local drug trade
Three arrested in Nanaimo, part of gang enforcement blitz on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Three people were arrested locally, with more elsewhere on Vancouver Island, through a multi-day blitz from a specialized policing unit.Members with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia's Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) conducted a traffic stop on March 7 around the Strickland...
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election imminent
PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns must run at least 37 days. This will be Canada's 45th f...
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park improvements
Nanaimo's Loudon Park improvement project being stripped back to basics
NANAIMO - A popular central Nanaimo park at Long Lake will see some improvements soon, but it likely won't be at the scale initially envisioned. During the Wednesday, March 19 finance and audit committee meeting, councillors voted to recommend an increase in the budget for improvements at Loudon Park to $6.5 million, a...
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Civil suit alleges 'culture of intimidation and hostility' at Gabriola fire department
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local drug trade
Three arrested in Nanaimo, part of gang enforcement blitz on Vancouver Island
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PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
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'Holy smokes:' Nanaimo athlete given hero's welcome after World Games medal win
NANAIMO - Ron Greenhorn was carrying a little extra luggage when he got off his plane at Nanaimo Airport on Tuesday, a bronze medal around his neck. Greenhorn earned it at the 2025 Special Olympics World Games in Turin, Italy, held between March 8 to 15, where he competed in several adaptive skiing events. His medal ca...
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bargaining agreement
Gabriola volunteer firefighters unionize under CUPE banner
NANAIMO - Members of the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department have agreed to join Canada's biggest union. The BC Labour Board approved certification for 29 members of the department on Friday, March 14, with the department's paid on-call members joining CUPE Local 606 based in Nanaimo. CUPE, Canadian Union of Public Empl...
Mar 19, 2025
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safe living spaces
'Safe and supported:' Nanaimo's Haven Society open new supportive housing complex
NANAIMO - A number of housing spaces for women and children fleeing violent situations have opened across the province, including almost 50 in Nanaimo.The B.C. government announced this week 229 units of new transition and second-stage housing are now available on Vancouver Island and in Metro Vancouver for vulnerable ...
Mar 19, 2025
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federal grant
Feds supply funding for proposed Ravensong Aquatic Centre expansion
QUALICUM BEACH - With a referendum fast approaching to upgrade Oceanside's only public pool facility, a substantial grant would help absorb some costs. On Wednesday, March 19 the Regional District of Nanaimo announced a $7 million federal government grant had been approved for the Ravensong Aquatic Centre (RAC) project...
Mar 19, 2025
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Staying closed
Busy downtown Nanaimo intersection to remain closed for vehicular traffic
NANAIMO - Vehicles won't be passing through the key Bastion/Commercial St. intersection anytime soon. Scheduled to re-open at the end of February after its closure on Jan. 2, the City of Nanaimo pivoted, electing to keep the intersection shuttered for vehicular traffic for several more months as Commercial St. revival ...
Mar 19, 2025
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top flight soccer
'Top opposition:' Nanaimo United prepare for big pre-season test
NANAIMO - With a new season still weeks away, the city's semi-professional soccer team will see how they stack up against some of the country's best players.The newly renamed Nanaimo United, formerly Harbourside, will welcome Victoria's Pacific FC for a pre-season game at q'unq'inuqwstuxw Stadium on Wednesday, March 19...
Mar 19, 2025
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British Columbia
Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that Kaiden Mintenko from Burnaby, B.C., was found guilty Thursday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Wes...
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Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday in a 19-storey cement building and found the fourth floor full of heavy smoke. ...
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B.C. Wildfire Service sees record number of applications for 2025 season: province
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has recorded its highest-ever number of applicants ahead of the 2025 season while expanding First Nations recruitment. A statement from the Forests Ministry says the service has received more than 1,700 applications since October, the highest number ever received. Nearly...
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One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.
VICTORIA - One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook and Kimberley last month to determine if the disease was spreading in the urban deer population. Five other cases of chr...
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Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank - hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a food recovery program allows them to accept surplus or unsold items ...
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B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation
British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote said in a statement that while he understands the "urgency of the situation"...
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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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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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Playoff Bound
Clippers clinch BCHL playoff spot with win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers will play in the BCHL post season after punching their ticket with a 4-2 win over Cowichan Valley.Nanaimo sits in sixth place in the standings with four games remaining in the season, three points behind a trio of teams tied for third place in Cowichan Valley, Victoria and Coquitlam.The Clippers ...
Mar 16, 2025
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Sixth Place
Clippers win to jump Bulldogs in Coastal Division standings
NANAIMO - The Clippers capped off their season series against Alberni Valley with a 6-3 home ice victory.Chase Hull opened the scoring and added an assist in his 100th career BCHL game.Hull and Luke Lavery both had power play markers in the game's first 13 minutes.Connor Frost scored a first period goal for the Buldogs...
Mar 15, 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...
Mar 14, 2025
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Canada
Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday in a 19-st...
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Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, who took on the file of international devel...
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World Happiness Report lists Canada as happiest G7 country
Canada may be the happiest member of the G7, according to the recently released World Happiness report, but it's taken quite a tumble over the past couple of decades. The report, edited by a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has Cana...
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Liberals vow to cut GST for first-time homebuyers purchasing homes for $1M or less
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will scrap the GST for first-time homebuyers who purchase a home with a sale price at or below $1 million. Carney promised the measure during his leadership campaign and it also matches a similar ...
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Poll suggests Canadians are growing more alarmed by U.S. tariffs and aggression
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are feeling increasingly alarmed by U.S. tariffs, President Donald Trump and American economic aggression. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 14 to March 16, suggests 41 per c...
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Ex-PM Stephen Harper says he's perplexed, heartbroken by Canada-India tensions
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper told a conference in India last month that he doesn't "entirely understand" why Canada has such a poor relationship with India, and suggested the Liberal party has become infiltrated by Sikh activists who w...
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World
Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He d...
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Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
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Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Badar Khan Suri "shall not be removed from the...
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