provincial election
Economy and jobs the focus at Nanaimo provincial candidate forum
NANAIMO - Candidates looking to represent the local area in the Legislature in Victoria were under the microscope Tuesday evening.Six of the seven candidates running in Nanaimo-Gabriola Island and Nanaimo-Lantzville attended an all-candidates forum at the Nanaimo Golf Club on Tuesday, Oct. 13, an event put on by the Na...
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Final advance voting opportunity opens ahead of 2026 Municipal Election
NANAIMO - For the second, and final, time ahead of election day, polls are open for the 2026 Municipal Election. Advance voting opens again on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at a variety of locations across the mid-Island, depending on which municipality or jurisdiction you're casting a ballot in. City of Nan...
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Preliminary survey work underway ahead of massive Hammond Bay Rd. project
NANAIMO - Ahead of a major planned infrastructure project getting underway next year, crews are taking some final samples. Over the next few weeks, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 13, crews from the Regional District of Nanaimo will be along Hammond Bay Rd., between Prince John Way and Tiki Way, digging or drilling small holes...
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Annual drill shines light on emergency preparedness
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NREMR: September 2026
Nanaimo Real Estate Market Report: September 2026
provincial election
Economy and jobs the focus at Nanaimo provincial candidate forum
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Final advance voting opportunity opens ahead of 2026 Municipal Election
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
One Goal Short
Clippers drop BCHL Showcase opener to Blackfalds
NISKU, AB - It was a day of playing catch up for the Nanaimo Clippers at the BCHL Showcase. The Blackfalds Bulldogs scored in the first minute off a Matthew Croxall backhand to take one of their three leads in the contest. Caden Okotiva tied the score before the game was three minutes old on a steal and quick shot to t...
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election promise
BC Conservatives pledge $60M for cath lab at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - The Conservative Party of BC said if elected this fall, they'll commit $60M to a new cardiac catheterization lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (NRGH) The announcement was made at the Millstone Medical Building on Nanaimo's Dufferin Cres., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, by BC Conservative MLA for Courtenay-Comox...
Oct 13, 2026
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buyers and sellers
Price reductions shifting Nanaimo & Oceanside Real Estate market
NANAIMO - The local Real Estate market is shifting, potentially to the advantage of patient buyers looking for a deal.Data from the Multiple Listings Service (MLS), compiled by search platform Zealty, shows of the 671 active listings in the Nanaimo region, as of Friday, Oct. 9, approximately one-third, or 214, have had...
Oct 13, 2026
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2026 municipal election
Know Your Vote: Wants vs needs as Nanaimo community amenities meet core infrastructure
This article is part of a multi-story series looking further into the responses to NanaimoNewsNOW's Know Your Vote survey, our interactive voter information tool for the 2026 Municipal Election in the City of Nanaimo. NANAIMO - Perhaps nowhere among the results of our Know Your Vote survey were candidates more neutral ...
Oct 12, 2026
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annual give-back
Record Beach Fest donation given to Oceanside community groups
PARSKVILLE - It's another record year for one of the region's biggest summer events. The Parksville Beach Festival Society announced their annual community give-back donation on Friday, Oct. 9, made up of a portion of gate donations from visitors to the popular sand sculpting competition this past summer. Society presi...
Oct 11, 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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British Columbia
Major projects CEO faces B.C. First Nations frustrated over lack of consultation
OTTAWA - Major Projects CEO Dawn Farrell told First Nations in B.C. today that the frustrations expressed over a lack of consultation made her feel like Canada is "never going to work," but her office is determined to try. Farrell was addressing the B....
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Death toll in B.C. Truth and Reconciliation Day crash rises to three
TSAWWASSEN - Police in Delta, B.C., say a third woman has died as a result of a truck crashing into pedestrians outside a mall on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The death of 64-year-old Gwenyth Brigit Dwyn of South Delta, B.C., comes af...
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CP NewsAlert: BC NDP election costings would cut deficit by $2B in two years
The NDP has released costings for its British Columbia election campaign promises that would see the province's record deficit fall by about $2 billion over two years. The costings show a deficit of about $12 billion by 2028/29, down from a forecast of...
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B.C. home sales fall nine per cent in September amid interest rate speculation
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia dipped again in September, with the province's real estate board saying interest rate hike speculation weighed on the market. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says in a release that just over 5, 25...
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Police seek help to identify man killed by train in Mission, B.C., in July
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Investigators in British Columbia are seeking the public's help to identify a man killed by a train in July. Mission RCMP and the BC Coroners Service say avenues for identifying the man, including searches of missing...
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B.C. Conservatives' leader Doerkson rides the whirlwind in rise from obscurity
When interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson received a phone call from one of his daughters just two days after David Eby called a snap provincial election, he didn't have time for a conversation. In the whirlwind of activity he'd "kind of for...
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Local Sports
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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Championship Mentality
John Barsby's varsity football team brings a winning attitude to a new season
NANAIMO - The high school varsity football season has begun in the mid island with the John Barsby Bulldogs winning their season opener 55-34 against Abbotford. Barsby is in a AA/AAA hybrid division with Ballenas out of Parksville and Mt. Douglas and Spectrum schools from Victoria. Initially Nanaimo District Secondary ...
Sep 26, 2026
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One Goal Short
Clippers drop BCHL Showcase opener to Blackfalds
NISKU, AB - It was a day of playing catch up for the Nanaimo Clippers at the BCHL Showcase. The Blackfalds Bulldogs scored in the first minute off a Matthew Croxall backhand to take one of their three leads in the contest. Caden Okotiva tied the score before the game was three minutes old on a steal and quick shot to t...
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Return to Form
Clippers snap two game mini slump with win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers have upped their record to 5-3 with a 3-1 home ice win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals.It was a special night for the team with the return of forward Patrick Fortune for a third season in Nanaimo.Although the 20-year-old was held pointless in his first game he created plenty of offensive opport...
Oct 10, 2026
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from sweden to nanaimo
Veteran Nanaimo Clippers goaltender excelling in new environment
NANAIMO - The Clippers have once again found an impressive veteran goalie. Hugo Laring has given the team excellent netminding after taking over from Eliot Seguin-Lescarbeau, who led Nanaimo to the BCHL finals last spring. In his first month with the Clippers, Laring was given an honourable mention for the three stars ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Canada
Alberta's Smith casts vote to stay in Canada, urges support for other nine questions
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has voted at an advance poll for the province to stay in Canada. Smith says in a video on social media about Monday's referendum that it's not the time to give up hope on the country. She says she know...
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Major projects CEO faces B.C. First Nations frustrated over lack of consultation
OTTAWA - Major Projects CEO Dawn Farrell told First Nations in B.C. today that the frustrations expressed over a lack of consultation made her feel like Canada is "never going to work," but her office is determined to try. Farrell was addressing the B....
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Death toll in B.C. Truth and Reconciliation Day crash rises to three
TSAWWASSEN - Police in Delta, B.C., say a third woman has died as a result of a truck crashing into pedestrians outside a mall on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The death of 64-year-old Gwenyth Brigit Dwyn of South Delta, B.C., comes af...
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July and August drug deaths in B.C. fall to lowest levels since 2019
VICTORIA - Toxic drug deaths in British Columbia in July and August have fallen to their lowest levels in those months since before the pandemic. Data from the BC Coroners Service shows that 113 people died in July, and 126 people in August, with those...
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Some Farm Boy, L'Ancêtre and Life Smart cheeses recalled due to possible listeria
TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling some Farm Boy, L'Ancêtre and Life Smart organic cheeses because of possible listeria contamination. In a notice issued Wednesday, the agency says the recall was triggered by test results and t...
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Vancouver officer tells Myles Gray hearing of uncertainty before deadly confrontation
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer involved in the deadly confrontation with Myles Gray in 2015 says there was considerable uncertainty about the situation before he and other officers encountered him in response to an urgent call for back-up. Con...
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World
North Korea says it tested cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea says it has test-fired cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines as it continues to expand its military capabilities during a prolonged freeze in diplomacy with Washington and Seoul. North ...
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Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Justice Department has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month's midterm elections. A letter Tuesday to Secretary of S...
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Justice Department threatens California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens on its voter rolls
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Justice Department threatens California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens on its voter rolls. The Associated Press
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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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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...
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