Last Line of Defence
Clippers Hanggi thriving in backup goaltending role
NANAIMO - Through twelve games of the Clippers season, backup goaltender Grayson Hanggi has only played twice. In those games, he has a 1-1 record with a 2.01 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage He hasn't seen a lot of action yet, but the Minnesota native is enjoying the start to his season in Nanaimo. &qu...
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home lost
Downtown Nanaimo home badly damaged by fire
NANAIMO - A lone occupant and a dog escaped uninjured, however damage to a Selby St. home is significant following a structure fire.Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews were called to a home on Selby near Campbell St. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m., in response to thick smoke and erupting from the home. Troy Libbus, NFR as...
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Prolific offender
Repeatedly ramming Oceanside RCMP vehicle leads to guilty pleas
NANAIMO - A well-known offender entered guilty pleas for a series of crimes, including a high-risk incident in the rural Whiskey Creek area. Craig James Hannon, 30, pleaded guilty to four criminal code charges involving offences dating back to last year, culminating in incidents in February where police tracked the off...
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Last Line of Defence
Clippers Hanggi thriving in backup goaltending role
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home lost
Downtown Nanaimo home badly damaged by fire
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student vote
Twenty-seven Nanaimo & mid-Island schools running mock provincial elections
NANAIMO - While general voting day for the provincial election isn't until Saturday, hundreds of ballots are set to be cast over the next few days at local elementary and secondary schools.Student Vote, a nationwide campaign run by CIVIX, has partnered with 27 schools in the four ridings of Nanaimo-Gabriola, Nanaimo-La...
Oct 21, 2026
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On The Run
Nanaimo athletes represent at BC Cross-Country Championships
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Track and Field Club hosted two events in a single day recently at the Arbutus Meadows Farm in Nanoose Bay.The major competition was the 2026 BC Athletics Cross Country Championships featuring 386 athletes and 37 clubs from across the province.Also on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 17, the club hel...
Oct 21, 2026
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early birds
Ladysmith-Oceanside leads B.C. for advance voting, some in Nanaimo well behind
NANAIMO - Heading into the final day of advance voting for the 2026 Provincial Election, voters in Ladysmith, Parksville, and Qualicum Beach are leading the province. Data from Elections BC shows as of Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m., 14,512 ballots were cast in the expansive Ladysmith-Oceanside riding, representing around...
Oct 21, 2026
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dry and warm
Nanaimo on pace for driest October on record
NANAIMO - Unless some fall storms materialize soon, this month is shaping up to be one of the driest in the city's history. Nanaimo normally sees around 102 millimetres of rain in October, but repeated sunny days have resulted in minimal precipitation thus far, with only 7.6 millimetres falling, or 7.4 per cent of our ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Jailed
Sentenced Lantzville sex offender claimed he was a vigilante hunter
NANAIMO - Jailed for four months for possessing damaging pictures and videos of exploited young girls, a local offender argued he was trying to hold sex offenders accountable.Mathieu Simard-Desjardins, 40, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 19, after pleading guilty to possessing child exploitation/sex abuse material follow...
Oct 20, 2026
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indoor courts
Tennis bubble to remain as City of Nanaimo continuing Westwood Lake land purchase
NANAIMO - Following impassioned calls from local user groups, the community's only indoor tennis facility will remain for now. City Councillors voted, during a Wednesday, Oct. 14, in-camera meeting, in support of keeping the Westwood Tennis Club bubble, as they move through the acquisition process of 2367 Arbot Rd. on ...
Oct 20, 2026
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British Columbia
The 4 soldiers killed in fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
WAINWRIGHT - Four Armed Forces members were killed when a fast-moving fire overwhelmed soldiers during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton, on Saturday. Dozens of others were injured, with 27 remaining in hospi...
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Pair from Calgary attacked after Bruno Mars concert in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Two people have been attacked after leaving a Bruno Mars show at BC Place Stadium, in the second violent incident after a major concert in Vancouver this year. Vancouver police say the pair from Calgary were attacked near the Gastown neighb...
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Greens' Leader Lowan hits out as NDP suggests she's open to supporting Conservatives
Green Leader Emily Lowan has issued a statement saying a B.C. Conservative government would be "disastrous," after an NDP statement suggested she had openness to supporting minority rule by the Conservatives after Saturday's election. Lowan says Conser...
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Video of contact with possibly rabid skunk in B.C. prompts health authority warning
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone in the city's downtown who has had contact with a possibly rabid skunk to get a medical assessment immediately after a video emerged on social media. The video posted on Facebook on Oct. 10 shows a...
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B.C. jury finds Adam Mann guilty in 2024 home-invasion murder of Tori Dunn
NEW WESTMINSTER - A man accused of killing a Surrey, B.C., resident during a home invasion in 2024 has been convicted of second-degree murder, in a case that triggered calls for bail reform. The BC Prosecution Service says Adam Mann was found guilty b...
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Vancouver approves non-binding drug plebiscites that mayor-elect Pete Fry disavowed
VANCOUVER - Voters in Vancouver have voted by about two-thirds in favour of two plebiscite questions proposed by the city's outgoing mayor on drug use, despite ejecting him from office in the same election. The City of Vancouver said about 137,000 peop...
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Local Sports
On The Run
Nanaimo athletes represent at BC Cross-Country Championships
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Track and Field Club hosted two events in a single day recently at the Arbutus Meadows Farm in Nanoose Bay.The major competition was the 2026 BC Athletics Cross Country Championships featuring 386 athletes and 37 clubs from across the province.Also on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 17, the club hel...
Oct 21, 2026
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Long Awaited Debut
Women's hockey program set to take flight at VIU
NANAIMO - After almost two years of preparation the VIU Mariners wonen's hockey team is ready to hit the ice. The Mariners have an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 17 against the Island Surge and they'll have a home game a week later against an opponent to be detemined. Team president, general manager and coach Kris K...
Oct 11, 2026
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Leveling Up
Three Nanaimo Timbermen standouts chosen in NLL entry draft
NANAIMO - Draft day in the National Lacrosse League was special for the Senior A Nanaimo Timbermen. Three players who just finished their first seasons in the WLA were drafted in the top 33 selections. Right-hander Jeremy Wudrick went 27th overall to the Vancouver Warriors, while defender Joel Mullen was also picked by...
Oct 3, 2026
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Last Line of Defence
Clippers Hanggi thriving in backup goaltending role
NANAIMO - Through twelve games of the Clippers season, backup goaltender Grayson Hanggi has only played twice. In those games, he has a 1-1 record with a 2.01 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage He hasn't seen a lot of action yet, but the Minnesota native is enjoying the start to his season in Nanaimo. &qu...
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Fighting Through Fatigue
Clippers have strong outing to end road trip with two points versus the Oilers
OKOTOKS - The Nanaimo Clippers saved the best for last on their Alberta road trip with a 5-3 win over the Interior East Division leading Okotoks OilersNanaimo got off to a fast start with first period markers from Elliot Perreault on a man advantage and a tip in goal by Miller Kay.Okotoks defenceman Tyler Russell got a...
Oct 17, 2026
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Hanggi Shines
Clippers get back to their winning ways in Sherwood Park
SHERWOOD PARK - The Clippers snapped out of a mini two game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Sherwood Park Crusaders.Nanaimo's scoring leader Charles Beland got his team off on the right foot by powering his way to the net front in the first period to capture his 10th goal of the season.The game stayed that wa...
Oct 16, 2026
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Canada
'Comfort kills dreams': Family says soldier killed in base fire was living his dream
PRINCE ALBERT - Patricia Farrell is not even a week removed from the death of her son in a military training exercise gone wrong. She looks over an array of seven photos of Pte. Shaun Farrell. One is of him as a newborn with a mohawk. Another shows him...
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The 4 soldiers killed in fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
WAINWRIGHT - Four Armed Forces members were killed when a fast-moving fire overwhelmed soldiers during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton, on Saturday. Dozens of others were injured, with 27 remaining in hospi...
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Video of contact with possibly rabid skunk in B.C. prompts health authority warning
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone in the city's downtown who has had contact with a possibly rabid skunk to get a medical assessment immediately after a video emerged on social media. The video posted on Facebook on Oct. 10 shows a...
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Atikamekw baby to be reburied in home community more than 70 years after death
MONTREAL - More than 70 years after his death, an Atikamekw baby buried far from his family in Quebec City will be laid to rest in his home community. After 12 years of searching, the family of Maxime Ottawa has located his burial site, exhumed his rem...
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Ottawa tells its diplomats not to meet with U.S. midterm candidates
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were directed this week not to meet with or attend events with candidates in the U.S. midterm elections. Glen Linder, assistant deputy minister for the Americas at Global Affairs Canada, sent a memo midday Tuesday to members...
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Singapore firm set to buy shut Yukon mine for $140M, promises $1.4B in investment
VANCOUVER - The Eagle Gold mine once accounted for between five and seven per cent of the Yukon's GDP before it was shut down by a 2024 environmental disaster. But the beleaguered operation could have a new life, after a Singapore-based mining company ...
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World
Execution staff warned IV site might have 'blown' during Christa Pike's execution attempt
Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with pentobarbital, her ...
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Powerful earthquake in China's Tibet collapses hundreds of homes and kills at least 16 people
BEIJING (AP) - A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 46 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said. Search and rescue...
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World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski's record heat
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting h...
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Program helping homeowners cut costs
Nanaimo Homeowners: Centra's $1M Window Efficiency Plan is now over 75% claimed
The Centra Install Pros Window Efficiency Plan - a program helping Nanaimo homeowners cut the cost of new windows and doors - is running out of runway fast. The plan puts up to $650 toward each window or door replaced, drawn from a dedicated $1 million fund set aside for local homeowners. There is no income testing and...
Sep 18, 2026
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Resort-Style Retirement Living in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter
For many retirees, and those nearing retirement, staying in their home can be difficult. The time spent on day-to-day maintenance, plus dealing with bigger repairs usually required on an older home, can cut into time they'd rather spend enjoying their retirement. And if they're traveling, they don't want to worry about...
Jul 28, 2026
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Most people who volunteer for their strata council don't sign up to be an accountant. But for many in smaller strata communities, with less than 50 units, that's exactly what they end up doing. They spend time researching bylaws, getting quotes for maintenance, and worrying that something important has been missed. The...
Jun 9, 2026
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