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• All 4 captured grizzlies ruled out from Bella Coola bear attack - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 23:22 via news.google.com
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• All 4 captured grizzlies ruled out from Bella Coola bear attack

  29-11-2025 23:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) said the four grizzly bears that have been captured in the days following an attack in Bella Coola were not involved in the attack.
  The attack took place Nov. 20 and left four people seriously injured — one adult and three children. The search for bears involved in the attack has been ongoing ever since.
  Forensic evidence has ruled out the four grizzlies that have so far been captured by conservation officers, the COS said in a social media state
  
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• Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 23:18 via news.google.com
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• Verbal abuse leads to reminder of service boundaries for Nanaimo Animal Control - CHEK News

  29-11-2025 23:13 via news.google.com
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• Canadian judoka Francois Gauthier-Drapeau claims Grand Slam gold - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 22:57 via news.google.com
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• The pies must go on: Victoria Pie Co. makes a revival in Greater Victoria

  29-11-2025 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Customers would come from far and wide, eager to take home something sweet or savoury, and always comforting.
  Victoria Pie Company was a beloved fixture in the Victoria Public Market, but its charm and customer base were threatened to be lost for good when the public market closed its doors in June 2025 after a sale to Loblaws.
  But Victoria Wan, a local baker who called Victoria Pie Company home for two years, was determined to not let that happen.
  “Even when I first started working for th
  
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• Man dead following late-night shooting in Surrey, police say - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 20:52 via news.google.com
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• Island Health undertaking cultural safety assessment to better support Indigenous patients - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 19:35 via news.google.com
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• Island Health undertaking cultural safety assessment to better support Indigenous patients

  29-11-2025 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Stakeholders discussed how to better support Indigenous patients receiving health care on Vancouver Island, where the health authority has become one of the province’s first to undertake a B.C. Cultural Safety and Humility Standard assessment.
  The topic was discussed during a panel on integrating Indigenous healing practices into health care at a summit hosted by the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District on Nov. 13 at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.
  Brennan MacDonald, a vice-president
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers @ Cowichan Valley Capitals Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - Nanaimo Clippers

  29-11-2025 18:01 via news.google.com
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• B.C.’s entrepreneur brings home business leader of the year award - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 17:02 via news.google.com
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• B.C.’s entrepreneur brings home business leader of the year award

  29-11-2025 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. entrepreneur Mandy Farmer was recently awarded the title Business Leader of the Year at the Canadian Queer Chamber of Commerce’s (CQCC).
  CQCC’s 10th annual Black & White Gala Business Awards were held in Toronto on Nov. 14. The CQCC Business Leadership Awards celebrate trailblazers driving inclusion, innovation, and growth in Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ business community.
  Farmer is the current president and CEO of Accent Inns, proudly owned and operated by the Farmer family si
  
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• B.C. professor says the search for alien life starts close to home

  29-11-2025 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Jon Willis has spent years looking to the stars, but for the University of Victoria physics and astronomy professor, the search for alien life often begins right in his own backyard.
  Willis released his second book, The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life, on Oct. 30, following up on his 2016 title, All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life.The new book draws on his research and global expeditions, from studying hydrothermal vents
  
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• Foundry marks 10 years of helping youth with low-barrier health access in B.C.

  29-11-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  All the health advice and services a young person may need, all under one roof and accessible in your community.
  That’s the Foundry model gaining traction across Vancouver Island and Britih Columbia.
  Foundry is a low-barrier integrated health model that sets out to serve youth aged 12 to 24 with access to all health professionals in one place.
  “(Foundry) is a drop-in model so it is intended to provide services to youth and families within a timely manner. All services are free and co
  
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• More traffic calming coming to Nanaimo’s Lost Lake Road - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 15:27 via news.google.com
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• Former Prism rocker enjoying Walk of Fame honour from home in Youbou

  29-11-2025 15:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The little Cowichan community of Youbou may be home to Vancouver Island’s biggest country festival, Sunfest.
  But it’s also got a real hall-of-fame Canadian rocker living in its midst
  Henry Small has made some big steps in his music career, but none so big as when Youbou resident and former member of Prism was officially inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame on Sept. 28 of 2023. He just received his registered Walk of Fame certificate this in 2025.
  “It is always nice to be ack
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City can better provide basic needs to those who are homeless

  29-11-2025 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  To the editor,
  I have recently moved into the Old Town community and have been loving my seaside area walks – at least I was, until I began walking past people pooping in the streets. And then I read that council has decided to cut the funding to the very organization it launched to study this terrible homelessness situation. This is sad, but I wonder if the city hasn’t set the bar too high?
  On my walks along Front Street and Port Drive, I see there is a large section of unused land
  
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• PHOTOS: 20,000 onlookers see Ladysmith light up the night for 2025 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 11:30 via news.google.com
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• Clippers Bruender records back to back OT winners - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 08:59 via news.google.com
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• All-Vernon quarterfinal highlights Day 2 action at B.C. volleyball finals

  29-11-2025 05:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Win and you get to play your rival.
  That was the scenario facing the Seaton Sonics and host Vernon Panthers at the B.C. High School Senior Girls AAA Volleyball Championships at the Panther Pit Friday, Nov. 28.
  Both teams started play Friday morning in the Round of 16. Vernon and Seaton were in the same part of the tournament’s championship bracket, meaning win Friday morning and they’d face each other for the first time since Nov. 15. That’s when the then-11th seeded Sonics swe
  
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• Carol festival will bring together nine Nanaimo choirs - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 02:41 via news.google.com
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• Okanagan woman gets jail, ordered to pay back $350k for 17 years of welfare fraud

  29-11-2025 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Multiple schemes to defraud the government over 17 years earned an Okanagan woman more than two years in jail and an order to pay back over $350,000.
  According to the judgement published on Nov. 27, Norlene Dale White, 66, was sentenced on Oct. 17 in Penticton court after being found guilty in 2024 by a jury of four charges of fraud over $5,000, two charges of use of a forged document and one charge of attempted fraud.
  White used her sisters, for whom she was caretaker, in her scheme to defraud
  
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• Carol festival will bring together nine Nanaimo choirs

  29-11-2025 02:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nine community choirs will be singing in one space next week.
  The Community Carol Festival, organized by Marian Smith, artistic director of the Nanaimo Youth Choir, is set for Dec. 3 at St. Andrew’s United Church.
  “This joyous event welcomes the festive season with beautiful music and stories to make you smile,” noted an event press release.
  This year’s participating choirs are A Cappella Plus, Camerata Singers, Harbour City Singers, Island Bel Canto Singers, Island Conso
  
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• ‘Outraged’: Accused murderer’s trial moved from Vernon to Kamloops

  29-11-2025 02:08 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Lumby man who is accused of murdering his ex-wife has had his trial moved from Vernon to Kamloops in a move that has the victim’s family frustrated with the system.
  Vitali Stefanski is accused of murdering his ex-wife, Lumby mother Tatjana Stefanski, in April 2024. He appeared in Vernon Supreme Court Wednesday, Nov. 26, for a hearing in which his lawyer requested the change in the location of his trial.
  The judge presiding over the hearing granted the move to the Kamloops courthouse on t
  
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• B.C. milk testers withdraw services at Lactanet lab as job action after strike notice

  29-11-2025 01:24 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Dairy milk testers in the B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) were on day three of job action on Friday (Nov. 28) after serving strike notice.
  The milk testers collect samples from about 175 dairy herds across B.C. and bring them for testing at the Lactanet Canada’s Pacific Milk Analysis lab in Chilliwack.
  “These workers are demanding that Lactanet reconsider how it’s using the fees it charges farmers for testing and cover the actual current-day costs of travelling to f
  
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• $11.5M revamp approved for Nanaimo’s Loudon Park - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-11-2025 01:22 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s first-ever crochet cafe comes to B.C.

  29-11-2025 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Crocheting and coffee are the heart of Abbotsford’s newest business, which is set to open on Sunday (Nov. 30).
  The Knotty Brew is a unique creation from the mind of Beatriz, who goes by Bea and is taking a big leap from her former career as a teacher.
  This cafe combines a love for caffeine and crocheting, with these crafters being one of the fastest-growing communities.
  According to a 2025 report by research company Technavio, the worldwide crocheting and knitting market is expected to gro
  
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• Gaudette nets winner as San Jose Sharks hold off visiting Canucks 3-2

  29-11-2025 00:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Adam Gaudette’s second-period goal stood up as the winner, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Friday at the SAP Center.
  Will Smith and William Eklund also scored for the Sharks (12-10-3), with Yaroslav Askarov making 32 saves for the goaltening win.
  Brock Boeser and forward Elias Pettersson replied for the Canucks (10-13-2). Nikita Tolopilo stopped 21 of 24 shots in goal for Vancouver.
  Boeser opened the scoring 4:28 into the first per
  
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• VIDEO: Vernon mayor kicks it up with The Beaches on stage - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-11-2025 00:52 via news.google.com
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• SPCA looks to identify deceased dog in ‘alarming’ Penticton-area cruelty case

  29-11-2025 00:43 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC SPCA is asking for the public’s help in identifying a deceased dog that was found muzzled and tightly tethered to a tree in a remote location south of Penticton.
  On Nov. 21, the non-profit’s animal helpline received a call from a grandfather and granddaughter who came upon what appeared to be a German Shepherd, tied up in ropes with a navy blue and black harness on McIntyre Creek Road near Vaseaux Lake.
  The levels of decomposition made it impossible to determine the sex of the
  
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• VIDEO: Vernon mayor kicks it up with The Beaches on stage

  29-11-2025 00:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Even the mayor was on stage dancing as The Beaches rocked Vernon Thursday night.
  The all-girl rock band came to town after the city won a SiriusXM Music Town contest.
  Thousands of free tickets were scooped up for the sell-out show Nov. 27 at Kal Tire Place North.
  Sirius greeted guests with glow bracelets, glowing backdrops, and two rock bands performing late into the night.
  Their hit Last Girls at the Party drew Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming on stage to dance with the girls.“Mayor Cumming, I
  
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