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 ...
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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...
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on the trail
Taxes, trades are key topics for federal party leaders on first full day of campaign
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are spending their first full day on the campaign trail talking about taxes, transfers and the trades. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a middle-class tax cut, following a Liberal pledge that involves a s...
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waterfront expansion
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quick rescue
Hullo ferry & Search and Rescue crews help stranded boaters off Nanaimo
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election rerun
Familiar local candidates lining up for 2025 Federal Election
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all oars in
New event & returning a returning favourite helping grow Nanaimo paddling scene
NANAIMO - After a bleak 2024 paddle season was salvaged at the 11th hour, this summer is looking extremely busy for local paddlers. Victoria's Fairway Gorge Paddling Club will return to host the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival, part of their Island Race Series on July 12 and 13 along the Nanaimo waterfront. Fairway race d...
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campaign underway
Federal election begins, Canadians to go to polls on April 28
OTTAWA - Canada's 45th general election got underway Sunday, with the leaders vying to become Canada's next prime minister each positioning themselves as best to strengthen Canada's economy and stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump.Liberal Leader Mark Carney triggered the campaign midday by visiting Gov. Gen. Mary Si...
Mar 23, 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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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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Travel concerns
Canada updates U.S., China travel advisories after recent frictions
OTTAWA - Canadians are now facing updated travel advisories to the world's two largest economies, after Ottawa warned travellers who stay in the United States for more than 30 days to make sure they register as required. The advisory for the United Sta...
Mar 22, 2025
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classic gas
Qualicum Beach decides not to go electric for new garbage truck
QUALICUM BEACH - A new garbage truck is on its way to serve the residents of Qualicum Beach with the Town deciding to go with a traditional internal combustion engine over an electric vehicle.During the Wednesday, March 19 special council meeting, councillors accepted a report for information on replacing one of two ag...
Mar 22, 2025
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British Columbia
BC Ferries says it had no involvement in 6 sick passengers on Saturday
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital. The incident occurred Saturday on an afternoon sailing preparing to leave from Swartz Bay for Tsawwassen when six people were ill in a stairwell and required medical ...
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Police in B.C. say girl, 5, revived with naloxone after fentanyl overdose
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, requiring multiple doses of naloxone to revive her. Mission RCMP say emergency responders were called to a home on Nottman Street on Thursday, where they found the child unconscio...
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria
SEATTLE - The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday. The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash., says raising the...
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Vancouver car show sets attendance records after Tesla ban, defying boycott calls
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the Vancouver International Auto Show say the event broke attendance records after it attracted international headlines for banning Tesla on safety grounds. Supporters of the electric car company and CEO Elon Musk had called for a boycott of the show, but organizers say it instead set a new fi...
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Atmospheric river soaks B.C. coast including Metro Vancouver, triggers slide
COQUITLAM, B.C. - An atmospheric river weather system drenched parts of southern British Columbia over the weekend, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain in some locations and setting off a landslide. Environment Canada says the highest water mark was 130 millimetres over 48 hours at the Cape Beale Lighthouse on Va...
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Youth, 16, charged with stabbing taxi driver in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - A teenager has been charged with assault for allegedly stabbing a taxi driver in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside last week. The alleged attack happened last Tuesday, when Vancouver Police say an off-duty officer saw the stabbing near the intersection of Main and Hastings streets. They say the officer then ale...
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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
Police in B.C. say girl, 5, revived with naloxone after fentanyl overdose
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, requiring multiple doses of naloxone to revive her. Mission RCMP say emergency responders were called to a home...
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria
SEATTLE - The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday. The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry...
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Vancouver car show sets attendance records after Tesla ban, defying boycott calls
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the Vancouver International Auto Show say the event broke attendance records after it attracted international headlines for banning Tesla on safety grounds. Supporters of the electric car company and CEO Elon Musk had called f...
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Canadian governments rely on Starlink for critical services. Some are reconsidering
ST. JOHN'S - More than half of Canada's provincial and territorial governments buy critical internet and emergency communications services from Starlink - a satellite constellation owned by billionaire Elon Musk. And with Musk now acting as a top advis...
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on the trail
Taxes, trades are key topics for federal party leaders on first full day of campaign
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are spending their first full day on the campaign trail talking about taxes, transfers and the trades. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a middle-class tax cut, following a Liberal pledge that involves a s...
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Federal government commit $56M to new Yukon convention centre
WHITEHORSE - The federal government says it has committed more than $56 million toward the construction of a new convention centre in the Yukon capital of Whitehorse. The announcement secures the funding needed for the Yukon Gathering Place project, es...
Mar 23, 2025
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World
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position
The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position and following protests last weekend by postal workers concerned about the direction of the agency. DeJoy had said last month he planned to step down but hadn't set a date. Deputy Postmaster General Doug...
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Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador in effort to free Venezuelans deported by US
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing the 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison. Jaime Ortega, who says he represents 30 of the imprisoned Venezuelans, said ...
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Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was `distorted'
DENVER (AP) - A portrait of President Donald hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was "purposefully distorted," state officials said Monday. House Democrats said in a statement that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legi...
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