increased coverage
'It's a growing area:' Nanaimo cell tower sent to feds for approval
NANAIMO - A new cell tower proposed for north Nanaimo is one step closer to reality, however some nearby residents aren't feeling the connection. A 31-metre-tall monopole tower is envisioned at the northern edge of Nanaimo city limits off Mary Ellen Dr. between Shoppers Drug Mart and the Island Hwy. Brian Gregg of Site...
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life-saving skills
'I have to act fast:' Nanaimo woman honoured for saving her mother's life
NANAIMO - A local woman has been honoured by the provincial emergency health service for helping to save her mother's life. Camryn McLeod was only 19 years old when her mother fell in their Nanaimo home and experienced cardiac arrest in the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 2022. McLeod, who is visually impaired, found he...
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new investment
Carney announces plans to boost Canada's military footprint in the Arctic
IQALUIT - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces' presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia's over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia. Carney also pl...
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ramping up
Hundreds of firefighters returning ahead of Island wildfire season
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increased coverage
'It's a growing area:' Nanaimo cell tower sent to feds for approval
2h ago
life-saving skills
'I have to act fast:' Nanaimo woman honoured for saving her mother's life
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
hold the line
B.C. Hydro rate caps pledged amid 'turbulent' economic climate
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s energy minister unveiled proposed electricity bill payment hike limits for the next two years. During a Monday, March 17 news conference in Vancouver, Adrian Dix said B.C. Hydro will submit an application to the B.C Utilities Commission for the utility increases to be set at 3.75 per cent. "It m...
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locked up
Prolific offender allegedly throws axe at truck, bear-sprays two Nanaimo Mounties
NANAIMO - Police had their hands full this past weekend responding to a report of a man throwing an axe into the back of a truck near Woodgrove Centre. It happened on Saturday, March 15 at about 4:30 p.m., where Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said a civilian pointed out the alleged axe-thrower, who's allegedly 40-...
Mar 17, 2025
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early morning fire
Two Nanaimo Tesla Superchargers destroyed in apparent arson
NANAIMO - A pair of chargers were dismantled and others tampered with in an early morning fire deemed to be arson. The incident was called into 911 on Saturday, March 15 just after 3 a.m. at the Woodgrove Centre beside Chapters on the Island Hwy., with responding crews finding two of the seven chargers on fire.Nanaimo ...
Mar 17, 2025
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lights, camera, action!
Resident Alien season 4 filming starts in Ladysmith
LADYSMITH - Transforming the downtown core of a quant mid-Island community into a small town in Colorado is evidently a good fit for a popular American-based TV series. Taping of the popular fictional series Resident Alien returns to Ladysmith for its fourth season, with filming taking place between Monday, March 17 an...
Mar 17, 2025
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international affairs
Carney, Macron vow to strengthen ties to tackle geopolitical, economic crises
PARIS - Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday in France. Making opening remarks in Paris before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, ...
Mar 17, 2025
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new units
New rental complex proposed in Nanaimo's Rock City neighbourhood
NANAIMO - Over 100 new rental units are being envisioned for a currently forested lot in central Nanaimo.The property at 3400 Barrington Rd., off Rock City Rd. would feature 102 rental units spread across four storeys and ranging in size from studio apartments to three bedroom units.Paul Koopman with dHKarchitects told...
Mar 16, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C.'s Forests Ministry told to protect cultural sites, First Nation's water source
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The Forest Practices Board says the British Columbia government "did not follow the law" when it approved range use plans that near the Halfway River First Nation's watershed and at its culturally significant sites. The nation complained to the board in 2023 about grazing livestock being...
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B.C. doles out grant funding to bolster food manufacturing sector
KELOWNA, B.C. - The B.C. government is contributing $6.6 million in grant funding to food manufacturing firms across the province, saying it will help create jobs and bolster domestic food security. Jobs Minister Diana Gibson says money from the province's manufacturing jobs fund will go to seven B.C. companies, includ...
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B.C. geoduck exports facing possible devastation as Chinese tariffs loom
VANCOUVER - British Columbia seafood producers are bracing for impact as China is slated to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on geoduck clams, a move that could devastate the multimillion-dollar export industry that is built almost exclusively on Chinese markets. Christina Burridge, executive director with the BC Seafood All...
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Telus, Nvidia announce plans to develop 'sovereign AI factory' in Quebec
VANCOUVER - Canadian telecommunications giant Telus and U.S. artificial intelligence tech heavyweight Nvidia have announced plans to build what they call a "sovereign AI factory" in eastern Quebec. The companies say they will provide Canadian businesses and researchers with the supercomputers and software the...
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Audit finds B.C.'s forest management hurt by flawed data without clear methodology
VICTORIA - An audit has found that British Columbia's government did not have a clear method for calculating the carbon being stored or released in provincial forests, which undermined the credibility in reporting from the Forests Ministry. The Office of the Auditor General of B.C. says in the report that defined metho...
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No charges for Vancouver officer involved in fatal 2022 shooting: prosecutors
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Police officer will not be charged over a fatal shooting in a city rooming house in May 2022. The British Columbia Prosecution Service says in a statement the shooting happened at the Patricia Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside shortly after staff called 911 to report a resident assaulting ot...
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Local Sports
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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Going for Gold
VIU Mariners women's basketball team looks to cap off one loss season with national title
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners women's basketball team is chasing down a second national gold medal in three years. The team is in New Brunswick preparing for their first game against the Mohawk Mountaineers out of Ontario on Wednesday, Mar. 12 at 9 a.m. Mariners athletic director Danielle Hyde is proud of a group that has...
Mar 12, 2025
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biggest stage
Nanaimo high schools fall just short of top provincial basketball honours
NANAIMO - Untimely losses for a pair of local high school boys basketball teams proved costly over the weekend.Both Dover Bay and Wellington Secondary schools earned semi-finals appearances in their respective divisions at the B.C. School Sports Basketball Provincial Championships, held in Langley and ending with the g...
Mar 10, 2025
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Playoff Bound
Clippers clinch BCHL playoff spot with win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers will play in the BCHL post season after punching their ticket with a 4-2 win over Cowichan Valley.Nanaimo sits in sixth place in the standings with four games remaining in the season, three points behind a trio of teams tied for third place in Cowichan Valley, Victoria and Coquitlam.The Clippers ...
Mar 16, 2025
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Sixth Place
Clippers win to jump Bulldogs in Coastal Division standings
NANAIMO - The Clippers capped off their season series against Alberni Valley with a 6-3 home ice victory.Chase Hull opened the scoring and added an assist in his 100th career BCHL game.Hull and Luke Lavery both had power play markers in the game's first 13 minutes.Connor Frost scored a first period goal for the Buldogs...
Mar 15, 2025
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Going in Hot
VIDEO: Clippers look to bring strong second half play into the BCHL post season
NANAIMO - With a half dozen games remaining in the BCHL regular season the Clippers don't know where they'll finish in the standings and they're still trying to solidify a playoff spot. Nanaimo can still mathematically finish anywhere from second to ninth but the focus isn't on their seeding it's about getting immediat...
Mar 14, 2025
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Canada
Conservatives say there will be no media seats on Poilievre's election campaign
OTTAWA - The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses for Pierre Poilievre's election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have "risen c...
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B.C. geoduck exports facing possible devastation as Chinese tariffs loom
VANCOUVER - British Columbia seafood producers are bracing for impact as China is slated to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on geoduck clams, a move that could devastate the multimillion-dollar export industry that is built almost exclusively on Chinese mar...
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Liberals lagging behind other parties on nominating candidates as election looms
OTTAWA - With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party has only nominated about half of the candidates it would need to have a full slate on the ballot even as their polling numbers have been jump-started following their recent l...
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Axworthy 'deeply dismayed' as eastern European states propose leaving landmine treaty
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy wants Canada to mount a campaign with like-minded countries to stop eastern European allies from leaving a treaty he helped broker that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines. On Tuesday, defenc...
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Carney hopes recovering remains from Winnipeg landfill bring families closure
IQALUIT - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he hopes recovering the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer from a Manitoba landfill brings closure to their families. RCMP have confirmed two sets of remains discovered at the Prairi...
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Ford says energy surcharge remains on table but he won't 'antagonize' U.S. in talks
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping the possibility of reintroducing a surcharge on electricity exported to the United States in his back pocket, but says for now he doesn't want to "antagonize" American officials. Ford was speaking Tuesday ...
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World
Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution
ANGOLA, La. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas, which is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is to be put to death for the 1996 murder of advertising executive Mary "Molly" Elliott in what would be Louisiana's f...
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Trump and Putin discuss a US-Russia hockey series during their call, the Kremlin says
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin. Moscow said in its recap of the call that Trump supported Putin's idea to organize games in the U.S. ...
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Presidents of Congo and Rwanda meet in Qatar to discuss insurgency in eastern Congo
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year, the three governments said. The meeting between Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's P...
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