important health equipment
Oceanside Health Centre fundraising to replace essential 'Vital Signs' monitors
PARKSVILLE - Fundraising is underway to replace the aging vital signs monitors at the Oceanside Health Centre, with Nanaimo's hospital charity lending a hand.The Nanaimo District & Hospital Foundation (NDHF) is helping to raise money to replace all 34 vital sign monitors at the Oceanside Health Centre (OHC) in Park...
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'These children deserve every opportunity:' African Children's Choir funding education through song
NANAIMO - A unique cultural performance from halfway around the world is preparing to hit the stage locally, raising money for educational opportunities. The African Children's Choir, celebrating its 40th anniversary, will hold a free show titled "Just As I Am" at the Departure Bay Baptist Church on Friday, M...
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serious allegations
Civil suit alleges 'culture of intimidation and hostility' at Gabriola fire department
GABRIOLA ISLAND - Allegations of bullying, a hostile work environment and improper payments have been levelled against three ranking members of a local fire department and its governing body. Filed Tuesday, March 18, in BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo, the department's former corporate officer Matthew Dow, is suing the Gab...
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important health equipment
Oceanside Health Centre fundraising to replace essential 'Vital Signs' monitors
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'These children deserve every opportunity:' African Children's Choir funding education through song
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local drug trade
Three arrested in Nanaimo, part of gang enforcement blitz on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Three people were arrested locally, with more elsewhere on Vancouver Island, through a multi-day blitz from a specialized policing unit.Members with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia's Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) conducted a traffic stop on March 7 around the Strickland...
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election imminent
PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns must run at least 37 days. This will be Canada's 45th f...
Mar 20, 2025
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park improvements
Nanaimo's Loudon Park improvement project being stripped back to basics
NANAIMO - A popular central Nanaimo park at Long Lake will see some improvements soon, but it likely won't be at the scale initially envisioned. During the Wednesday, March 19 finance and audit committee meeting, councillors voted to recommend an increase in the budget for improvements at Loudon Park to $6.5 million, a...
Mar 20, 2025
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slalom skills
'Holy smokes:' Nanaimo athlete given hero's welcome after World Games medal win
NANAIMO - Ron Greenhorn was carrying a little extra luggage when he got off his plane at Nanaimo Airport on Tuesday, a bronze medal around his neck. Greenhorn earned it at the 2025 Special Olympics World Games in Turin, Italy, held between March 8 to 15, where he competed in several adaptive skiing events. His medal ca...
Mar 20, 2025
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bargaining agreement
Gabriola volunteer firefighters unionize under CUPE banner
NANAIMO - Members of the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department have agreed to join Canada's biggest union. The BC Labour Board approved certification for 29 members of the department on Friday, March 14, with the department's paid on-call members joining CUPE Local 606 based in Nanaimo. CUPE, Canadian Union of Public Empl...
Mar 19, 2025
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safe living spaces
'Safe and supported:' Nanaimo's Haven Society open new supportive housing complex
NANAIMO - A number of housing spaces for women and children fleeing violent situations have opened across the province, including almost 50 in Nanaimo.The B.C. government announced this week 229 units of new transition and second-stage housing are now available on Vancouver Island and in Metro Vancouver for vulnerable ...
Mar 19, 2025
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British Columbia
Ottawa to provide $1.5 billion for Metro Vancouver's transit service over a decade
VANCOUVER - The federal government has committed more than $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network. A statement from the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the funding deal for TransLink is the first metro-region agreement under the new Canada Public Transit ...
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Special avalanche warning for central Rockies with 'highly volatile' conditions
Avalanche Canada has issued a public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks. It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack "remains primed for human-triggering." The warning covers Banff and Jasper national parks and the Kananaskis area in...
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Premium Brands reports Q4 profit more than doubles, revenue up
VANCOUVER - Premium Brands Holdings Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year earlier as it saw record revenue for the quarter. The specialty food company says it earned $37.3 million or 84 cents per share for the 13-week period ended Dec. 28. The result compared with a profit of $...
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire. Severe rains triggered a landslide that killed five people on a stretch of Highway 99...
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Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that Kaiden Mintenko from Burnaby, B.C., was found guilty Thursday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Wes...
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Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday in a 19-storey cement building and found the fourth floor full of heavy smoke. ...
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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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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
Carney confirms Liberals won't proceed with planned capital gains tax change
OTTAWA - Days before he's expected to call a federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney is confirming he won't move ahead with a key Liberal tax policy. The Prime Minister's Office says a plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains, first pitche...
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Syrian-Canadians call on Ottawa to drop sanctions, reach out to war-ravaged country
OTTAWA - Canadians with ties to Syria say it's time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new leaders toward a democratic, pluralistic future. "There's a lot to be lost if we do not support Syria at this vulnerable time," said ...
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Quebec town says U.S. is limiting Canadian access to border-straddling library
STANSTEAD, Que. - The town of Stanstead, Que., says U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to "close the main Canadian access" to the Victorian-style library that straddles the border between the two countries. For decades, Canadian visitors to the...
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Several Canadian flights cancelled after London fire caused power outage at Heathrow
TORONTO - Several arriving and departing flights between cities across Canada and London's Heathrow Airport were cancelled after an overnight fire caused a power outage and forced the British airport to close Friday, with further flight disruptions exp...
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Poilievre outlines plan to boost apprenticeships, training for trades workers
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a plan Friday to boost training and employment for workers in the skilled trades. Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa Friday morning, Poilievre said his plan for "more boots, less suits" will ...
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In the news today: Carney and premiers to meet, Liberal MP being dropped by party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to host meeting with premiers today Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Canada's premiers today in Ottawa as the provinces grapple with the effects of Ch...
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World
Israel's top court halts Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's internal security chief
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supreme Court's decision came hours after Netanyahu's Cabinet unanimously approved his request to fire the head of the Shin ...
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Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer weari...
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Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He d...
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