mechanical difficulties
Steering issue adjusts Monday Nanaimo-Vancouver ferry schedule
NANAIMO - An issue on board the Queen of Oak Bay is forcing a restructure of scheduled sailings between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay. While underway after a 6:15 a.m. departure from Horseshoe Bay on Monday, March 31, crew on board noticed a steering issue and delayed the ship's arrival into Departure Bay in Nanaimo....
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in-community sentence
Man avoids jail for 2022 hit-and-run on Lantzville couple and dogs
NANAIMO - A 35-year-old Lantzville man will serve his sentence in the community after the vehicle he was driving hit a couple and their two dogs while they walked along a rural road in early 2022. Joel Francisco Salazar was handed a 10-month conditional sentence order (CSO), a two-year driving ban and a $1,000 fine in ...
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huge donation
Vital search and rescue equipment donated in Nanaimo for remote coastal First Nations
NANAIMO - A partnership between coastal B.C. First Nations, the RCMP and a company specializing in flotation clothing is making a life-saving difference.The donation of pallets of equipment destined for coastal B.C. communities was made in Nanaimo on Saturday, March 29 with the RCMP's marine units combining with FirstW...
Mar 30, 2025
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Season Finale
Clippers lose to Eagles, fall to sixth place
NANAIMO - The Clippers seven game winning streak came to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Surrey Eagles.With the setback in their final regular season contest Nanaimo will finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division standings.The Clippers never led in the game trailing 1-0 after the first period and sitting tied at 2-2 ...
Mar 30, 2025
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local votes
'I'm not concerned about it:' Nanaimo-Ladysmith Greens dismiss vote split worries
NANAIMO - In a riding where a majority of votes were split three ways back in 2021, the newly minted Green Party candidate is not concerned about a potential repeat. Paul Manly finished in third place in the last federal election, 2,186 votes behind the NDP's Lisa Marie Barron, and 987 votes behind second place Conserv...
Mar 29, 2025
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big visit
'My gut tells me 600 to 900:' hundreds have booked accommodations as Nanaimo 'infusion' draws near
NANAIMO - It's a sudden influx of visitors, mainly Americans, into Canada - but despite recent rhetoric, this group is being welcomed with open arms. Hundreds of visitors from all across the United States, and some further overseas, are registered, have booked accommodations and are planning their trips to Nanaimo over...
Mar 29, 2025
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Seven Straight
Clippers still in line for home ice advantage in playoffs after OT win
DUNCAN -The Clippers are on a tremendous run, winning seven consecutive games.Nanaimo won 2-1 in overtime in Cowichan Valley in their final road game of the regular season.Caron Lesiuk scored in the first period and Patrick Fortune notched the overtime winner.First star Vladimir Nikitin was solid throughout the night m...
Mar 29, 2025
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heading to jail
'Like trading cards in school:' mid-Island man sent to jail for sharing child abuse images
Editors note: This article contains details of the sexual abuse of children. Reader discretion is strongly advised. NANAIMO - A 39-year-old man will spend the next eight months behind bars followed by two years probation for admitting to possessing and sharing graphic and violent child pornography. Corey Samuel Robinso...
Mar 28, 2025
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when the walls fell
Demolition underway for former Howard Johnson hotel property in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The landscape of the gateway to downtown Nanaimo is finally changing, after years of sitting dormant. Demolition crews ramped up their work at the former Howard Johnson hotel site at the corner of Terminal Ave. and Comox Rd. this week, after starting their site preparation and other work late last year. Excav...
Mar 28, 2025
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British Columbia
U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan's atomic bomb program
SURREY, B.C. - U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years. The U.S. Department of Justice says in a Friday news release that Mohammad Jawaid Aziz was arrested trying to cross in...
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150kg meth seizures at Vancouver airport, bound for Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand
VANCOUVER - Border officers have announced the seizure of almost 150 kilograms of methamphetamine bound for export at Vancouver International Airport, with some of the drugs disguised as gifts or masked with vinegar and pepper to hide their smell. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a news release that six separa...
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B.C. launches efficiency review of health authorities, starting with PHSA
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the province is reviewing health authority spending to ensure resources go to "critical patient services" and to minimize wasteful administrative costs. Health Minister Josie Osborne says the government wants to ensure that all authorities are best positio...
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B.C. legislature back in session, plans include ending consumer carbon tax
British Columbia's politicians are back in the legislature today after a two-week break that included a significant climbdown in the government's proposed response to U.S. tariffs. They return to a workload that is expected to include eliminating the province's consumer carbon tax with the looming threat of more tariff...
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Special mediator called in over Kootenay Lake Ferry dispute in B.C.
British Columbia's government has called in a special mediator to try and solve a months-long labour dispute impacting the Kootenay Lake ferry. Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside says in a statement that veteran mediator Vince Ready will work with operator Western Pacific Marine and the B.C. General Employees' Union to...
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Poilievre pitches Tories as best choice to stand up to Trump as Singh heads to B.C.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brushed off suggestions of campaign turmoil Sunday as he pitched his party as the best choice to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. As the second week of the federal election campaign begins, another round of U.S. tariffs expected on Wednesday threatens to overtake th...
Mar 30, 2025
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National Event
VIU to host 2026 CCAA men's basketball championship
NANAIMO - For the second time in four years the VIU Mariners will host a CCAA basketball national tournament.In 2022 it was the women's nationals that ended with a silver medal finish for the university, now the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association has awarded the Mariners the 2026 men's nationals.The tournament wi...
Mar 26, 2025
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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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Season Finale
Clippers lose to Eagles, fall to sixth place
NANAIMO - The Clippers seven game winning streak came to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Surrey Eagles.With the setback in their final regular season contest Nanaimo will finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division standings.The Clippers never led in the game trailing 1-0 after the first period and sitting tied at 2-2 ...
Mar 30, 2025
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Seven Straight
Clippers still in line for home ice advantage in playoffs after OT win
DUNCAN -The Clippers are on a tremendous run, winning seven consecutive games.Nanaimo won 2-1 in overtime in Cowichan Valley in their final road game of the regular season.Caron Lesiuk scored in the first period and Patrick Fortune notched the overtime winner.First star Vladimir Nikitin was solid throughout the night m...
Mar 29, 2025
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Veteran Leadership
VIDEO: Clippers graduating players excited for Fred Page Cup playoffs
NANAIMO - The Clippers oldest and most experience players have just a pair of games left in their junior careers and one more run to try to win a playoff championship. Connor DeTurris, Luke Lavery, Dylan Kinch, Cole Lonsdale, James Johnson and Chazz Nixon are gearing up for their final BCHL post season with a lot of op...
Mar 27, 2025
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Canada
Former business lobby head Blackburn confirms he is seeking Quebec Liberal leadership
MONTREAL - A former politician and head of an influential business lobby group is joining the race to be the next leader of the Quebec Liberals. Karl Blackburn published an open letter this morning that says Quebec needs a new, inclusive style of leade...
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Markets swing as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - Markets were rattled Monday by confusion over how U.S. President Donald Trump intends to pursue his global tariff agenda this week - and how it will hit Canada. Trump has said Wednesday will be "Liberation Day" - the day when he intends to...
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Hundreds of thousands in Ontario still without power on third day of spring storm
Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power on the third day of a spring storm, after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One showed more than 416...
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In the news today: Second week of election underway, with eyes on new U.S. tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh r...
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Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure. The two r...
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'Still very dire': Canadian Red Cross is fundraising following Myanmar earthquake
A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people. Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams ...
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World
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake
PARIS (AP) - A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years - a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Speaking to French TV channel TF1 in her first reaction to the verdict, Le Pen called...
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UAE court sentences 3 people to death in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced three people to death for the killing of Israeli-Moldovan Zvi Kogan, state media reported Monday. The state-run WAM news agency announced the verdicts of the three after a trial in Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals' State Security Cha...
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French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case
PARIS (AP) - A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case but didn't immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader's political future. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. PARIS (AP) - A Paris court started delivering a v...
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