bear aware
RDN seeing increase in wildlife encounters linked to curbside collection bins
NANAIMO - Island residents are no strangers to safely sharing a habitat with wild animals, but some still aren't getting the message. A recent report presented to the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) during their Tuesday, March 25 board meeting said there's been an increase in residents putting their organic garbage ...
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toxic drug crisis
B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...
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quick action
Parksville arena workers praised after reviving hockey player using AED
PARKSVILLE - Arena staff are being hailed for their life-saving actions earlier this month. On March 11, an individual playing in a drop-in hockey game at Oceanside Place collapsed from an apparent cardiac event. Tom Osborne, RDN general manager of recreation and parks, said staff at the site were alerted to the situat...
Mar 25, 2025
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bear aware
RDN seeing increase in wildlife encounters linked to curbside collection bins
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toxic drug crisis
B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
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iio report
No charges pending for Nanaimo Mounties after woman breaks arm in custody
NANAIMO - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) will not recommend charges against local RCMP officers after a woman fractured her arm while in police cells.A report from the IIO published Tuesday, March 25 outlined the Sept. 26, 2024 incident, just before 9 p.m. where a person called 911 for an ambulance...
Mar 25, 2025
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complete communities
More homes, amenities and green spaces: Nanaimo plans out next 25 years of Woodgrove area
NANAIMO - Plans are in the works to transform a bustling north Nanaimo area into a more family-friendly and possibly greener space in the next 25 years, another step in the City's complete communities plan. The Woodgrove Area Plan was discussed during the Monday, March 24 Governance and Priorities Committee meeting, wh...
Mar 25, 2025
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election polls
Liberals hold six-point lead over Conservatives: Leger poll
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support and almost half of Canadians surveyed think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests. The poll comes as the two leading parties challenge each ...
Mar 25, 2025
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waterfront expansion
'Gets better and better:' Qualicum Beach waterfront expansion project starts next phase
QUALICUM BEACH - The next phase of the Waterfront Enhancement Project started Monday, with work being done to make the waterfront safer and more easily accessible. Construction crews arrived Monday, March 24 along Hwy. 19A, and will be creating additional parking spots and a multi-purpose lane for a safer transportatio...
Mar 24, 2025
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quick rescue
Hullo ferry & Search and Rescue crews help stranded boaters off Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Crew on board a local ferry to Vancouver, along with local first responders helped rescue four people from an uninhabited, rocky island. Calls for help came around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 23 from a boat which had run aground on Snake Island, a small rocky island northwest of Gabriola Island, with several ...
Mar 24, 2025
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election rerun
Familiar local candidates lining up for 2025 Federal Election
NANAIMO - The 45th general election, scheduled for April 28, is poised to be contested among some very familiar faces to local voters.The riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith is set to feature many returning candidates from the 2021 vote, which saw the NDP's Lisa Marie Barron claim a narrow victory over Conservative candidate T...
Mar 24, 2025
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British Columbia
Many seniors in B.C. feel 'dismissed and invisible,' seniors' advocate says
VICTORIA - A study and poll from the office of British Columbia's seniors' advocate says ageism is a problem in the province and more than half of those surveyed say they have been victims of age discrimination. Advocate Dan Levitt did two surveys last year in conjunction with the report, asking B.C. residents of all a...
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Southern B.C. warned of coming thunderstorms, heavy rain and chance of hail
VANCOUVER - Large sections of southern B.C. have been warned to prepare for heavy rain, and possible thunderstorms and hail. A special weather statement issued by Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and the Fraser Valley could see strong thunderstorms with heavy downpours and wind gusts of up to 7...
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B.C. to introduce new mining claims framework to ensure First Nations consultation
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is introducing a new framework for First Nations consultations on mining claims. It says the changes to B.C.'s mineral tenure system are required to align with a 2023 B.C. Supreme Court ruling in Gitxaała vs. British Columbia. The ruling established that First Nations...
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Explosives charges for man over bomb scare that shut Okanagan Lake bridge
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say a 61-year-old man has been charged after an explosives scare that shut down a bridge across Okanagan Lake for about 11 hours earlier this year. In a previous news release posted on Jan. 27, the RCMP said a man parked a white panel van across multiple lanes of the William R...
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B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute
VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can manage the water that flows over the border "however they see fit." Dix says there has been speculation...
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B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...
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Local Sports
Raiders Retooling
Raiders building roster to take a step forward in 2025
NANAIMO - The VI Raiders made major strides in 2024 and the expectation is progress even further this upcoming season.After an 0-10 campaign in 2023 the Raiders finished 4-6 last year.Head coach Shawn Arabsky was encourage by the results especially late in the season."Last year was definitely a step forward for th...
Mar 23, 2025
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touchdown
'Pretty special moment:' first ever all-female tackle football game coming to Nanaimo
NANAIMO - History will be made on Saturday, with the first-ever all-female tackle football game on Vancouver Island. The V.I. Steelers will host the Mainland Wildcats for a game at q'unq'inuqwstuxw Stadium on Third St on Saturday, March 22, a week after the province's first-ever all-female game was played between the t...
Mar 21, 2025
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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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Nikitin Unbeatable
Nikitin leads Clippers to shutout win over Express
COQUITLAM - In an important playoff positioning game the Clippers and Express played scoreless into the third period.The only shot to beat a goalie was a power play marker by Chase Hull mid way through the final frame.Nanaimo's Vladimir Nikitin and his counterpart Andrew Ness were both dialed in with Nikitin stopping a...
Mar 23, 2025
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Lonsdale Shines
In his 100th career game Cole Lonsdale leads the Clippers to a win in Surrey
SOUTH SURREY - For two periods Cole Lonsdale and his Clipper teammates couldn't breakthrough the Surrey Eagles armour.That all changed in a wild third period with Nanaimo erasing a 2-0 deficit and coming back to record a 4-3 overtime victory.Lonsdale had a goal and an assist in the third period plus the overtime winner...
Mar 22, 2025
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Memorable First
VIDEO: Clippers rookie Mitchell Patrick finding his stride
NANAIMO - Navigating the BCHL as a first-year player can be challenging but forward Mitchell Patrick is making the most of it.He's appeared in ten games since joining the club in December and scored his first BCHL goal on Saturday, Mar. 15."It was the first of many hopefully," Patrick said. "I hope it op...
Mar 21, 2025
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Canada
Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, search of landfill for remains
Winnipeg police announced Wednesday the identity of the fourth victim of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki. They say the remains of Ashlee Shingoose are likely in a landfill in Winnipeg. Here is a timeline of the case: March 15, 2022 - Police say an uniden...
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EV-ready parking spots should be required in new apartment builds: report
TORONTO - A newly released report suggests new apartments across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a way to help boost uptake. The Clean Energy Canada report says provincial and federal building codes shoul...
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White House says President Trump will announce auto tariffs today
WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said U.S. President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on auto imports at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Oval Office. Leavitt did not offer details about how the tariffs would affect the North American...
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Trudeau was warned about Trump's trade plans before phone call: briefing note
WASHINGTON - Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S. president likely was looking to reopen the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement - just a few weeks before he first threatene...
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CP NewsAlert: Manitoba premier promises landfill search for serial killer victim
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promises the family of Ashlee Shingoose, the fourth victim of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, that they will search a Winnipeg landfill for her remains. More coming. The Canadian Press
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In the news today: Carney, Poilievre in Quebec, vacation homes prices on the rise
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals and Conservatives shifting to Quebec Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievr...
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World
Appeals court won't halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under wartime law
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a March 15 order temporari...
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Macron says a proposed European force for Ukraine could 'respond' if attacked by Russia
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could "respond" to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one. Macron spoke in the evening after talks with Ukraine's president and ahead of a...
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Sudan's army says it has recaptured Khartoum's airport as it seeks to liberate the capital
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military says it has retaken the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a notorious paramilitary group. The military says its chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, landed at the airport Wednesday and inspected forces there. The development brings the m...
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