Pushing for Playoffs
NightOwls poised for best season yet
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo NightOwls have hit the all-star break with a record of 22-17, and they sit in fourth place in the West Coast League's North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk is thrilled with the club's first month and a half of the season. "The first half was the strongest we've had since the NightOwls have be...
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major infrastructure
Nanaimo council provides support for Duke Point Hwy. interchange grant
NANAIMO - The City of Nanaimo is throwing its support behind a federal grant application for a developer-driven interchange project along the Duke Point Hwy. Seacliff Properties, currently developing the 2,200-home mixed-use Sandstone project between Cedar and Cinnabar Valley, asked the City to provide a letter of supp...
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Jason Diraddo
Troubled addict sentenced for latest round of brazen Nanaimo retail thefts
NANAIMO - A hardened offender is scheduled to be released next month following a trio of thefts impacting north Nanaimo retailers. Jason Joseph Diraddo, 49, recently pleaded guilty to three theft under $5,000 charges in provincial court in Nanaimo and was handed a six-month jail sentence, but is slated to be released i...
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Pushing for Playoffs
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public assistance sought
'It's a priority file:' Nanaimo Mounties probe assault of jogger
NANAIMO - Exhausting all internal avenues, Nanaimo RCMP hope the public can help solve a disturbing crime last month involving a young jogger victimized east of the city's downtown. Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said on June Tuesday, June 9, at 4:20 p.m., a 21-year-old woman jogging on Second St. approaching Pine...
Jul 13, 2026
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job action
Striking nurses set up picket lines outside Nanaimo hospital
UPDATE: 3:15 p.m.- The BC Nurses Union will pause job action, effective at the end of Tuesday, July 14, after confirming mediated bargaining between the Nurses' Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of BC is now underway. EARLIER TODAY: NANAIMO - Strained resources, workplace safety, burnout and w...
Jul 13, 2026
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Kings of the castle
Parksville sand sculpture champs crowned, vandals disrupt event
PARKSVILLE - Following 30 hours of gruelling preparation and execution, the winners have been chosen for this year's Parksville sand sculpting competition. Staged by the Parksville Beach Festival Society, the highly anticipated spectacle of 22 world-class creations represents the crown jewel of an extended summer event...
Jul 13, 2026
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Sculpture sabotage
Suspected vandalism damages Parksvillle sand sculptures
PARKSVILLE - Artists are scrambling to restore damage to sand sculptures under construction as part of the popular Parksville Beach Festival's sand sculpting competition.A Parksville Beach Festival Society Sunday, July 12 news release stated several sculptures were damaged by suspected vandalism, requiring competitors ...
Jul 12, 2026
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supportive housing
Construction to start on south Nanaimo supportive housing complex
NANAIMO - A building permit has been awarded, allowing construction to begin on a long-envisioned supportive housing project for Nanaimo's south end. The City of Nanaimo awarded the permit early this month for 355 Nicol St., consisting of a five-storey, 35-unit building on a cleared lot near Farquhar St. to be staffed ...
Jul 12, 2026
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phone scam
Scammers pose as victim's son to scam Oceanside senior
QUALICUM BEACH - An Oceanside senior was recently scammed out of their hard-earned money by someone pretending to be their son. In early June, Oceanside RCMP say the victim was at their home in Qualicum Beach when they got a call from someone pretending to be their son. Sgt. Shane Worth said the scammers were able to c...
Jul 12, 2026
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British Columbia
B.C. nurses sees no sign of government shift on pay mandate as mediated talks begin
VANCOUVER - The president of a union representing 60,000 nurses in B.C. said Tuesday there had been no indication the province was willing to move off its pay mandate in their labour dispute, somewhat dampening optimism as mediation got underway. Adria...
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LNG Canada equity option agreement with five First Nations
KITIMAT - LNG Canada has reached an agreement with five neighbouring First Nations in northern B.C. that would provide them an option to invest up to $1-billion in the project's proposed second phase. The equity option agreement is with MNT Investment...
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Psychiatric chief believes suspect in B.C. RCMP officer's death still unfit for trial
COQUITLAM - B.C.'s director of forensic psychiatric services believes the man accused of first-degree murder in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 remains unfit for trial. Lawyer Quin Sheppard, representing the dir...
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Vast John Horgan Dam is a monument to engineering, as well as NDP's shifting stance
FORT ST. JOHN - The scale of the John Horgan Dam, the most costly engineering project in British Columbia history, is hard to fathom until up close. The crest of the dam is more than one kilometre long. The six enormous pipes that channel water from th...
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Surrey, B.C., city hall sustains 'significant' damage in suspicious fire: police
SURREY - Police are investigating what they have deemed a suspicious fire outside the city hall in Surrey, B.C., which triggered the building's interior sprinkler system. The Surrey Police Service says officers arrived to find one side of the building ...
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Heat wave gripping Central Canada sends thermostat soaring, residents seeking relief
TORONTO - Scorching heat and humidity sent many Toronto residents seeking relief at splash pads, parks and public fountains Tuesday as a dangerous heat wave enveloped several Ontario communities while tornadoes threatened Montreal and drought condition...
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Pushing for Playoffs
NightOwls poised for best season yet
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo NightOwls have hit the all-star break with a record of 22-17, and they sit in fourth place in the West Coast League's North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk is thrilled with the club's first month and a half of the season. "The first half was the strongest we've had since the NightOwls have be...
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Track Stars
Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes bring home medals from major summer events
NANAIMO - The recent BC Athetics Outdoor Track and Field Championships held fantastic results for the Nanaimo Track and Field Club.NTFC earned six gold medals, four silvers and six bronze medals.Tessa Bell has had an outstanding season and was one of the gold medal winners in the U-18 heptathlon.She said there was a gr...
Jul 10, 2026
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Clippers Calendar
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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Clippers Calendar
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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Overtime Hurdle
Clippers lose titanic struggle in BCHL Finals to defending champion Brooks
BROOKS - The Clippers lost a fourth straight overtime game to the Brooks Bandits to lose out in five games in the BCHL Finals.After taking the first game by a score of 3-1 Nanaimo lost three straight 2-1 decisions and went down 4-3 in the series finale.The Bandits have now won back to back BCHL championships while Nana...
May 23, 2026
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Canada
Anand offers Brazil $125M in energy financing, seals wildfire pact amid trade talks
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $125 million in financing for sustainable infrastructure in Brazil, a country she describes as one of Canada's closest partners on the global stage. Anand was in Sao Paulo on Tuesday for meeti...
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Psychiatric chief believes suspect in B.C. RCMP officer's death still unfit for trial
COQUITLAM - B.C.'s director of forensic psychiatric services believes the man accused of first-degree murder in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 remains unfit for trial. Lawyer Quin Sheppard, representing the dir...
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Vast John Horgan Dam is a monument to engineering, as well as NDP's shifting stance
FORT ST. JOHN - The scale of the John Horgan Dam, the most costly engineering project in British Columbia history, is hard to fathom until up close. The crest of the dam is more than one kilometre long. The six enormous pipes that channel water from th...
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Toronto festival shooting raises safety fears, even as gun violence has declined
TORONTO - Deadly gunfire at one of Toronto's most popular street festivals has intensified fears over gun violence and raised questions about the level of safety at community events, even as police say shootings are on the decline. Two people were kil...
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Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for man exposed in Panama Papers
OTTAWA - A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a British Columbia man charged with tax evasion who was exposed in the Panama Papers. In 2019, the CRA said it had identified nearly 900 Canadian individuals and corporate entities in a 2016 lea...
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Up-close images show ghostly Terra Nova wreck, ship of doomed Robert F. Scott voyage
ST. JOHN'S - A mission led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has captured detailed, up-close images of the ship that carried explorer Robert Falcon Scott's doomed 1910 voyage to Antarctica. The haunting wreck of Terra Nova lies at the bottom o...
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World
Man, 74, becomes oldest inmate executed in Florida in state's 10th lethal injection this year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in the nation's busiest death penalty...
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Tropical depression forms far offshore of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen
MIAMI (AP) - A tropical depression has formed far offshore of Mexico and could strengthen into a hurricane this week, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. The tropical depression is about 560 miles (901.23 kilometers) south of the...
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Man fleeing immigration officers in Florida is struck and killed by tractor trailer, police say
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said, marking the third death in a week involving encounters with U.S. Im...
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Island Good Launches New Website
Island Good Launches New Website
Made here. Grown here. Connected here. Island Good launches new website to make shopping Island products easier Every choice to shop Island-made is a win for Vancouver Island communities and now it's easier than ever. Island Good has launched a newly redesigned website that helps Vancouver Islanders and visitors quickl...
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Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter
Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter Gear: MEC Nanaimo Is Open
If you're searching for holiday gifts and winter layers, Nanaimo has a new must-visit destination. Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) has officially opened its doors at 2517 Bowen Road, bringing its trusted lineup of outdoor gear, apparel, and expert guidance to the region, just in time for the winter season. From season...
Dec 14, 2025
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