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• Vancouver Island Military Museum marks 40 years honouring military history

  22-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A long-standing Nanaimo institution that focuses on military history is celebrating some history of its own.
  Vancouver Island Military Museum (VIMM) celebrated its 40th anniversary Tuesday, Jan. 20, and in its 40 years has become one of B.C.’s most significant military history institutions with dozens of displays and thousands of artifacts and memorabilia portraying Canada’s role in wars and peacekeeping missions dating from the War of 1812 to Operation Reassurance in Latvia where 2,
  
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• How desensitization and counter-conditioning help your dog feel safe

  22-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  If you live with a reactive dog, you’ve probably heard the terms desensitization and counter-conditioning. They can sound technical, but at their core, these methods are about helping your dog feel safer in a world that currently feels overwhelming.
  They don’t rely on force, corrections, or “making your dog behave.” Instead, they work by changing how your dog feels about their triggers—and that’s why they’re so effective.
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• Grey Cup champ and former Canadian school teacher dies at 85

  22-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Mike Scheller has built Vernon’s Clarence Fulton Secondary School’s football program into one of the most respected in the province over the past couple of decades.
  The roots of the program come from lessons instilled in Scheller by a former minor football coach and teacher at what was then known as Fulton Junior Secondary School, a man named Jim Furlong, who died Jan. 8 in Calgary at the age of 85.
  Furlong spent 13 seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders
  
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• Canucks end 11-game winless skid, beat Washington Capitals 4-3

  22-01-2026 06:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The skid is over.
  After a franchise-record 11 straight losses, the Vancouver Canucks hung on for a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals in NHL action Wednesday at Rogers Arena.
  Brock Boeser, Evander Kane, Drew O’Connor and Filip Hronek scored for Vancouver (17-28-5), with David Kampf and Jake DeBrusk each adding two assists. Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves to pick up the win in goal.
  Dylan Strome (2) and Justin Sourdif replied for Washington (24-21-6), while John Carlson had a pair of helpers
  
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• ‘Watch you die’: Fernie man charged after threatening RCMP, exposing himself

  22-01-2026 06:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Fernie man has been criminally charged after an altercation with Elk Valley RCMP.
  Scott Bell was charged on Jan. 16 for mischief, obstruction, and uttering threats to a police officer; and assaulting a police officer, stemming from a reported incident the day before.
  Bell got into an altercation with police on Jan. 15, at a home in the 1100 block of 1 Ave. in Fernie. Elk Valley RCMP had been called to assist a resident in removing their belongings from Bell’s house, after they had a disa
  
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• Ultra superstar dictates poignant post to B.C. supporters

  22-01-2026 05:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Through her support team, Shanda Hill has dictated a poignant social media post about what the sport of ultra triathlon means to her.
  Hill, from Vernon, stepped away from the sport late in 2025, mid-competition at an event in Taiwan, as her body told her it was time.
  In 2025, she became the first woman in history to lead the overall International Ultra Triathlon Association’s (IUTA) points standings. While men and women are officially scored in separate categories and awarded separate titl
  
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• Athletes, coach from southern Interior among finalists for Sport BC awards

  22-01-2026 03:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Three athletes and a coach from Vernon, Kelowna, Salmon Arm, and Revelstoke are finalists for the 58th annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards.
  The honours will be announced Thursday, March 5, in Vancouver.
  The event recognizes the province’s best in amateur sport including athletes, coaches, teams, and officials for outstanding performances in their sport in the 2025 season.
  Each finalist was nominated by their provincial or multi-sport organization and the selection committee, led by
  
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• Dam regulations, not magic, trigger falling water levels at Nanaimo’s Witchcraft Lake

  22-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Falling water levels are revealing more shoreline and stumps of felled trees at Witchcraft Lake.
  But the lake, located on Benson View Road in Nanaimo’s Jingle Pot area, hasn’t fallen victim to drought or other natural causes. The lower water levels are the result of a provincial order to clear debris from the lake’s outlet, which at one time was a timber crib dam, to lower the risk of possible flooding.
  Witchcraft Lake was the result of a dam that was built in the 1930s by a pr
  
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• ‘Incredibly common’: woman’s story points out delays in B.C. cancer diagnostics

  22-01-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Less than two weeks after getting a hysterectomy last May, Sara Gillooly was back in the hospital with bleeding and a new complaint: she had a large lump in her breast.
  She was immediately sent to get a mammogram and scheduled for an ultrasound and biopsy. Things moved slowly, and she got the ultrasound a few weeks later.
  “During my ultrasound, I looked at the screen, which I probably shouldn’t have done because I could see the network of veins coming to the tumour,” she said.
  
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• WOODGROVE AREA PLAN: Help Shape the Future of Woodgrove

  22-01-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  We want to hear from you on policies, actions and monitoring framework proposed for the Woodgrove Urban
  Centre. Provide your feedback by visiting the link below, or by visiting one of the following locations to pick up a hard copy of the survey:
  1. Vancouver Island Regional Library | Nanaimo North
  Address: 6250 Hammond Bay Rd
  2. Oliver Woods Community Centre
  Address: 6000 Oliver Rd
  3. Service & Resource Centre
  Address: 411 Dunsmuir St
  Survey closes Sunday, January 25th
  getinvolvednanaimo.ca/
  
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• B.C. Mountie cleared in conduct hearing of threatening woman

  22-01-2026 00:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Surrey RCMP officer has been cleared in a conduct investigation that began after he allegedly threatened his girlfriend, when his wife unexpectedly turned up while they were together.
  In a decision dated to Aug. 8, 2025, the RCMP conduct board found that allegations of dangerous operation of a vehicle and threats had not been proven against the serving constable.
  Although the conduct board found the allegations unsubstantiated, the ruling acknowledged that they came out of an affair the consta
  
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• What’s On, Jan 21

  22-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  MUSIC
  Victoria Symphony presents The Planets – Symphony in Space, Jan. 23 at the Port Theatre. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.porttheatre.com.
  Hans Verhoeven Quartet with Mike Allen on Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. at the Vault Café. Admission $15 at the door.
  Mr. Pinkus, Summer Babe, and Mania perform a krautrock, indie scuzz, improv show on Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. at the Vault Café. Admission is $15 or pay what you can at the door.
  The New Westerners and Slim Sandy perform a creep fol
  
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