Nanaimo, Parksville and Area

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RCMP seeking help after non-suspicious death of Nanaimo woman near Jack Point
NANAIMO - Police are trying to trace the final steps of a woman found unresponsive near the Jack Point Trail earlier this week. Mounties were called out to the Duke Point Hwy. around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 31 after the adult woman and Nanaimo resident was found a short distance from the shore. Nanaimo Fire Rescue ...
Apr 02, 2025
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stop sexual violence
Take Back the Night Nanaimo raising awareness about all forms of sexual violence
NANAIMO - One of the oldest movements to stand against sexual violence worldwide is returning to the mid-Island. Take Back the Night events and marches have happened across the world for over 60 years, with a march happening in Nanaimo on Wednesday, April 2 for the first time in a number of years. Hosted by the Haven S...
Apr 02, 2025
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next phase
Apartments swapped for townhomes in phase two of central Nanaimo development
NANAIMO - Phase two of a large proposed central Nanaimo multi-family housing development has taken another step forward. Located on newly constructed Hansen Rd. off East Wellington Rd., phase two will add a further 42 three-bedroom units across a dozen tri and fourplex buildings, for a total of 91 units in both phases....
Apr 01, 2025
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lapse of judgment
'I'm so deeply sorry:' driver sentenced for fatal Qualicum Beach crash
NANAIMO - A leisurely family motorcycle ride resulted in tragedy when a popular Port Alberni woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash. Deb Walton was a passenger on a motorcycle ridden by her husband when the duo's bike was hit by a left-turning car on Memorial Ave. near the on-ramp to Hwy. 19 on Sept. 2, 2023. The Walt...
Apr 01, 2025
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price drop
B.C. ends its carbon tax on consumers after marathon debate in legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy. The NDP government fast-tracked legislation in an effort to kill off the tax on Monday, in time to coincide with today's demise of t...
Apr 01, 2025
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everything meowmo
NanaimoNewsNOW evolving local 'mews' coverage in Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - After nearly nine years of tireless and complete coverage of local news on central Vancouver Island, NanaimoNewsNOW is seizing the meowment to evolve and move furward.Effective immediately, we have re-branded to NanaimoNewsMEOW and will exclusively tell pawsome stories about local cats, their achievements and...
Apr 01, 2025
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British Columbia

Rise in retail theft, worker safety prompts Vancouver security task force
VANCOUVER - A spike in retail theft, in what the City of Vancouver says is led by organized crime and repeat offenders, has prompted the launch a retail security task force. Vancouver council passed a motion creating the initiative aimed at curbing the thefts and improving safety for businesses and their employees. May...
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B.C. government grilled after January death of Indigenous teen in care
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a youth in government care "shouldn't have died" earlier this year and that her death represents a "failure." The province's Opposition Conservative Party used much of its time during Wednesday's question period to grill the government on its treatment of chil...
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CP NewsAlert: S&P downgrades B.C.'s credit rating again
VICTORIA - Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded British Columbia's rating for the fourth time in four years, citing record capital spending and a "fiscal mismatch" in its operations. S&P Global Ratings cut the province's long-term issuer credit rating to A+ from AA-. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman, who is now a scientist with the Hakai Institute, a group t...
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Man arrested for sexual and online offences targeting teen girls in Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Mounties in Cranbrook, B.C., say they have arrested a 20-year-old man for several sexual and online offences involving local teen girls. The update comes after the detachment issued a public warning last month, saying they had seen an uptick in online activity targeting girls between the ages of 11 an...
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Ousted Greater Victoria school trustees take B.C. to court over firing
Nine Greater Victoria school trustees fired by the British Columbia government earlier this year have filed a court petition to get their jobs back. Education Minister Lisa Beare announced the dismissal of the entire elected board of School District No. 61 in January over the trustees' refusal to allow police officers ...
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Canada

Lawsuit dropped against Quebec teacher, school board over student art posted online
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area school board says it's no longer being targeted by a lawsuit that had alleged student artwork was being sold online by a teacher without their knowledge. Ten Montreal-area parents filed a lawsuit in March 2024 against the bo...
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford to visit areas without electricity since ice storm
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that he plans to visit some areas affected by prolonged power outages since a powerful ice storm hit central and northern Ontario over the weekend. More than 190,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark...
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In the news today: Trump tariffs trigger industry alarms, Carney campaigns again
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney back on the campaign trail today Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back on the road today after making a detour to Ottawa for meetings about U.S. President Don...
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Trump's tariffs trigger two-week shutdown at Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor
Automaker Stellantis is temporarily pausing production at its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for two weeks as it assesses the effects of the recently announced U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles. The company says work at the Ontario plant will pause f...
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Carney back on the campaign trail today after making Trump-related detour
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back on the road today after making a detour to Ottawa for meetings about U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs. Carney is expected to be in Montreal today, after meeting virtually with Canada's premiers a...
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Whales migrations changed as seas warmed. But can they keep pace with climate change?
The Canadian lead author of a new study on the migration of humpback whales is sounding the alarm on how climate change could spell trouble for the species. The report published in the journal Scientific Reports says tracking of 42 whales tagged off th...
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