminder Chazz Nixon was stellar with a 33 save effort.After going down 1-0 on...
Nov 09, 2024
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Canada
Coroner's inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest
OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest says the incident still affects him eight years later. A coroner's inquest into the July 2016 death of 38-year-old Abdirahman Abdi began earlier this week, with witnesses testifying today. Abdi died after police respo...
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Montreal unveils 2025 budget with new spending for housing, homelessness
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to speed up construction permits, raise taxes on owners of vacant lots and spend tens of millions of dollars more to help develop affordable housing as part of its 2025 budget. The $7.28 billion budget unveiled today by Mayor Valérie Plante includes a promise to incre...
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Young Quebecers care less than older people about being served in English: survey
MONTREAL - A new survey conducted for Quebec's language watchdog says young Quebecers are far less interested compared to older residents about being served in English in stores. In a report published this week, the watchdog says 41 per cent of customers between the ages of 18 and 34 reported feeling indifferent to bei...
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Randy Boissonnault leaves Liberal cabinet, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault is leaving his post as employment minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet after weeks of questions about the Edmonton MP's past claims of Indigenous identity. Boissonnault has been under intense scrutiny after reporting from the National Post that raised questions about his past ...
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Canadians favour government intervention in Canada Post, port labour disputes: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are supportive of government intervention in the labour disputes at ports and at Canada Post. Polling firm Leger found 63 per cent of respondents to a new survey were in favour of the Liberal government's move to step in and ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order a res...
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Former PM Stephen Harper appointed to oversee Alberta's $160B AIMCo fund
EDMONTON - Former prime minister Stephen Harper is the new chairman of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo, which oversees more than $160 billion in funds, including pension funds and the Heritage Savings Trust Fund. The move comes almost two weeks after the province's finance minister fired the Cro...
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World
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said. Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania said the eth...
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Former UVA student pleads guilty in 2022 mass shooting that left 3 dead, 2 wounded
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravate...
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Jasmine Paolini and Italy beat Slovakia to win the Billie Jean King Cup
MALAGA, Spain (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women's team competition. When Paolini's win ended,...
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