incoming judge
New judge assigned to Nanaimo's strained provincial court system
NANAMO - A pending new judge is designed to provide a bit of relief to Nanaimo's heavily backlogged provincial court system, however it'll be an uphill battle. Claire Jennings has been appointed as a provincial court judge in Nanaimo effective July 17. Jennings previously served as a Victoria-based Crown prosecutor sin...
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new era
Ladysmith pickleball courts opens, part of significant recreation expansion
LADYSMITH - An evolving outdoor sports and recreation facility in Ladysmith has served up a key milestone. The Town of Ladysmith officially unveiled four new pickleball courts at Forest Field, also known as Lot 108, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 30. Located off the western end of Fourth Ave., the much-a...
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New CBA
New contract for unionized City of Nanaimo employees continues labour peace
NANAIMO - A long relationship of minimal friction between the City of Nanaimo and its nearly 800 unionized workers is proceeding. The City of Nanaimo and CUPE Local 401 members are awaiting the official final document of a new three-year collective agreement, in effect retroactively from Jan. 1 2026 and expiring on Dec...
Jun 30, 2026
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incoming judge
New judge assigned to Nanaimo's strained provincial court system
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new era
Ladysmith pickleball courts opens, part of significant recreation expansion
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'Outraged and frightened:' Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre in Nanaimo shuts down
NANAIMO - A not-for-profit organization helping the deaf and hard-of-hearing on Vancouver Island has closed its doors for good, citing rising operational costs. The Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association (IDHHC) posted on their website and Facebook page on Thursday, June 25, their two Vancouver Island locat...
Jun 29, 2026
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Year Four
Nanaimo United season nears completion while summer kids programs continues
NANAIMO - Canada's World Cup men's soccer team has a hold on the national sports spotlight as local programs like Nanaimo United are working to produce future stars. United's top teams in the BC Premier League (BCPL) just finished their final home games of the season, with the men falling 2-0 and the women falling 5-0....
Jun 29, 2026
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strike vote
B.C. nurses issue strike notice as they reach 'breaking point,' union president says
British Columbia's nurses have reached a "breaking point" with burnout, the rising threat of violence and constant staffing shortages, setting off 72-hour strike notice, union president Adriane Gear said Monday. It comes just weeks after its members v...
Jun 29, 2026
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minor injuries
Two teens hit by car along Nanaimo's Departure Bay Road
NANAIMO - A driver was issued a ticket after striking two youths in a crosswalk along Departure Bay over the weekend. Nanaimo RCMP say just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, a 40-year-old man was driving a newer model Ford Mustang along Departure Bay Rd. near Drip Coffee, when he struck a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old ...
Jun 29, 2026
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guilty pleas
Man viciously assaulted in downtown Nanaimo drug related attack
NANAIMO - Swarmed and beaten for drug dealing on enemy territory, a man took responsibility for his role in a downtown Nanaimo attack. Ronald Douglas Arndt was sentenced last week at provincial court in Nanaimo for a pair of charges after he and three unidentified assailants cornered a man in the Vancouver Island Confe...
Jun 29, 2026
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seeking answers
Lisa Young Nanaimo homicide case continually leads to tips
NANAIMO - Approaching a quarter century since a Nanaimo woman disappeared, frustration over a lack of answers is evident. However, Nanaimo RCMP is continually approached with potentially valuable information all these years later into the case of presumed homicide victim Lisa Marie Young. She was 21-years-old when she ...
Jun 28, 2026
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British Columbia
B.C. journalist, tormented by followers of Chinese tycoon, relieved at jail sentence
A British Columbia journalist who was targeted for months by followers of Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui says he's feeling "tremendous relief" after Guo was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. jail for fraud. Benson Gao, also known as Gao Bingchen, says he was ...
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Victor Dodig succeeds Darren Entwistle as Telus CEO after 25-plus years at helm
One of Canada's largest telecommunications companies has officially transitioned to new leadership after more than 25 years, with Victor Dodig succeeding Darren Entwistle as president and CEO of Telus as of Wednesday. Dodig stepped down as chief execut...
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B.C. Conservative leader Findlay retains former rival Milobar in shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed toward her loyalists. Milobar, who stood against Findl...
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Victoria police arrest two men in trafficking, sexual assault of woman
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they arrested and charged two men in connection with a case of trafficking and sexual assault of a woman. Jamie McRae, the department's deputy chief, said during a news conference at police headquarters on Tuesday that...
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Glacier lake bursts northeast of Pemberton, B.C., after evacuation over
PEMBERTON - A glacier lake has burst and is sending floodwaters towards a community northeast of Pemberton, B.C. The melting glacier triggered an evacuation order for two dozen homes last week over the concern the lake would burst. The homes are in th...
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B.C. sailors tell of harrowing choices in rescue of charter sinking survivors
Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer set out from Vancouver's Coal Harbour on Sunday morning to embark on their annual months-long sailing trip aboard their 33-foot yacht Malaika. But within hours they were undertaking a harrowing rescue of survivors from ...
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Local Sports
Year Four
Nanaimo United season nears completion while summer kids programs continues
NANAIMO - Canada's World Cup men's soccer team has a hold on the national sports spotlight as local programs like Nanaimo United are working to produce future stars. United's top teams in the BC Premier League (BCPL) just finished their final home games of the season, with the men falling 2-0 and the women falling 5-0....
Jun 29, 2026
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Busy in the Box
Timbermen lacrosse teams head into stretch drive with different goals
NANAIMO - The local box lacrosse season is well underway and three of the highest level teams have a home game on the last Saturday in June.The Senior A, Senior B and Junior A Timbermen are all looking to take steps forward in the second half of their seasons.It was been a massive leap forward for the WLA team in 2026....
Jun 26, 2026
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Picking up a Paddle
Nanaimo Rowing Club invites community to Come and Try Rowing
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Rowing Club wants to see more people involved in the sport, so they're hosting an event called Come and Try Rowing.It's slated for Saturday, June 13 at Long Lake from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Coach Richard Parr hopes to see as many as 20 to 30 newcomers at the event."Anyone at all ages, at any fitnes...
Jun 12, 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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Overtime Road Block
Clippers come heartbreakingly close but lose third straight OT game in BCHL Finals
NANAIMO - The Clippers did almost everything a team can do to get a win over the Brooks Bandits in Game 4 of the BCHL Finals but lost a third straight 2-1 overtime game.The Bandits have emerged victorious in games beyond 60 minutes in Games 2,3 and 4.It felt very similar to the first three games in Game 4 with tight ch...
May 21, 2026
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Canada
Congress hears drug seizures at U.S.-Canada border dropping despite Republican claims
WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that there's been a significant drop in drug seizures at the border with Canada. Acting Deputy Chief Jason Schneider told the House committee on border ...
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Canada will make its Eurovision Song Contest debut next year
Canada is officially taking its talents to Europe's biggest and sparkliest song competition. CBC/Radio-Canada and the European Broadcasting Union announced today that the country will participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria. This ma...
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Celebrations mark Canada Day across the country as separatist movements emerge
OTTAWA - Canadians are gathering across the country on Wednesday to celebrate a country grappling with a changing world and emerging separatist movements - and scorching temperatures in some regions. "It's the best country in the world, not without nua...
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Separation anxiety: Canada Day evokes patriotism, pride and melancholy in Alberta
EDMONTON - With a provincewide referendum looming on Alberta's future in Canada, federalists and separatists say they hope Albertans will spend some time this Canada Day thinking about what the country has done for them. Thomas Lukaszuk, the former dep...
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CP NewsAlert: U.S. not renewing trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
WASHINGTON - The United States Trade Representative says the U.S. is not renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement in its current form. In a post on social media, the department says the trade agreement will stay in place as the United States continue...
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Carney, Inuit meeting wraps with pledge on new program to replace child funding
KUUJJUAQ - A meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit leaders Tuesday wrapped with a commitment for a new program to replace the Inuit Child First Initiative, and for Ottawa to use its channels to get a proposed Inuit Nunangat University ac...
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World
Children found in 'deplorable' Ohio home were part of same family
McARTHUR, Ohio (AP) - The 16 children found living in "deplorable" conditions inside an Ohio home are part of the same family, officials said Wednesday. Authorities arrested four adults Tuesday on felony child endangerment charges after f...
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Monaco authorities detain then release a person in their probe of this week's explosion
MONACO (AP) - Monaco authorities said a person was arrested but later released Wednesday as they "very actively" pursue their probe of an explosion that reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia and two other people. A sta...
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Fire in Belgian apartment block leaves at least 5 people dead, many injured
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday in a fire at an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said. The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building...
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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 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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