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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...
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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...
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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...
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local issues
Election 2025: Issues Nanaimo & Oceanside candidates would advocate for, regardless of election result
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healthcare crisis
Public healthcare advocates hold Nanaimo event to demand action from federal candidates
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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...
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housing and retail
Mayor encouraged by apparent Nanaimo North Town Centre redevelopment plans
NANAIMO - While details are scarce, it appears the owner of a Nanaimo mall is committed to making substantial investments, including housing. Vancouver based Shape Properties Corp., owner of Nanaimo North Town Centre (NNTC) on Rutherford Rd., outlined a brief overview of its "major redevelopment" plans on its...
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION SEASON
Paving work to begin through Parksville, including notable Hwy. 4 disruption
PARKSVILLE - Paving projects are poised to disrupt some traffic through the community over the next two and a half weeks.Projects which were originally scheduled in the fall and winter months are being completed now, prior to the busy summer tourist season, with a quartet of projects starting Monday, April 14 including...
Apr 13, 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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acceptance
Neurodiverse storytelling journey continues for busy Nanaimo mom
NANAIMO - May Sosa appears to have the storytelling bug, having now produced several children's books with the singular aim of emboldening neurodiverse children. Sosa, profiled by NanaimoNewsNOW last spring, has produced her fifth children's book 'A Squirrel Finds its Own Way to Glide, which profiles a frustrated roden...
Apr 12, 2025
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on and on and on and on and...
Never-ending: Nanaimo university students show off interconnected custom designs
NANAIMO - The request was a simple one: move a ball from one place, to another...then do it over, and over and over again.Students in Vancouver Island University's Engineering Transfer Diploma course showed off their marble motion creations on Friday, April 11, the result of months of work to learn and demonstrate an a...
Apr 12, 2025
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British Columbia
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...
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Loaded dump truck impounded in B.C. after driver found intoxicated, police say
CHILLIWACK - The British Columbia Highway Patrol says a loaded dump truck is sitting in an impound, while the driver faces allegations of impairment. Officers received a call about the truck being driven dangerously eastbound on Highway 1 through Chilliwack last Wednesday morning. They say two patrol vehicles stopped t...
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B.C. civil liberties group joins Supreme Court challenge of N.L. COVID restrictions
ST. JOHN'S - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case this week examining the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. In a news release today, the association says it will argue the Canadian Charter of Rights and Fr...
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Six-year-old dead, two others injured in hit and run in Surrey, B.C.
A six-year-old is dead and two other children are injured after a hit and run in Surrey. RCMP say they were called out to the Fraser Heights neighbourhood of the city around 4 p.m. Sunday for reports of three children being struck at an intersection. Despite the efforts of emergency crews, a six-year-old girl died. A s...
Apr 14, 2025
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Missing driver and vehicle found 47 metres deep in water, says search and rescue
KELOWNA - A search and rescue team in Kelowna, B.C., says a missing person was found about 47 metres deep in a lake after being swept away in a "massive mudslide" earlier this month. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says the landslide happened on Westside Road at about 9:45 p.m. on April 1, shutting down...
Apr 13, 2025
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Police in Surrey, B.C., searching for non-verbal six-year-old missing since Saturday
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are scouring the city today in search of a non-verbal six-year-old boy who has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The Surrey Police Service says dozens of search and rescue volunteers are helping with the search, adding police dogs and a helicopter have also been deployed. Police sa...
Apr 13, 2025
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Local Sports
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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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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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
First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER - 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, the top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority said ...
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Trump floats another pause on automobile tariffs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday floated another possible pause on automobile tariffs to give companies time to set up U.S. supply chains, bringing more uncertainty to the deeply integrated North American vehicle industry. "I'm looking at ...
9h ago
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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...
15h ago
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In the news today: Carney, Poilievre campaigning in Montreal today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre campaigning in Montreal today Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today, days b...
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Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that i...
Apr 13, 2025
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Ontario family seeks help finding son who disappeared in Mont-Tremblant in February
MONTREAL - An Ontario family is asking the public for help in finding their 22-year-old son who disappeared while on a ski trip in Mont-Tremblant, Que. 70 days ago. Liam Toman went missing at around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski villa...
Apr 13, 2025
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World
FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration said it ...
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Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard
BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad governme...
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Boxing legend George Foreman remembered for love of family, faith, cheeseburgers
HOUSTON (AP) - George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers - and for his desire to help his fellow man. "He preached love all the time. That's what this life is all about. It's...
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