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• More than 80 calls to police, but New Year's Eve in Nanaimo not too wild: RCMP - Times Colonist

  02-01-2026 23:00 via news.google.com
  More than 80 calls to police, but New Year's Eve in Nanaimo not too wild: RCMP  Times Colonist
  
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• BC Transit sues insolvent Aldergrove bus builder over leaky buses - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 22:33 via news.google.com
  BC Transit sues insolvent Aldergrove bus builder over leaky buses  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• 2 properties outside Vancouver crack the list for 10 most expensive in B.C.

  02-01-2026 22:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s a new year, which means BC Assessment has unveiled the latest data on the most expensive properties throughout the province.
  Released Friday (Jan. 2), the assessments are based on the market values as of July 1, 2025. There were more than 2.23 million properties across B.C. assessed last year, for a total value of $2.75 trillion. It’s down slightly from the total value of $2.83 trillion in 2024.
  BC Assessment also breaks down the data by regions: the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Is
  
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• Afternoon tea, wildlife help pump Victoria ahead of Vancouver on U.S. list

  02-01-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Victoria and Vancouver Island land a solid eighth on a new list of Canadian places to visit in 2026, finishing ahead of both Victoria and Toronto.
  From the cosmopolitan streets of Toronto to the snow-capped peaks of the Canadian Rockies, Canada features a diverse set of vacation destinations that entice travellers year-round. Deciding which one is perfect for your next getaway can be difficult. The list by U.S. News considered factors such as affordability, entertainment options and diversity of
  
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• Missing Vancouver Island teen found safe: RCMP - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 22:16 via news.google.com
  Missing Vancouver Island teen found safe: RCMP  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Missing Vancouver Island teen found safe: RCMP

  02-01-2026 22:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Evelyn (Clay) Ilchuk-Williams, who was reported missing on Dec. 31 has been found safe, according to Campbell River RCMP.
  
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• New Year’s baby second major holiday birth for Nanaimo family - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 22:06 via news.google.com
  New Year’s baby second major holiday birth for Nanaimo family  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Another rally at Kamloops hospital pressing for better maternity care - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 21:42 via news.google.com
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• Another rally at Kamloops hospital pressing for better maternity care

  02-01-2026 21:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Maternity Matters Kamloops is staging a third rally outside Royal Inland Hospital, calling for better maternity care in the wake of seven obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) specialist resignations at the Kamloops hospital late last year.
  The grassroots organization will hold the rally on Saturday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 2 p.m. in front of the hospital, with the aim of putting continued pressure on Interior Health and the Ministry of Health to take “immediate, accountable action to address ongoin
  
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• ‘Great way to ring in the new year’ Nanaimo’s first baby of 2026 named Kira - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 21:32 via news.google.com
  ‘Great way to ring in the new year’ Nanaimo’s first baby of 2026 named Kira  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• ‘Great way to ring in the new year’ Nanaimo’s first baby of 2026 named Kira

  02-01-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nanaimo residents Chaitanya Spencer and Ashish Sharma got a welcome surprise, as their second daughter became the first baby born in Nanaimo in 2026.
  Kira Spencer Sharma was born at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, weighing 6 lbs 13 oz, at 5:32 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1.
  This makes her the second baby born in the Island Health region this year after Sahit Pratap was born at Victoria General Hospital at 3:48 a.m.
  Kira’s mother said she was due on the 30th, adding to the surprise.
  “We
  
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• Supports extended for displaced motel guests in Nanaimo - My Coast Now

  02-01-2026 21:16 via news.google.com
  Supports extended for displaced motel guests in Nanaimo  My Coast Now
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP respond to over 80 calls during ‘typical’ New Year’s Eve - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 21:08 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo RCMP respond to over 80 calls during ‘typical’ New Year’s Eve  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• NANAIMO CLIPPERS ACQUIRE 2007 FORWARD CADEN OKOVITA - Nanaimo Clippers

  02-01-2026 21:01 via news.google.com
  NANAIMO CLIPPERS ACQUIRE 2007 FORWARD CADEN OKOVITA  Nanaimo Clippers
  
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• BC Transit sues insolvent Aldergrove bus builder over leaky buses

  02-01-2026 20:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  BC Transit is suing a defunct Aldergrove-based bus manufacturer for $5 million, claiming that many of its buses leaked, causing water damage to 118 of them.
  Vicinity Motor Corporation assembled conventional and electric buses and electric trucks in Aldergrove and in a larger facility in Washington State.
  One of the company’s largest clients was BC Transit, which provides public transit to all areas of the province outside of Metro Vancouver, including on Vancouver Island and the Fraser Val
  
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• The beauty of Nanaimo is the off-season is never truly off - The Georgia Straight

  02-01-2026 20:17 via news.google.com
  The beauty of Nanaimo is the off-season is never truly off  The Georgia Straight
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a missing man from Errington - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 19:58 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a missing man from Errington  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a missing man from Errington

  02-01-2026 19:53 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police in Nanaimo are asking the public to help locate missing man who was living in Errington.
  Nanaimo RCMP say Denis Dugas, 48, was in Nanaimo, Oct. 21, but had been living in Errington. No information was provided regarding when Dugas was reported missing or other circumstances surrounding the man’s alleged disappearance.
  Dugas is Caucasian, male, 5-foot-8, 161 lbs., with blue eyes and short blonde hair.
  Anyone who may have seen the missing 48-year-old or have information that may assis
  
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• B.C.’s homeowner grant threshold set at $2.075M for 2026 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 19:51 via news.google.com
  B.C.’s homeowner grant threshold set at $2.075M for 2026  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• B.C.’s homeowner grant threshold set at $2.075M for 2026

  02-01-2026 19:49 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The provincial government says the basic homeowner grant for 2026 remains unchanged.
  The Finance Ministry announced Friday (Jan. 2) that the threshold for homeowner grants for residential properties in B.C. has been set at $2.075 million for 2026. It’s down from $2.175 million in 2025.
  Homes valued above the threshold, according to the ministry, may qualify for a partial homeowner grant, as it is gradually phased out at the rate of $5 per $1,000 of the assessed value. Homes phase out at $2
  
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• Peace Arch ‘Hands Across the Border’ memories spark quest for 1953 reconnection

  02-01-2026 18:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s been more than 70 years since Irene Morgan went with her Lynden Grade School class to Peace Arch Park to participate in Hands Across the Border.
  The annual event, for decades, drew thousands of children and youth from Canada and the U.S., to celebrate cross-border friendships, trade mementos and more, before it was cancelled in 2013 due to a lack of funding. (It made a comeback in 2015 and has been held in other years since – either in-person or online.)
  With memories of her &ld
  
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• ‘Heroes:’ owner grateful as strangers help rescue dog from water at Nanaimo’s Colliery Dam Park - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 18:52 via news.google.com
  ‘Heroes:’ owner grateful as strangers help rescue dog from water at Nanaimo’s Colliery Dam Park  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Derelict building burns down - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 18:29 via news.google.com
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• Tractor trailer crash critically injures two in Surrey, B.C. - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 18:11 via news.google.com
  Tractor trailer crash critically injures two in Surrey, B.C.  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• One man hurt after two overnight shootings in Surrey, B.C. - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 18:11 via news.google.com
  One man hurt after two overnight shootings in Surrey, B.C.  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Port of Nanaimo names new VP of Marine Operations - Chamber of Shipping

  02-01-2026 17:31 via news.google.com
  Port of Nanaimo names new VP of Marine Operations  Chamber of Shipping
  
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• Officers drive U-Haul with suspect inside to Victoria police HQ for arrest

  02-01-2026 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A man faces charges after Victoria police hauled the moving truck he was in, to their headquarters for arrest.VicPD was called to the 1100-block of Government Street Dec. 31, 2025 around 2:20 p.m. for a report someone was actively damaging contents of a U-Haul truck with a stick.Officers attempted to negotiate with the man, identified as Travis Bradley, VicPD said in a news release.
  “His behaviour continued to escalate,” the release reads. “To ensure public and officer safety,
  
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• Tree chipping fundraisers helping Nanaimo & Oceanside non-profits - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 14:40 via news.google.com
  Tree chipping fundraisers helping Nanaimo & Oceanside non-profits  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers set themselves up for second-half push - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 14:27 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo Clippers set themselves up for second-half push  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers set themselves up for second-half push

  02-01-2026 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Nanaimo Clippers battled through the first half of the BCHL season to earn the sort of results that make anything possible in the second half.
  The city’s B.C. Hockey League team reached the holiday break with a 15-12-2-0 record, good for second place in the Coastal West division. Colin Birkas, the team’s coach and general manager, said the team was playing good hockey at the midway mark.
  “The behind-the-scenes analytics stuff that we have access to would indicate we were ou
  
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 05:15 via news.google.com
  ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border

  02-01-2026 05:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Several earthquakes that struck near the Yukon-Alaska border late on New Year’s Eve are part of an ongoing series of aftershocks following one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in Canada.
  The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck on Dec. 6, 2025 was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the country since seismologists started tracking these kinds of events about 100 years ago, according to Nick Ackerley, a seismologist with the Canadian Hazards Information Service of Natural Res
  
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• New book explores Nanaimo’s unknown history - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 03:53 via news.google.com
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• New book explores Nanaimo’s unknown history

  02-01-2026 03:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  More than 100 stories about Nanaimo’s history are at the heart of T.W. Paterson’s new non-fiction book Unknown Nanaimo.
  For sale online and at Windowseat Books, the 270 pages contain numerous true anecdotes from 1853-1900, including downtown hangings and how 1884 was considered a relatively good year as only 31 people died in city mines.
  Paterson said he had to set parameters for the book, otherwise it could have been “the size of a catalogue.”
  “What is today’
  
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• A message from 93.3 The PEAK - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 03:26 via news.google.com
  A message from 93.3 The PEAK  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 01:45 via news.google.com
  Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026

  02-01-2026 01:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Greater Victoria welcomed Vancouver Island’s first newborn in the early hours of Jan. 1.
  Sahit Pratap was born at 3:48 a.m. at Victoria General Hospital, weighing three pounds, one ounce, according to a Facebook post from Island Health.In B.C., Kelowna welcomed the province’s first baby of the year. The infant, whose name and gender have not yet been released, was born at Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m., weighing six pounds, eight ounces, according to a post on X from the B.C.
  
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• Downed power line in northern Manitoba repaired, electricity being restored - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 01:22 via news.google.com
  Downed power line in northern Manitoba repaired, electricity being restored  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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