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Gas line strikes down across B.C., but Nanaimo leads Island in infrastructure incidents
NANAIMO - It's a good-news-bad-news situation for local residents when it comes to preserving the quality and integrity of underground gas infrastructure. The good news is Fortis BC reports the lowest number of gas line damage reported to them in the last 20 years, 779 province-wide in 2024, which represents an eight p...
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serious injuries
Nanaimo RCMP search for suspect after downtown stabbing
NANAIMO - Police are looking for a suspect after a stabbing in downtown Nanaimo Monday afternoon sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.Mounties were called to the parking lot of the TD Bank at 9 Nicol St. behind the Port Place Shopping Centre just before 2:00 p.m. on April 14. Reserve. Cst. Gary O'Brien said a...
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Gymnastic Excellence
Several athletes won provincial tumbling and trampoline medals for Nanaimo's VIP Gymsport
NANAIMO - A total of 14 athletes from VIP Gymsports performed well at the recent Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics B.C. Championships in Surrey. Held April 4-6, the event drew over 800 athletes, coaches and judges from across the province and the Yukon. VIP Gymsports is in it's fourth year as a club and coach Megan Co...
Apr 15, 2025
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bad gas
Gas line strikes down across B.C., but Nanaimo leads Island in infrastructure incidents
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serious injuries
Nanaimo RCMP search for suspect after downtown stabbing
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Fighting back
Intruder beaten with statue by Nanaimo area homeowner
NANAIMO - An offender with a strong employment history turned to crime to feed his addiction, culminating in a high-profile crime wave south of Nanaimo, resulting in a face-to-face encounter with a homeowner. Tyrone Philip Reno Poulsen, 36, was sentenced in provincial court in Nanaimo on Friday, April 11 after he smash...
Apr 15, 2025
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path to progress
District of Lantzville rolling ahead with new active transportation plan
LANTZVILLE - A comprehensive process is pledged to form an active transportation plan in Lantzville, which a District official believes will vastly improve their chances of landing senior government grants. George Robinson, Lantzville's director of planning and community services, said creating an updated vision to imp...
Apr 14, 2025
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local issues
Election 2025: Issues Nanaimo & Oceanside candidates would advocate for, regardless of election result
NANAIMO - What local issues and aspects of life on central Vancouver Island are candidates running in the 2025 Federal Election most passionate about? NanaimoNewsNOW invited all 12 candidates running in a pair of mid-Island ridings to participate in a survey, asking them about their personal beliefs and opinions on key...
Apr 14, 2025
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healthcare crisis
Public healthcare advocates hold Nanaimo event to demand action from federal candidates
NANAIMO - Our public healthcare system is in crisis, and whoever forms the next federal government must take steps to address it. Those calls were made by Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and Hospital Employees Union (HEU) reps during a Monday, April 14 news conference outside Nanaimo hospital, voicing demands for a stro...
Apr 14, 2025
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warrant issued
Nanaimo RCMP searching for repeat offender after missed court date
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are searching for a man with a history of breaching court orders.Robert Scott Honeyman, 49, had warrants issued for his arrest after he failed to appear for a Thursday, April 10 court date to answer to numerous charges, including three counts of failing to comply with a probation order.Honeyman...
Apr 14, 2025
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campaign trail
Poilievre promises justice reform using notwithstanding clause, Carney talks defence
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today and making announcements about defence procurement and justice reform. Poilievre is vowing to use the notwithstanding clause to implemen...
Apr 14, 2025
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British Columbia
Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was "immediately shut down" after the fire on Monday night. The B.C. Ene...
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B.C. changes law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes
VICTORIA - British Columbia is changing its employment standards legislation to stop employers from asking employees for what the labour minister says are "unnecessary" sick notes. Jennifer Whiteside says the move is to allow health care workers to attend to patients and not spend time on the "administra...
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B.C. accepting only 1,100 new immigrant applications, nominations to focus on health
The British Columbia government says the odds of new applications from immigrants looking to be accepted into its nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health workers or entrepreneurs after the federal government slashed the number of available slots. A bulletin from the province say...
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First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province's largest environmental disasters. The Xatsull First Nation has filed a petition in B.C....
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Man accused of three sexual assaults on transit faces charges: police
NEW WESTMINSTER - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has approved charges relating to three alleged sexual assaults on Metro Vancouver's transit system. A statement from the region's Transit Police says the first complaint was made in January last year, when a woman on a crowded Canada Line train called police to...
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First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER - The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especially given "misinformation" in the public discourse. Dr. Nel Wieman says Indigenous Peoples continue to be disp...
Apr 14, 2025
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Local Sports
Gymnastic Excellence
Several athletes won provincial tumbling and trampoline medals for Nanaimo's VIP Gymsport
NANAIMO - A total of 14 athletes from VIP Gymsports performed well at the recent Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics B.C. Championships in Surrey. Held April 4-6, the event drew over 800 athletes, coaches and judges from across the province and the Yukon. VIP Gymsports is in it's fourth year as a club and coach Megan Co...
Apr 15, 2025
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Youth Basketball
Snaw-naw-as Sawbills youth basketball combines cultural tradition and sport
SNAW-NAW-AS - The U13 and U17 Snaw-naw-as Sawbills basketball teams made their first ever appearance at the Junior All Native basketball tournament in Kelowna.Over 100 teams took part with some larger nations having multiple teams.The smaller Snaw-naw-as nation drew some players from nearby communities according to Nat...
Apr 13, 2025
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Athlete Assistance
Local Athletes can apply for financial assistance from Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards
NANAIMO - Just over a month after the 20th annual Nanaimo Sport Achievement Award ceremony the awards committee is accepting applications for the athlete assistance program.Recipients will receive funding for their high performance competition.Previous athletes who have benefitted from the program include Olympians Eth...
Apr 08, 2025
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ClippersNOW
Shutout Loss
Clippers season ends with Game 5 playoff loss in Cowichan Valley
DUNCAN - The Clippers lost their final playoff game 3-0 to the Cowichan Valley Capitals.After winning 5-2 in Game 4 Nanaimo couldn't get their offense on track in Game 5.In.a scoreless first period Elliot Perreault hit a goal post while the Clippers were shorthanded which prompted a video review..It was determined ther...
Apr 12, 2025
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Comeback Victory
Clippers scored five straight versus Cowichan en route to Game 4 win
NANAIMO - Game 4 of the Clippers playoff series with Cowichan Valley didn't start well for the home team but it certainly finished strong.The Capitals took a 2-0 first period lead on goals by James Russell and Camden Bajzer, but Nanaimo goalie Chazz Nixon was unbeatable after that.Hudson Gill's first career BCHL goal g...
Apr 10, 2025
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On the Brink
Clippers season on the line after home ice loss in Game 3 versus Cowichan
NANAIMO - The Clippers got behind and spent most of Game 3 against the Cowichan Valley Capitals battling up hill.A seeing eye shot from Moritz Kukuk and a stray pass pounced on by Luca Primerano gave the Capitals a 2-0 lead after the opening period.An outside wrist shot off the stick of Camden Bajzer upped the Cowichan...
Apr 09, 2025
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Canada
Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on alcohol and labour mobility
TORONTO - Ontario is set to table legislation to make trade between provinces easier, as a way to shore up the economy against the effects of American tariffs. Officials say the bill would make Ontario the first government in Canada to unconditionally ...
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Boy, 16, dies after stabbing in Montreal; city's eighth homicide in 2025
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed Tuesday evening in Montreal has died. Police confirmed his death today - the city's eighth reported homicide in 2025. The teenager was stabbed in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. He was trans...
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Green Party co-leader says removal from leaders' debates is 'undemocratic'
OTTAWA - The stage will look different that originally planned Wednesday night, when Canada's major party leaders square off in the first of two nationally televised debates. Instead of five podiums on the stage, there will now only be four. The Green ...
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In the news today: Federal leaders debate in Montreal, interest rate decision due out
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Party leaders square off in first debate tonight Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poili...
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Here's how people without ID or fixed address can vote in the federal election
ST. JOHN'S - Anyone who wants to register to vote in the April 28 federal election has to be able to prove who they are and where they live. Elections Canada realizes both of those things can be a challenge for someone without a home or standard ID car...
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Bank of Canada holds key rate steady amid trade war, economic uncertainty
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits to get a clearer picture of how global trade uncertainty is going to impact the Canadian economy. The central bank held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent...
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World
Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said he the administration must try to "purge" ...
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Iranian state TV says 2nd round of Iran-US nuclear talks will be in Rome
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian state television confirmed on Wednesday that the second round of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks will be held in Rome after earlier confusion over where the negotiations would be held. The talks will be mediated by Oman, as they were last weekend in the sultanate's capital of Muscat, ...
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Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration announced a lawsuit Wednesday against Maine's education department for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on s...
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