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Canadian flags adorn Nanaimo's Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - The city's crown jewel park is looking a little more patriotic this spring.Usually decorated with an array of international flags, the gallery at Maffeo Sutton Park, overlooking the Comox Rd./Terminal Ave. intersection, is instead a sea of red and white after an initiative from the City's parks department.The...
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big drop
Nanaimo's toxic drug deaths drop sharply to start 2025
NANAIMO - Fewer people are losing their lives to drug toxicity than in recent years.New data from the BC Coroner's Service showed two people from Nanaimo lost their lives to toxic drugs in January, a massive reduction from the average in years past.During record-setting years in 2023 and 2024, Nanaimo's average number ...
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Going in Hot
VIDEO: Clippers look to bring strong second half play into the BCHL post season
NANAIMO - With a half dozen games remaining in the BCHL regular season the Clippers don't know where they'll finish in the standings and they're still trying to solidify a playoff spot. Nanaimo can still mathematically finish anywhere from second to ninth but the focus isn't on their seeding it's about getting immediat...
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Canadian flags adorn Nanaimo's Maffeo Sutton Park
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big drop
Nanaimo's toxic drug deaths drop sharply to start 2025
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new leader
Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister
Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned. Carney told reporters on his way into the ceremony that his government is focused and ready to get to work. The new Liberal government has 24 ministers, including ...
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new challenges
Nanaimo twin golfers fore-ging individual collegiate paths
NANAIMO - Together since before they can remember and always each other's biggest supporters, two local golfers are going their different ways in pursuit of a university education. Isabel and Maria Schwager celebrated their commitment to university golf on Wednesday, March 13, signing letters of intent to attend UBC-Ok...
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home invasion
Lantzville senior wakes up to find thieves robbing his house
LANTZVILLE - A homeowner in his late 80's was awoken to the sounds of a man and woman outside his bedroom. It happened on Saturday, March 8 between 5:30 and 6 a.m. at a home located near Lantzville's village core, said Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien. "He hears a noise in his house and he gets up to inspect it...
Mar 13, 2025
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UPDATE: Amber Alert cancelled after two-year-old taken in Vancouver
UPDATE: Vancouver police say a two-year-old boy taken in Vancouver has been located safely. An Amber Alert has been cancelled as a result - - - EARLIER: Vancouver police have issued an Amber Alert for two-year-old Theodore Lim, who they say is believed to be in imminent danger. Police say the boy is thought to have bee...
Mar 13, 2025
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blood moon
Fingers crossed: Mid-Island weather may cooperate for total lunar eclipse
NANAIMO - While the skies aren't likely to be completely clear, forecasted conditions are improving for a special celestial show. A total lunar eclipse will occur overnight Thursday, March 13 into Friday, March 14, spanning a period of around six hours for those on Vancouver Island and turning the moon a deep, blood re...
Mar 13, 2025
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false alarm
Reported armed robbery prompts major police response near Nanaimo grocery store
NANAIMO - Local Mounties appeared quickly and en masse to a local grocery store Wednesday evening, after reports of a gun being brandished. RCMP members were called to the Country Grocer complex at the corner of Bowen Rd. and Dufferin Cres. on Wednesday, March 12 around 5:30 p.m. after reports from a security guard of ...
Mar 13, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. prison inmate charged with second-degree murder after fatal cafeteria fight
AGASSIZ, B.C. - An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged in the death of Christopher Braun, who was fatally injured in the fight on Dec. 15. Police say several inmates attacked...
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Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaskan senator. Eby says in response to comments made by U.S. Sen. Dan Su...
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CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the tax. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Legal advocates and relatives of an Indigenous man shot dead by RCMP officers in Campbell River, B.C., in 2021 have launched what they call a "people's tribunal" to investigate crimes committed by police. Laura Holland, the mother of Jared Lowndes, says she's "tired of waiting" for justi...
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RCMP arrest suspects in shooting in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they've arrested the final two suspects in a shooting in the city earlier this month. No one was hurt in the shooting and police say one suspect was taken into custody immediately after the incident on March 6, but two other people escaped. The Emergency Response Team ...
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Family 'optimistic' that B.C. woman detained in U.S. will be back within 24 hours
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The family of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States after her visa was denied at a border crossing in California says she may be home "in the next 24 hours." Jasmine Mooney has been in the custody of U.S. immigration authorities since March 3, and Alexis Eagles, Mooney's mother, s...
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new challenges
Nanaimo twin golfers fore-ging individual collegiate paths
NANAIMO - Together since before they can remember and always each other's biggest supporters, two local golfers are going their different ways in pursuit of a university education. Isabel and Maria Schwager celebrated their commitment to university golf on Wednesday, March 13, signing letters of intent to attend UBC-Ok...
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Going for Gold
VIU Mariners women's basketball team looks to cap off one loss season with national title
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners women's basketball team is chasing down a second national gold medal in three years. The team is in New Brunswick preparing for their first game against the Mohawk Mountaineers out of Ontario on Wednesday, Mar. 12 at 9 a.m. Mariners athletic director Danielle Hyde is proud of a group that has...
Mar 12, 2025
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biggest stage
Nanaimo high schools fall just short of top provincial basketball honours
NANAIMO - Untimely losses for a pair of local high school boys basketball teams proved costly over the weekend.Both Dover Bay and Wellington Secondary schools earned semi-finals appearances in their respective divisions at the B.C. School Sports Basketball Provincial Championships, held in Langley and ending with the g...
Mar 10, 2025
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Going in Hot
VIDEO: Clippers look to bring strong second half play into the BCHL post season
NANAIMO - With a half dozen games remaining in the BCHL regular season the Clippers don't know where they'll finish in the standings and they're still trying to solidify a playoff spot. Nanaimo can still mathematically finish anywhere from second to ninth but the focus isn't on their seeding it's about getting immediat...
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Hanging On
Clippers build lead against Grizzlies and survive rash of penalties in narrow victory
COLWOOD - The Clippers dominated the Grizzlies for 40 minutes but had to hang on in the third period for a 5-4 win at the Q Centre.Carson Lesiuk gave Nanaimo an early lead before Julian Cull equalized for Victoria.Elliot Perreault and Patrick Fortune, on a power play, put the Clippers in the drivers seat after the open...
Mar 09, 2025
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Home Ice Excellence
Clippers beat high flying Eagles, take points in eighth straight home game
NANAIMO - The Clippers erased a two period deficit to earn a win for just the fourth time this season in a 4-3 triumph over the Surrey Eagles.Surrey had leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 but Nanaimo's best players took over in the third period.The Clippers Patrick Fortune, on the power play, and Makaio Van Tassel erased those ...
Mar 08, 2025
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Canada
Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaska...
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Quick quotes: Reaction to Mark Carney being sworn in as prime minister
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada's new prime minister, succeeding Justin Trudeau. Here's how some leaders and politicians are reacting to his appointment. - "I'd like to begin by ... wishing Mr. Trudeau a happy retirement and all the best...
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Five things to know about Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet
OTTAWA - Mark Carney was sworn in Friday as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony in Rideau Hall, alongside his new cabinet. Here are five things to know about the new prime minister's plans and his new cabinet. Fewer ministers The most noticeable...
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Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax, after Carney kills federal version
British Columbia's government will follow through on its promise to repeal the province's consumer carbon tax after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the levy on Friday. Premier David Eby said at a news conference...
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Disability, gender equality advocates slam Carney's elimination of cabinet positions
TORONTO - Advocacy groups are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney for eliminating the cabinet positions dedicated to people with disabilities and women and gender equality issues. Carney was sworn in as prime minister Friday, along with a slimmed-down...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members of the media after the Friday afternoon cabinet meeti...
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World
Big March storm fans wildfires and kills 3 as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday caused deadly crashes, overturned semitrucks and fanned dozens of wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities. At least three Tornadoes touched down in Missouri, and threats of more loomed for the Mississi...
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Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state's first nitrogen gas execution next week
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction granted by a lower judge. With a March 18 date hastily nearing, attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr., the man on death row, told The ...
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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state's abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state's restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state's abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny. The bi...
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