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• Weather modification program aims to replenish shrinking Yangtze River in China - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 23:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Weather modification program aims to replenish shrinking Yangtze River in China  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Weather modification program aims to replenish shrinking Yangtze River in China

  18-08-2022 23:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  On Aug. 17, China’s ministry of water resources said that drought in the Yangtze River basin was “adversely affecting drinking water security of rural people and livestock, and the growth of crops.”
  
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• BC Ferries reports record vehicle traffic amid turbulent year - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 23:47 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  
  BC Ferries reports record vehicle traffic amid turbulent year  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Inmates building community in B.C. prison through totem pole project - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Inmates building community in B.C. prison through totem pole project  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Inmates building community in B.C. prison through totem pole project

  18-08-2022 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Led by Indigenous master carvers, the project aims to raise the pole in October
  
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• B.C. COVID cases undercounted 100-fold amid less PCR testing, modelling group says

  18-08-2022 23:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. COVID-19 Modelling Group did have some good news: the BA.5 wave appears to have peaked
  
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• Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad booted from B.C. Liberal caucus for questioning climate change

  18-08-2022 22:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Rustad has not yet responded to requests for comment
  
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• B.C. Ferries reports busiest-ever spring for vehicle traffic

  18-08-2022 22:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Company released first-quarter results this week
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Strathcona Park hiker found

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Was believed to be hiking Flower Ridge of the Westmin Road
  
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• Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum penalty for child luring offence

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a minimum sentence for the offence of child luring.
  
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• Pope says not enough evidence to open sex assault probe against Quebec cardinal

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Marc Ouellet, an adviser to the Pope, is accused of sexual misconduct in a class-action lawsuit
  
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• Police seek missing man believed to be hiking in Strathcona Park

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Was believed to be hiking Flower Ridge of the Westmin Road
  
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• Canada’s high court won’t hear dispute over $1B Vancouver waterfront development

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Dispute centred on one of Vancouver’s last parcels of waterfront land
  
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• Browns’ Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Quarterback accused of sexual misconduct by two dozen women
  
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• Newly-launched Island-based air rescue team has few equivalents in North America

  18-08-2022 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Rapid response to emergencies in hard-to-reach Vancouver Island, North Coast locations
  
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• Opportunistic Medvedev converts key breaks in win over Shapovalov - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 21:36 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  
  Opportunistic Medvedev converts key breaks in win over Shapovalov  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Industry fears shortages at cannabis, liquor stores amid strike at B.C. distribution centres

  18-08-2022 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Liquor sector advocates say BCGEU’s picketing at the warehouses was a ‘selfish move’
  
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• Woodgrove's $25000 Giveaway Returns – “Scan, Shop & Play to Win!” - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 20:52 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  
  Woodgrove's $25000 Giveaway Returns – “Scan, Shop & Play to Win!”  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's roster for World Cup qualifiers - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 20:17 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's roster for World Cup qualifiers  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Introducing Mułaa, Canada’s rising tide Indigenous surf team - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Introducing Mułaa, Canada’s rising tide Indigenous surf team  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• B.C. welcomes Canada’s first sensory-friendly chiropractic office - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. welcomes Canada’s first sensory-friendly chiropractic office  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Reports: Flames closing in on signing UFA forward Nazem Kadri - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 19:32 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  
  Reports: Flames closing in on signing UFA forward Nazem Kadri  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Spring’s cold shoulder has left Vancouver Island farmers behind - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Spring’s cold shoulder has left Vancouver Island farmers behind  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Spring’s cold shoulder has left Vancouver Island farmers behind

  18-08-2022 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Many crops so far have been slow developing due to low spring temperatures
  
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• Treasury Board rejects 'blanket exemption' idea for official language requirements - Nanaimo News NOW

  18-08-2022 19:24 via nanaimonewsnow.com
  Treasury Board rejects 'blanket exemption' idea for official language requirements  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• B.C. teen defeats brain bleed, cancer, works way back to graduate with his peers

  18-08-2022 19:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Keygan Power overcomes two life-threatening ailments and a resulting partial paralysis
  
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• UBC study finds pro hockey players reluctant to access mental health support

  18-08-2022 19:09 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Players reported fear of being labelled selfish, taking up too many resources
  
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• B.C. scientists find ‘weak spot’ in COVID-19 virus that could lead to new treatments

  18-08-2022 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  “Key vulnerability” is found in all major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19
  
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• 7 new B.C. single-day temperature records set amid August heat wave

  18-08-2022 18:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The highest temperatures were recorded in Lillooet where it reached 38.2 C
  
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• E-bike stolen from Nanaimo hospital worker while on shift - CTV News VI

  18-08-2022 18:30 via vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
  
  E-bike stolen from Nanaimo hospital worker while on shift  CTV News VI
  
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• B.C. Professional Employees Association issues strike notice, calls for inflation protection

  18-08-2022 18:06 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The PEA represents 1,200 licensed professionals working in the public service
  
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• Standing tall: Largest single-masted boat ever built stops by Vancouver Island

  18-08-2022 17:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The M5 superyacht also boats its own plane
  
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• Victoria to install side guards on its trucks; cities want feds to mandate them

  18-08-2022 17:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Capital Bike says the guards can help prevent cyclist deaths
  
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• Seven years since Penelakut Island teen’s murder without an arrest

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Body of Deedee Brown found three weeks after her disappearance in 2015
  
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• New census data showing French ‘in danger’ spurs debate ahead of Quebec election

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Anglophone rights group worries data will be used to portray English speakers as a threat
  
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• G’day for Canada Little Leaguers in beating Australia 7-0 at World Series

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Little Mountain Little Leaguers of Vancouver representing the Maple Leaf in celebrated kids tourney
  
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• Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Dodge will stop making gasoline versions of Challenger and Charger muscle cars by end of next year
  
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• Census records fewer Indigenous-language speakers, but bump in youngest generation

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  About 243,000 people reported being able to speak an Indigenous language
  
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• 80 years after Dieppe, postcards share stories of soldiers who died in deadly raid

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Known as Operation Jubilee, the Aug. 19, 1942 raid was Canada’s first major combat with the Nazis
  
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• $3.1 million pumped into B.C. marine noise reduction as advocates call for targets

  18-08-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Efforts underway to help protect endangered killer whales from increased traffic
  
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• Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre rebrands, hopes to regain trust of area First Nations - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre rebrands, hopes to regain trust of area First Nations  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre rebrands, hopes to regain trust of area First Nations

  18-08-2022 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  New Island Urban Indigenous Wellness Society wants to distance itself from past leadership
  
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• Ina O. Clarke – Nanaimo News Bulletin - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 09:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
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• B.C. municipality calls on province to help fund 911 services - Nanaimo Bulletin

  18-08-2022 03:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. municipality calls on province to help fund 911 services  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Rash of suspicious fires in Nanaimo park puts residents and firefighters on edge - CHEK News

  18-08-2022 02:54 via cheknews.ca
  Rash of suspicious fires in Nanaimo park puts residents and firefighters on edge  CHEK News
  
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• Quarterway Elementary tops at school track and field meet

  18-08-2022 01:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Results from the Nanaimo District Elementary Track and Field Championships, held in June
  
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• Wildfire sparks just north of Kamloops

  18-08-2022 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The fire is highly visible to Kamloops and the surrounding area
  
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• Poll: Majority of Canadians believe sexual misconduct a major issue in youth hockey

  18-08-2022 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Hockey Canada dealing with the fallout of a scandal over its handling of sexual assault allegations
  
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• Physicists and business figures gather in Vancouver to crack theory of everything

  18-08-2022 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Thinkers trying to reconcile incompatible theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity
  
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• Stolen rowboat robs legally blind B.C. fisherman of last chance to enjoy his passion

  18-08-2022 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Valuable classic Tyee-style boat stolen Campbell River area Aug. 7
  
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