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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area

manslaughter
'There are no winners today:' pair jailed for stabbing death of Nanaimo man at Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - Two men convicted of manslaughter last year will spend the next four to eight years behind bars.Mark Jayden Harrison and Aiden Matthew William Bell, both 21 years old, were formally sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Feb. 19, nearly two-and-a-half years after they assaulted and fatally sta...
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rare sighting
In good news for J-pod, killer whale calf is a female
VANCOUVER - The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female. It's a piece of good news for J-pod, after the recent death of another calf whose mother pushed the carcass for days in what researchers said was a dis...
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first responders
Marine search and rescue training to takeover Nanaimo waterfront
NANAIMO - Around 40 Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) personnel are preparing for semi-annual training in the city this weekend. Crews from Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Deep Bay and Port Alberni will be in attendance on Saturday, Feb. 22, alongside response teams from the Canadian Coast Guard, RCMP, Nanaimo Port...
Feb 19, 2025
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significant project
Construction well underway on new-look Nanaimo Salvation Army hub
NANAIMO - Vastly expanded housing and dining services are within reach at a key downtown Nanaimo social agency provider. Salvation Army's New Hope Centre is in the midst of a significant renewal with a modernized four-storey complex replacing the facility's demolished 135-year-old two-storey Community & Family Serv...
Feb 19, 2025
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not suspicious in nature
Nanaimo police trying to identify deceased woman found on Lantzville beach
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are trying to positively identify the remains of a woman found on Valentine's Day in Lantzville. Lantzville Fire Rescue requested help from Nanaimo RCMP officers around 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 after the body of a woman was located on a beach in the District by someone out for a walk. Cst. She...
Feb 18, 2025
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application denied
Unlawful search argument denied for woman charged in death of Ladysmith infant
VANCOUVER - An unsanctioned midwife recently charged with manslaughter has unsuccessfully argued the search and seizure of items from her property was unlawful. Gloria Jeanne Lemay, 77, was charged last month with manslaughter in connection to the death of an unresponsive baby born in December 2023.She argued via legal...
Feb 18, 2025
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British Columbia

Teck Resources reports Q4 profit and record copper production
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a profit in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by record copper production. The Vancouver-based mining company says it earned a profit from continuing operations attributable to shareholders of $385 million or 75 cents per share for the quarter ended ...
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Second case of measles confirmed in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, linked to Thailand flight
VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed a second case of measles in the Lower Mainland, this time in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Vancouver Coastal Health says in a release that the infected person travelled to Southeast Asia in the same party as a Fraser Health region resident who tes...
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Former BC Liberal MLA Abbott named to province's First Nations treaty commission
VICTORIA - A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province's independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title. George Abbott, who represented the Shuswap riding for 17 years, has been named as a new commissioner at the BC Treaty Commission. Abbott ...
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B.C. tree fruit growers get new $10M fund from the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a new $10 million fund to help tree fruit farmers facing proposed U.S. tariffs on the heels of years of devastatingly low crop yields. A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture says the money will be handed out as one-time payments to farmers and can be used to help with nee...
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Old-growth logging was 'goal' of Interfor: B.C. Forest Appeals Commission decision
British Columbia's Forest Appeals Commission has upheld a finding that forestry giant Interfor violated provincial legislation when it harvested cut blocks that overlapped with proposed old-growth management areas meant to be preserved. The commission's panel found Interfor committed eight contraventions of the Forest ...
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new policy
B.C. ends take-home safer supply of opioids to stop criminal diversion
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced a major revamp of its safer-supply anti-addiction program, converting it to a "witnessed-only" model in which users are watched as they consume opioids they have been prescribed. Osborne said it was a "significant" change to end the take-h...
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Canada

Heritage minister proposes banning ads from CBC news programming
OTTAWA - The outgoing federal heritage minister says she wants to bar CBC/Radio-Canada from running ads during news programming and from charging subscription fees for digital products such as CBC Gem. In turn, the government would increase the public broadcaster's funding and make it more stable. Heritage Minister Pas...
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Boy charged with murder in quadruple homicide on Saskatchewan First Nation
REGINA - A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He is scheduled to appear today in Regina court. Police say the boy and 18-year-old Darrius Racette were...
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Second person arrested in Montreal Jewish school shooting in November 2023
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've arrested a second suspect in a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school in November 2023. A 19-year-old was arrested Wednesday for the shooting on Nov. 12, 2023, at Yeshiva Gedola Jewish school of Montreal, located in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. Bullet...
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New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an 'enemy' country
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally. Another 27 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they consider the United States to be a "neut...
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In the news today: Canadians perception of U.S. changing, as new lumber tariffs loom
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poll says 27% of Canadians see U.S. as an 'enemy' A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consid...
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Politics and sports set to collide as Canada, U.S. meet in 4 Nations final
BOSTON - Sports and politics will collide tonight in Boston as archrivals Canada and the United States compete in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off. What might have been initially conceived as an exhibition international hockey tournament in advance of the NHL's return to Olympic competition in 2026 has turned into a...
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