wind and rain
Atmospheric river storm set to drench Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - While it's not time to batten down the hatches quite yet, the first atmospheric river storm of the fall season is about to make landfall. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Wednesday, Oct. 16, calling for the rain-heavy storm system to settle over the mid-Island region by Friday, Oct. 18...
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primary care
Election 2024: Candidate priorities on healthcare options across central Vancouver Island
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 i...
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tight races
Nanaimo & Oceanside ridings projected to be provincial election 'toss-ups'
NANAIMO - In a provincial election which many pollsters believe could come down to just a few seats difference, a pair of mid-Island ridings are under extra scrutiny. Both the newly created ridings of Nanaimo-Lantzville and Ladysmith-Oceanside are projected to be narrow victories for whichever party takes them after ge...
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wind and rain
Atmospheric river storm set to drench Vancouver Island
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primary care
Election 2024: Candidate priorities on healthcare options across central Vancouver Island
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shake out survival
Drop, cover and hold on: Great BC Shakeout refining earthquake readiness
NANAIMO - Oct. 17 marks the annual provincial earthquake preparedness drill. Cell phones, radios and television stations will all display an alert at 10:17 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 for the Great BC Shakeout, reminding everyone of what to do should a large earthquake hit. The drill is expected to be conducted simultane...
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Showcase Woes
Clippers fall 4-1 to Salmon Arm, finish 0-2 at BCHL Showcase
CHILLIWACK - The Clippers had a hard time finding their offensive game at the BCHL Showcase.Nanaimo was outscored 9-3 in two games versus Cranbrook and Salmon Arm.Against the Silverbacks the Clippers were down 2-0 in the second period before Joel Plante converted on a rebound chance.HIs fifth goal of the season made th...
Oct 17, 2024
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campaign stops
Eby & Rustad focus on Nanaimo battleground ridings
NANAIMO - An Island riding projected to be narrowly contested between the province's two biggest parties hosted their leaders on Wednesday. BC Conservative leader John Rustad focused on healthcare at an afternoon campaign stop outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH). Rustad promised if elected, his party would...
Oct 16, 2024
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alarming incident
'He's got his pants down:' hiker threatened by man on rural Nanaimo trail
Editors note: this article includes graphic details which may disturb some readers. Discretion is strongly advised. NANAIMO - A woman faced a harrowing experience while hiking on a popular Nanaimo area trail. Rose O'Neill, visiting Nanaimo for medical appointments, was hiking with her puppy on Cable Bay Trail in Cedar ...
Oct 16, 2024
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investigation continues
VIDEO: New details released in hopes of finding missing Port Alberni woman
PORT ALBERNI -RCMP believe a Port Alberni woman missing for more than two years was likely a homicide victim.In hopes of advancing the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Amber Manthorne, Port Alberni RCMP hosted a news conference on Wednesday, Oct 16. Manthorne was reported missing the morning of July 8, 2...
Oct 16, 2024
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serious injuries
Pedestrian hit in early morning crash along Hwy. 19A near Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A 25-year-old man was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after an early morning collision in Oceanside.Police, fire and paramedics were called out to Hwy. 19A, near Boorman Rd. and Widgeon Rd. around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16 after a car travelling along the roadway hit a pedestrian.Oceansi...
Oct 16, 2024
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British Columbia
India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Canada is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims its government officials have worked with criminal gangs in the extortion, coercion and murder of Canadian citizens. But Canada is not the only country that has accused Indian officials of plottin...
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Three teenage girls charged in violent B.C. transit attacks
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Three teenage girls have been charged with assault after two separate violent attacks took place on Metro Vancouver's transit system. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the assaults happened on July 11, the first of which was on board a SkyTrain while it travelled from New Westminster to Surrey....
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Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the spy agency. It is the latest legal setback for Sameer Ebadi, who uses a pseudonym due to the sensitive nature of his intelligence work. In June 2022, Fede...
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CP Railway adjusts safety measures following B.C. train crash: safety board
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a mistake by a Canadian Pacific Railway supervisor set off a crash between a freight train and a railway work vehicle in Cache Creek, B.C. The board's report says the supervisor was inspecting the main tracks on Dec. 29, 2022, in a vehicle that can operate on both r...
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Snow warnings along B.C.-Yukon border as southern B.C. braces for atmospheric river
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia and Yukon border, with accumulations up to 20 centimetres expected in some areas. The weather office says the snow will spread through southwestern Yukon starting today and will persist until Saturday. It says...
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B.C. voters face atmospheric river with heavy rain, high winds on election day
VANCOUVER - Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system on election day. Environment Canada says the weather system will bring prolonged heavy rain to Metro Vancouver, the Sunsh...
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Local Sports
Significant change
Nanaimo NightOwls head coach steps down
NANAIMO - A fresh voice will lead the West Coast League's Nanaimo NightOwls next season. On Tuesday, Oct. 15 the team announced head coach Greg Frady elected to step down from the role he held for all three seasons the NightOwls have been in existence. In a statement, the 61-year-old Frady said it was an honour helping...
Oct 15, 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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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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Showcase Woes
Clippers fall 4-1 to Salmon Arm, finish 0-2 at BCHL Showcase
CHILLIWACK - The Clippers had a hard time finding their offensive game at the BCHL Showcase.Nanaimo was outscored 9-3 in two games versus Cranbrook and Salmon Arm.Against the Silverbacks the Clippers were down 2-0 in the second period before Joel Plante converted on a rebound chance.HIs fifth goal of the season made th...
Oct 17, 2024
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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...
Oct 15, 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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Canada
Amber Alert issued for five-day-old baby in Saskatchewan
RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an Amber Alert after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted from a health centre in the community of Montreal Lake. Police say they were told this afternoon that five-day-old Koda Moccasin had been taken from the community, roughly 100 kilometres north of Prince Albert. The baby boy was ...
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Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal battle over the health effects of smoking. Here are the key numbers of the proposal, based on a court filing as well as...
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Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, smokers in proposed deal
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle. The companies - JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedg...
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RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal
WABAMUN, Alta. - Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton. They said bystanders recovered the girl from the lake and, despite life-saving eff...
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India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Ottawa is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims it is behind widespread crimes in Canada. The federal government ordered India's top envoy to leave the country on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a r...
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Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate
REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if re-elected, a move the NDP's Carla Beck says weaponizes vulnerable kids. Moe made the pledge Thursday at a campaign stop in Regina. He said it w...
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World
Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He ple...
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The Wheaton Group purchased Nanaimo's Hyundai five years ago, and ever since they've been planning to move into a bigger, more advanced location. Hyundai Canada had expressed an interest for a new facility for their franchise in Nanaimo, and they found the old building didn't meet their needs or customer expectations. ...
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