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Kids & 'kids at heart' ready for annual Nanaimo soapbox derby
NANAIMO - Final preparations are being put on dozens of entries ahead of this year's Hub City Soapbox Derby. The annual race will take place down Wall St. in Nanaimo, beginning around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, and see nearly 40 kids and several other "kids at heart" compete in two divisions, all in suppor...
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highway conditions
'The longest ride of my season so far:' Mock Tour tests readying riders
NANAIMO - The first major test for this year's Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock riders is set to come Saturday. Dubbed 'Mock Tour', 23 riders along with support staff will complete a round trip beginning in Lantzville and going through Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Chemainus, and Duncan on Saturday, Aug. 15. It's the first group rid...
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prognostications
NNN's Last 10: A time capsule for Nanaimo's future
NANAIMO - In celebrating 10 years of NanaimoNewsNOW, our team didn't want to just focus on the past but instead take a look ahead to the future. Over recent weeks, we've taken a look back at 10 ways Nanaimo has changed in the last decade, starting from our launch in July 2016 through to now, with topics ranging from do...
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Kids & 'kids at heart' ready for annual Nanaimo soapbox derby
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highway conditions
'The longest ride of my season so far:' Mock Tour tests readying riders
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
hazy skies
Wildfire smoke set to drop mid-Island air quality
NANAIMO - After largely avoiding any wildfire-related impacts so far this summer, skies are set to be smoky locally over the coming days.Air quality forecasts for the Nanaimo region, along with projections from Environment Canada, call for smoke moving across the Nanaimo and Oceanside areas beginning Friday, Aug. 14, a...
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beach sweep
Mid-Island beach cleanup organization aims for policy reform
NANAIMO - A newly formed local chapter of a global movement is trying to make a splash against beach trash.Surfrider Foundation Mid Island has completed half a dozen cleanups of beachfront areas and rivers, amounting to over 3,200 pounds of items collected between Ladysmith and Deep Bay over recent months.Sean Gilchris...
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Provincial Bronze
Senior Women Timbermen cap off best season to date with two tournaments
NANAIMO - Box lacrosse season has come to an end in the Harbour City, and the most successful team on the floor was the Senior Women Timbermen.They finished third at their provincial tournament, which, according to team spokesperson and player Sarah Ferguson, was their best ever performance."Last year we lost all ...
Aug 13, 2026
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vulnerable woman
Nanaimo Mountie pleads guilty to breach of trust following off-duty sexual encounter
NANAIMO - A local Mountie has pleaded guilty to breach of trust after engaging in sexual activity with a vulnerable woman.Cst. Mark Tyler Hilland, 47, of the Nanaimo RCMP will be sentenced at a later date after entering the plea in B.C. provincial court in Nanaimo on Thursday, Aug. 13, following an incident in July 202...
Aug 13, 2026
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excessive speed
Speeding Nanaimo teenager facing possible charges after early morning crash
NANAIMO - A 13-year-old local youth is facing possible criminal charges after stealing their parent's vehicle and speeding through the community.At around 2 a.m. on July 25, an RCMP officer driving northbound on Terminal Ave., by Terminal Park Mall, spotted a speeding southbound vehicle, found to be travelling 118 kilo...
Aug 13, 2026
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gameday experience
'A big step up:' Nanaimo Clippers adding video wall to Frank Crane Arena
NANAIMO - Clipper fans will get a new, high-definition look at their team this season while sitting in the stands at Frank Crane Arena. The BC Hockey League team has entered into a four-year agreement with Chris Jaycox Productions to install and operate a 20' by 10' LED video wall in their home rink, being installed th...
Aug 13, 2026
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British Columbia
Residents warned to prepare for changes when returning home after a wildfire
More wildfire evacuees in British Columbia are being allowed to return home Saturday morning, as emergency officials downgrade evacuation orders to alerts around the community of Clinton. The changeover begins at 8:00 a.m., with the bulk of the updated...
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'We don't even have a phone': Aging B.C. wildfire evacuees faced unique challenges
VANCOUVER - Helen Benallick said she was fast asleep with her husband at their home in Summerland, B.C., last week when she was woken up by neighbours ringing her doorbell. They told the couple they needed to escape the Bald Range wildfire that was rac...
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Two men arrested, charged with conspiracy in 2025 gang homicide in Langley, B.C.
SURREY - Homicide investigators in British Columbia say two men have been arrested and charged in the gang-related killing of another man inside a taxi in Langley last year. Police say in a release that 35-year-old Jared Douglas Polischuk and 29-year-o...
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Migrant workers left with uncertain future amid B.C. wildfire evacuations
After 20 seasons as a migrant worker in Canada Manuel Hernandez Cruz says he and others like him are in a "critical" situation as a wildfire in the Okanagan forced them to flee the jobs they depend on with no word on when they will be able to return or...
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Peter Milobar cites gap in 'ideological alignment' as he quits B.C. Conservatives
The B.C. Conservatives have lost one of their leading moderate voices, with Peter Milobar citing a lack of "ideological alignment" with leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay for his decision to sit as an Independent. He announced his exit from the opposition Con...
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Man seriously injured in stranger attack after AC/DC concert in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A man has been seriously injured in what police call a stranger attack after the AC/DC rock concert in Vancouver. It happened just before midnight on Thursday, when a couple was walking back to their hotel near Nelson and Richards streets f...
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Provincial Bronze
Senior Women Timbermen cap off best season to date with two tournaments
NANAIMO - Box lacrosse season has come to an end in the Harbour City, and the most successful team on the floor was the Senior Women Timbermen.They finished third at their provincial tournament, which, according to team spokesperson and player Sarah Ferguson, was their best ever performance."Last year we lost all ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Canada's Best
Top U16 and U18 Nanaimo Track and Field Club Athletes compete at national championship
NANAIMO - A total of nine Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes are competing at the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Regina. Tessa Bell, Ember Vaitekunas, Evelyn Argyle-Anderson and Henry Trumpy made Team BC while Will Cram, Finn English, Rowan Clarke, Finn Olsen and Lila Jeffries entered as open...
Aug 09, 2026
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Post Season Bound
NightOwls face Bellingham Bells in first ever playoff appearance
NANAIMO - It came down to the last game of the 2026 West Coast League baseball season for the NightOwls to clinch a post season berth. The team finished with a 30-24 record, on the back of a 15-8 win over Kamloops on Wednesday, Aug.4, with their final record good for fourth in the North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk ...
Aug 07, 2026
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gameday experience
'A big step up:' Nanaimo Clippers adding video wall to Frank Crane Arena
NANAIMO - Clipper fans will get a new, high-definition look at their team this season while sitting in the stands at Frank Crane Arena. The BC Hockey League team has entered into a four-year agreement with Chris Jaycox Productions to install and operate a 20' by 10' LED video wall in their home rink, being installed th...
Aug 13, 2026
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Clippers 2026-27 BCHL schedule released
NANAIMO - Next season's full BCHL schedule has been released, with the puck dropping on the Nanaimo Clippers regular season on Friday Sept. 18 at Frank Crane Arena against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Clippers will have 26 home dates, 26 away games, and two yet-to-be-announced contests at the BCHL Showcase.Fridays w...
Jul 08, 2026
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Looking Back
Clipper netminder takes top prize at annual awards event
NANAIMO - The Clippers celebrated their season and remarkable playoff run with an awards ceremony and gathering of mostly team billets and volunteers.The Tuesday, May 26, celebration came just a few days removed from the end of the team's playoff run, which ended in Brooks on Friday, May 22, and featured speeches and a...
May 28, 2026
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Canada
Migrant workers left with uncertain future amid B.C. wildfire evacuations
After 20 seasons as a migrant worker in Canada Manuel Hernandez Cruz says he and others like him are in a "critical" situation as a wildfire in the Okanagan forced them to flee the jobs they depend on with no word on when they will be able to return or...
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Feds reports progress on climate adaptation but climate groups say it isn't enough
OTTAWA - Three years after it formally launched its national climate adaptation strategy, the federal government says Canadians are more aware of the risks and more resilient to flooding, wildfires and major storms caused by climate change. But an anal...
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Man acquitted of decades-old murders settles lawsuit with Montreal and Quebec
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who was acquitted in 2024 of a decades-old double murder has settled a lawsuit with Montreal and the provincial government. Claude Paquin launched the Superior Court civil suit last year, alleging that police and justice system...
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Canada sanctions five Iranian officials over blockade of Strait of Hormuz
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced new sanctions today on five Iranian officials for undermining "international peace, security and stability" with the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The sanctioned individuals include a senior I...
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Osborne to finance, Kahlon to health in B.C. cabinet shuffle: Eby
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby has rearranged his cabinet after Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced a cancer diagnosis. Health Minister Josie Osborne will take over the finance portfolio, while Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon will step into the Hea...
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Fallen trees, bears are risks for B.C. wildfire evacuees returning home: officials
VANCOUVER - Some of the first evacuees from the deadly British Columbia wildfire that had threatened Summerland and Peachland on the shores of Okanagan Lake are being allowed home, with authorities warning of risks including fallen trees, damaged build...
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World
Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills 7 people, Lebanese state media say
BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed seven people and wounded three early Saturday, one of the deadliest attacks since a precarious truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on June 20. State-run Nationa...
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Japanese leader skips controversial shrine visit, avoids mention of remorse on surrender anniversary
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, apparently to prioritize diplomatic relations with China and South Korea, but did not mention her country's wartime past in Asia or remorse over...
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 20 and toppling buildings
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and homes as well as causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities said six...
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