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'Functionally impossible to enforce:' Nanaimo Council bans gallery use of electronic devices during meetings
NANAIMO - Citing threats made to staff and a need to ensure a safe working environment, City Council formally banned independent recording or media capture at their meetings without prior approval. The Council Procedure Bylaw Amendment bylaw formally adopted on Monday, April 7 prohibits the use of any device "capa...
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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...
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egregious offending
Teenage addicts expose Port Alberni drug trafficker
NANAIMO - A local man was making money by supplying hard drugs to fragile teens in a competition-free market in Port Alberni until his greed got the better of him. Explosive facts outlined in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Monday, April 7 detailed Mark Khoa Tran's appalling conduct, resulting in a three-and-a-half-ye...
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'Functionally impossible to enforce:' Nanaimo Council bans gallery use of electronic devices during meetings
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On the Brink
Clippers season on the line after home ice loss in Game 3 versus Cowichan
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
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Long Lake park upgrades get $6 million budget boost following Nanaimo Council debate
NANAIMO - A popular city park on the shores of Long Lake is getting more extensive upgrades after all.City Councillors voted against a staff-recommended motion to add $1.8 million to the Loudon Park expansion project budget and instead went with the more expansive option and increased the budget by over $6.1 million fo...
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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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removing barriers
'Universal design:' Oceanside non-profit wants every business to be accessible to all
PARKSVILLE - After the successful installation of mobility mats at their local beach last year, an Oceanside non-profit organization dedicated to accessibility is turning its attention to businesses. The Access Oceanside Association (AOA) is focusing their efforts on ensuring all commercial businesses in the Oceanside ...
Apr 08, 2025
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public hearing
Traffic tops concerns for opponents of Parksville housing complex
PARKSVILLE - Traffic remains a primary concern for those opposed to a planned residential development near the city's mall at Parksville's northern edge. A public hearing for a four-storey, 70-unit residential and commercial building along Wembley Rd., at the south end of the Wembley Mall complex was held on Monday, Ap...
Apr 07, 2025
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Living a dream
VIDEO: Nanaimo's Matthew Wood makes NHL debut
NANAIMO - Shortly after signing his entry level NHL contract, a former Nanaimo Minor Hockey player is making his childhood dream a reality. Matthew Wood, a 20-year-old forward, played just over 13 minutes, including some second unit powerplay duty, in a 2-1 loss to the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, April 6 at ...
Apr 07, 2025
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mischief
Multiple election signs damaged across mid-Island
NANAIMO - Political discourse on the mid-Island has spilled over into multiple instances of vandalism and property destruction. While official reports to Mounties are minimal, several signs belonging to candidates running in this month's federal election have been damaged or destroyed, affecting candidates from either ...
Apr 07, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. police warn of increase in scams targeting Indigenous businesses
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties in Prince George, B.C., are warning about "a significant increase in high value" scams targeting Indigenous communities and businesses. They say fraudsters have swindled more than $3 million from North District communities over the past 15 months, and there is evidence to suggest such...
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Delta Air Lines had been expecting a record year. Then a trade war broke out
Delta Air Lines, which believed as recently as January that it was on track for its best financial year in company history, said Wednesday that disruptions in global trade have created such enormous uncertainty that it scratched its performance expectations for 2025. It is a remarkable walk-back for the nation's most p...
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Holocaust survivor Ruth Sigal recognized with Vancouver honour, memoir reissue
A Holocaust survivor who dedicated her life to raising awareness about the horrors her family endured before moving to Canada is getting a special honour in Vancouver today. The City of Vancouver will proclaim April 9 Ruth Kron Sigal day to recognize her efforts to ensure younger generations know about the atrocities a...
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Owner of three shopping malls in B.C. says she wants to buy Hudson's Bay
A Chinese billionaire in British Columbia has taken to social media to announce her plans to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay locations after she saw "Canadians feeling sad" over the collapse of the retail giant. Entrepreneur Weihong Liu is the board chairwoman of Central Walk, a retail investment company that owns...
19h ago
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...
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Vancouver's health authority says cases of mpox virus on the rise
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health says there's been a recent spike in mpox, the viral infection also known as monkeypox. A statement from the health authority says the increase is cases is predominantly among gay and bisexual men who haven't had two doses of the vaccine that prevents the infection. It says the disea...
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Local Sports
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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Play Ball
Senior Mid Island Pirates begin Premier Baseball League season
NANAIMO - The Mid Island Pirates have had a hectic start to their season.A spring training trip to Florida saw the team return to Vancouver Island on Mar. 29, just one day before an opening day double header in Parksville.Coach Pete Entwistle was proud of his team's effort despite a difficult travel schedule."The ...
Apr 05, 2025
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BIG LEAGUES
Nanaimo hockey product signs entry-level NHL contract
NANAIMO - Matthew Wood has signed his first NHL contract. The local minor hockey product put pen to paper on a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators on Saturday, March 29. For days when Wood is with the Predators, he'll earn $950,000 per year, however, his salary in the American Hockey League is...
Mar 31, 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...
12h ago
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OT Heartbreak
Clippers fall in back to back overtimes in Cowichan Valley
DUNCAN - The Clippers have been one shot away from getting their first playoff win - twice.Instead the Cowichan Valley Capitals took the first two games of the all Island BCHL playoff series with consecutive overtime victories.In Game 1 it was Luca Primerano converting a pass from in front, in Game 2 it was Camden Bajz...
Apr 06, 2025
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Opening Game Loss
Clippers can't take advantage of hot start in Game 1 loss in Cowichan
DUNCAN - The Clippers started the BCHL playoffs with a bang, but they didn't get the result they wanted.Nanaimo had three goals in the first 3:43 of the game on markers by Luke Lavery, Justin Collins and Patrick Fortune on a power play.After that the Clippers were on the defensive and although they held a 3-1 lead afte...
Apr 05, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Two campaigns shift to Saskatchewan, Trump's trade war continues
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the...
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Poilievre promises to ban bail, parole and house arrest for repeat serious offenders
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre insisted Wednesday that his promised three-strikes law wouldn't run afoul of the Constitution, after several justice experts said some of his crime policies are likely to get struck down by the courts. Poil...
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Canada imposes more retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war hits the world
WASHINGTON - Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs on Wednesday as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S. from most countries, and higher du...
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B.C. human rights commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities. The province's human rights commissioner said it's one example of the lack of transparency in the process that deta...
20h ago
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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says in a Facebook post that biologist Mark Malleson encounter...
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Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants' protected status set to expire in U.S.
MONTREAL - There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a major border crossing south of Montreal, border officials said Tuesday amid concerns that Trump administration policies could drive another massive influx of migrants t...
Apr 08, 2025
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World
Appeals court clears the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of probationary workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for President Donald Trump's administration to fire thousands of probationary workers, halting a judge's order requiring them to be reinstated. A split panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the government will probably win by showing th...
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All suspects in custody after Virginia shooting that killed 3 and wounded 3 others, authorities say
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (AP) - All suspects are in custody after a shooting in Virginia that killed three and wounded three others, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, 911 calls came in about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, just outside Fredericksburg and about 65 miles (105 kilo...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches Senate primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP's most contentious and expensive contests of 2026. Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump, announced his decision T...
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At the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society (CVIMS), they believe every resident deserves to live in an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming community. Since 1979, CVIMS has provided support for immigrants, refugees, and even those who are just new to Nanaimo. They offer settlement, language, and community pro...
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