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• RCMP not responsible for man’s death outside Lake Cowichan, IIO probe determines

  06-12-2022 23:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The IIO investigation is now concluded
  
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• Two builders fined $6K for contempt after city alleges illegal renovations

  06-12-2022 23:08 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Pair tells court ‘so many other people’ are building and renting suites without permission
  
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• Builders fined $6K for illegally turning house into 4-plex

  06-12-2022 23:08 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Pair tells court ‘so many other people’ are building and renting suites without permission
  
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• VIDEO: Feds working to get list ‘right’ on gun control, says PM

  06-12-2022 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Critics say firearms legislation not just targeting criminals
  
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• LEGO-loving B.C. siblings build up to American reality-TV show’s final rounds, eye $100K prize

  06-12-2022 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Guedes brother-sister duo among 3 Canadian teams in final four of ‘LEGO Masters’ on FOX-TV
  
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• Nanaimo city council concludes budget deliberations with 7.3% tax increase

  06-12-2022 21:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Councillors decide not to dip into city’s reserve funds to lower taxes
  
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• B.C. doctors ratify new agreement that includes pay increase, more rural funding

  06-12-2022 21:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  3-year agreement includes better after-hours pay, more rural funding, shift toward primary care
  
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• B.C. doctors ratify new agreement that includes pay increase, increased rural funding

  06-12-2022 21:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  3-year agreement includes better after-hours pay, more rural funding, shift toward primary care
  
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• Dover Bay Secondary School drama program to stage ‘modernized’ telling of Cinderella

  06-12-2022 21:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Bay Theatrix musical follows 2013 Broadway production, runs Dec. 7-10
  
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• Resort featuring Canada’s largest natural hot springs pool – here in B.C. – up for sale

  06-12-2022 21:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is located near Invermere
  
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• Love winter beers? BC Ale Trail boasts 100+ seasonally-inspired suds this season

  06-12-2022 20:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Cake-inspired beer, Eggnog Cream Ale and Viking-era brew among new Trail highlights
  
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• Global survey: workplace violence, harassment is widespread

  06-12-2022 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  More than 22% of nearly 75,000 workers in 121 countries surveyed last year reported an experience
  
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• Execs from grocery giants push back against inflation profiteering claims

  06-12-2022 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Executives from Loblaw and Empire testified at the House of Commons agriculture committee
  
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• COVID-19 benefits helped economy rebound, but post-payment verification lacking: AG

  06-12-2022 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Auditor general estimates $4.6 billion was paid to people who were not eligible
  
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• Habs’ Price apologizes for timing of pro-gun post, honours 1989 massacre victims

  06-12-2022 20:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Carey Price’s apology came on the 33rd anniversary of Dec. 6, 1989
  
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• Dumped boat makes waves in Okanagan

  06-12-2022 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A boat was dumped in the middle of Bedford Road on Dec. 5
  
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• Mapping where overdoses are more likely to kill in B.C.

  06-12-2022 19:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Fatality rates far higher in rural areas than urban ones
  
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• Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case

  06-12-2022 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump, was sentenced in California on Monday to 14 years in prison for cheating clients out of millions of dollars.
  
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• Keepers of Cheewaht: Restoring a Vancouver Island ecosystem for generations to come

  06-12-2022 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  After years of neglect, salmon are returning to remote West Coast river system
  
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• Civil rights group says China has at least one secret police station in Vancouver

  06-12-2022 18:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Spanish report says intimidation used to enforce ‘involuntary’ return of immigrants back to China
  
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• 4.6-magnitude earthquake hits off west coast of Vancouver Island

  06-12-2022 18:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Tuesday’s event was the third quake off the Island’s coast in last weeks
  
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• More ‘mega’ Christmas displays expected this year despite cost concerns: BC Hydro

  06-12-2022 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Lower Mainland residents three times more likely to be mega decorators
  
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• B.C. mayor calls for review of snow alerts after Lower Mainland snowfall ‘failure’

  06-12-2022 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Transportation Ministry reviewing the events of last Tuesday after many drivers stranded in snow
  
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• Live hand grenade turned into Grand Forks RCMP

  06-12-2022 18:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  On December 1, a person came by the RCMP Detachment in Grand Forks to turn in some firearms and ammunition that they did not want.
  
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• B.C.’s Julia Levy is Canada’s first trans woman Rhodes Scholar

  06-12-2022 18:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Levy will head to Oxford University in England next October for the fully funded scholarship
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers earn all-star nods, keep winning hockey games - Nanaimo Bulletin

  06-12-2022 16:55 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo Clippers earn all-star nods, keep winning hockey games  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers earn all-star nods, keep winning hockey games

  06-12-2022 16:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Clips have won four straight, sit atop BCHL’s Coastal Conference
  
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• High-end sewing machines stolen from Kelowna business

  06-12-2022 16:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Rental van used in late-night break-and-enter
  
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• Vancouver, Calgary first teams announced in new women’s pro soccer league

  06-12-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  League will operate countrywide across two conferences, with four teams in each conference
  
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• Most unused COVID-19 vaccines will expire at the end of the year: auditor general

  06-12-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Tens of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines are likely about to expire and go to waste because of a failure to manage an oversupply of doses, at an estimated cost of about $1 billion, Canada’s auditor general reported Tuesday.
  
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• Events planned to honour victims of Ecole Polytechnique shooting on 33rd anniversary

  06-12-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 female students
  
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• Canfor temporarily reducing Canadian production due to weak market conditions

  06-12-2022 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Move will reduce production by about 150 million board feet in December and January.
  
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• PODCAST: Finding the right builder for you and your project

  06-12-2022 14:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  TODAY IN B.C.: HAVAN’s podcast ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’
  
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• 'We try to respond to all complaints:' Nanaimo sidewalk clearing falls on property owners - Nanaimo News NOW

  06-12-2022 14:26 via news.google.com
  'We try to respond to all complaints:' Nanaimo sidewalk clearing falls on property owners  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Amidst holiday bustle, runners invited to lace up sneakers for Santa Shuffle

  06-12-2022 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Running Room hosting fundraiser for Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec. 10
  
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• 'We try to respond to all complaints:' Nanaimo sidewalk clearing falls ... - Nanaimo News NOW

  06-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  'We try to respond to all complaints:' Nanaimo sidewalk clearing falls ...  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• Nanaimo city council concludes budget deliberations with 7.3% tax ... - Nanaimo Bulletin

  06-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo city council concludes budget deliberations with 7.3% tax ...  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo bears break into home while residents sleep, video shows ... - CTV News VI

  06-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo bears break into home while residents sleep, video shows ...  CTV News VI
  
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• Expanded heart health clinic opens near Nanaimo hospital - Nanaimo News NOW

  06-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Expanded heart health clinic opens near Nanaimo hospital  Nanaimo News NOW
  
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• 5 seasonally spectacular Indigenous businesses around Nanaimo - The Discourse

  06-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  5 seasonally spectacular Indigenous businesses around Nanaimo  The Discourse
  
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• Pettersson nets OT winner as Canucks rally for wild 7-6 victory over Canadiens

  06-12-2022 07:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Visiting Habs held 4-0 lead after first period
  
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• Three stand-up comedians cruise through Nanaimo as part of Island tour - Nanaimo Bulletin

  06-12-2022 07:05 via news.google.com
  Three stand-up comedians cruise through Nanaimo as part of Island tour  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Three stand-up comedians cruise through Nanaimo as part of Island tour

  06-12-2022 07:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Damonde Tschritter, Chris Gaskin perform as John Beuhler hosts Dec. 7 show at Nanaimo Bar
  
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• Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning ‘Cheers’ star, dies at age 71

  06-12-2022 04:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  She starred opposite Ted Danson as Rebecca Howe on iconic sitcom
  
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• Stabbing leaves one dead, several injured in Port Alberni

  06-12-2022 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Port Alberni RCMP say stabbing was ‘an isolated incident’
  
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• Kettle campaign bell ringers now allowed in front of liquor stores across B.C.

  06-12-2022 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Liquor Distribution Branch reverses decision, will welcome Salvation Army
  
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• Fire destroys shed and trailer on industrial property in Nanaimo - Nanaimo Bulletin

  06-12-2022 00:55 via news.google.com
  Fire destroys shed and trailer on industrial property in Nanaimo  Nanaimo Bulletin
  
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• Fire destroys shed and trailer on industrial property in Nanaimo

  06-12-2022 00:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Fire not deemed suspicious, but cause under investigation
  
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• Costs of new Cowichan hospital increase to $1.45 billion

  06-12-2022 00:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Government says cost increase related mostly to labour shortages and supply-chain challenges
  
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