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• Photogenic fur baby? B.C. pet parents can share pics for BC SPCA contest

  29-01-2026 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Want your fur baby to be a calendar star?
  The BC SPCA is inviting pet parents from all over the province to share their favourite photos of their pets for this year’s calendar contest, which runs from Feb. 3-21.
  Pet guardians can submit photos of their furry family members and compete for a page in the BC SPCA’s 2027 calendar, an honour won last year by Surrey’s Bella and Millie — two talkative, loyal and loving Pomeranians who were adopted from the BC SPCA.
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• Will Subject steps into Clippers captaincy role - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-01-2026 23:24 via news.google.com
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• Train carrying coal derails near Vanderhoof, spilling into Nechako River

  29-01-2026 23:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A CN Rail train derailed about 20 kilometres east of Vanderhoof on Jan. 28, with several cars landing in the Nechako River.
  Approximately 34 coal cars derailed, with an estimated 25 cars releasing their contents, according to Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR).
  “Assessments at this time indicate that no coal has entered the river directly. However, an estimated 100–200 tons of coal have accumulated on the shoreline,” stated EMCR.
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• Drug poisoning advisory issued for Port Alberni

  29-01-2026 22:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Island Health has issued a drug poisoning overdose advisory for Port Alberni.
  The advisory states that drug poisonings are increasing in the city and folks who use substances are at increased risk of overdose.
  Island Health recommends people who use substances visit the overdose prevention site at 3699 Third Avenue, get drugs checked, carry Naloxone, only use one substance at a time and avoid using alone or download LifeguardConnect at lifeguarddh.com.
  If someone does overdose, Island Health rec
  
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• North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP seek public’s help to locate missing woman

  29-01-2026 22:33 via nanaimobulletin.com
  North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Heather Garrett, who was last seen on Dec. 19, 2025.
  Garrett is a 5 foot 1, 25 year old Caucasian woman with brown hair, blue eyes and weighing approximately 115 lbs.
  Police are very concerned for Garrett’s health and well-being. Friends, and family report that it is out of character for her to be out of contact for this long. Anyone with information on Garrett’s the whereabouts is urged to contact th
  
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• Block Watch helps police nab suspects in Nanaimo break-in - Times Colonist

  29-01-2026 22:21 via news.google.com
  Block Watch helps police nab suspects in Nanaimo break-in  Times Colonist
  
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• Appeal of $5M Lower Mainland home’s assessment value backfires

  29-01-2026 22:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The owner of an 11,300 square foot south Langley home won’t have his property assessment reduced, after a panel found the property was actually worth even more than BC Assessment had estimated.
  The owner of the property, in the 1500 block of 212 Street, had appealed the $5,096,000 assessment of the property in 2025.
  Because assessments in part determine property taxes, a lower assessment can mean a significantly lower tax bill.
  The owner asked the Property Assessment Appeal Board to find t
  
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• Nanaimo break-in victim and police team up to retrieve stolen valuables - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-01-2026 21:20 via news.google.com
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• Smith won’t ‘demonize’ Albertans, as Eby points to ‘treasonous’ actions

  29-01-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby pulled no punches on Thursday, discussing the push for independence within Alberta.
  As premiers gathered in Ottawa this week, Eby said that actions from parties within Alberta seeking potential financing from the U.S. for separation may amount to treason.
  Eby referenced a report in the Financial Times that discussed the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group which has purported to have had meetings with senior U.S. officials regarding a line of credit of $500 billion (USD) if
  
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• Cowichan farm’s chickens find fame with CBC’s ‘Nature of Things’

  29-01-2026 20:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The owners of a Cowichan farm had an egg-citing film opportunity recently.
  The multi-coloured eggs at Nicole Gierc’s Hillpoint Estate Farm led to the farm having more than 15 minutes of fame with CBC’s Nature of Things and the episode Cluck! Chickens Exposed which airs on CBC and CBC Gem on Jan. 29 at 9 p.m.
  “We are really looking forward to watching the Cluck! Chickens Exposed tomorrow and seeing our farm in it’s TV debut,” said Gierc.
  Nicole was born and raised in
  
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• Notice of Disposition of Real Property by Way of Licence Disposal to the Telus Communications Inc.

  29-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 24 and 26 of the Community Charter that the City of Nanaimo proposes to enter into Licence Disposal Agreements with Telus Communications Inc. for a 63-meter-tall self-support tower located at 1151 Nanaimo Lakes Road and two 15-meter-tall streetlight monopoles, located on the east side of the intersection of Turner Road and Island Highway North.
  The key terms of the licenses include:Further information may be obtained by contacting: Real Estate Se
  
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• ARE YOU A RENTER IN NANAIMO?

  29-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Your feedback matters!
  Help shape how support is provided for tenants facing eviction when rental buildings with four or more units are redeveloped.
  Complete the Survey by Wednesday, February 18th!
  getinvolvednanaimo.ca/tenant-assistance
  Or pick up and submit a hard copy of the survey at the Service and Resource Centre (411 Dunsmuir Street) or a Community Centre (Oliver Woods, Beban Park Social Centre & Bowen Park Complex).
  
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• Essay highlights gaps in coverage of missing, murdered Indigenous men in Quesnel

  29-01-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  For Haileigh Laurent, some stories never truly leave a family. They wait quietly, carried through years of unanswered questions, resurfacing when someone finally gives them the space to be told.
  Laurent, a Nazko First Nation band member and second-year Bachelor of Arts student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, recently wrote an essay titled Forgotten Stories: Media Silence and Indigenous Representation.
  The paper examines how Indigenous men who go missing or are murdered often receive m
  
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• Sharp eye of block watch member aids in Nanaimo RCMP recovering stolen items

  29-01-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Work by a Nanaimo block watch group helped police return stolen items to their rightful owners.
  A Machleary Street homeowner, and block watch member, notified police of a break-and-enter at his garage Friday, Jan. 23, with tools and an e-bike among stolen items, a Nanaimo RCMP press release stated. The homeowner subsequently found two suspects at a nearby park, who allegedly had those and other stolen items, and police were again notified, the release noted.
  By coincidence, earlier that morning
  
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• Block watch member aids Nanaimo RCMP in recovering stolen items - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-01-2026 19:45 via news.google.com
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• Block watch member aids Nanaimo RCMP in recovering stolen items

  29-01-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Work by a Nanaimo block watch group helped police return stolen items to their rightful owners.
  A Machleary Street homeowner, and block watch member, notified police of a break-and-enter at his garage Friday, Jan. 23, with tools and an e-bike among stolen items, a Nanaimo RCMP press release stated. The homeowner subsequently found two suspects at a nearby park, who allegedly had those and other stolen items, and police were again notified, the release noted.
  By coincidence, earlier that morning
  
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• B.C. mom has ‘hope again’ after donors approved for liver transplant

  29-01-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Kelowna woman has good news in regards to her needed liver transplant.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Lyndsay Richholt shared on social media that BC Transplant has confirmed two donors have been approved and are ready to help her, while 21 back-ups are on a waitlist just in case.
  “My family and I have hope again and a strong belief this is finally happening,” shared Richholt.
  Earlier this month, Kelowna-Centre MLA Kristina Loewen said in a press release that Richholt was “entering e
  
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• Resurrected Ladysmith student newspaper one of a kind on Island - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-01-2026 19:32 via news.google.com
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• Regional District of Nanaimo thanks Mosaic for reducing Hamilton Marsh price to $28M - Parksville Qualicum News

  29-01-2026 19:30 via news.google.com
  Regional District of Nanaimo thanks Mosaic for reducing Hamilton Marsh price to $28M  Parksville Qualicum News
  
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• Resurrected Ladysmith student newspaper one of a kind on Island

  29-01-2026 19:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Ladysmith Secondary’s school newspaper may be the only one of its kind on Vancouver Island.
  Ladysmith Secondary teacher William Taylor said as far as he’s aware the resurrection of The Parallel Connection is the only school newspaper on the Island.
  “Not only is The Connection one of a kind, the group responsible for its new beginning is also one of a kind,” he said.
  Last fall a group of nine students at LSS, with prodding from Grade 12 student Peter Dustin, got together t
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Minnesota Frost 4-1 before Olympic break

  29-01-2026 17:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes lost their last game before the Olympic break on Wednesday (Jan. 28).
  The Minnesota Frost defeated Vancouver 4-1 at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, MN, in front of a crowd of 5,249.
  The Frost secured the lead early with three goals in the first period, with goals by rookie Kendall Cooper, Britta Curl-Salemme and Kelly Pannek. Curl-Salemme scored again in the third period on an empty net, while goaltender Maddie Rooney saved 31 of 32 shots on goal.
  Kendall Cooper said
  
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• BC Ferries cancels sailings between Vancouver, Nanaimo - CHEK News

  29-01-2026 17:03 via news.google.com
  BC Ferries cancels sailings between Vancouver, Nanaimo  CHEK News
  
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• Woman jailed for sexual assault - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-01-2026 16:28 via news.google.com
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• Coulson blasts City Council - NanaimoNewsNOW

  29-01-2026 16:28 via news.google.com
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• THE MOJ: Grades lacking when it comes to review of Rutherford’s Canuck contracts

  29-01-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  If you need to know why the Vancouver Canucks have been a major disappointment this season, you have to look at the foundation of the hockey club – the so-called core which ultimately defines the culture of the group.
  As a president or general manager, the key to success is finding a solid core and surrounding them with good depth pieces. You have to have the wherewithal not to envision what a player will do next year, but for several years moving forward.
  Are his physical skills in declin
  
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• City of Nanaimo explores ways to crush regulatory barriers to building social housing

  29-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Removing barriers to creating social housing in Nanaimo is on the minds of city staff and council.
  To that end, Pre-zoning for Social Housing is a project city planners have been working on to build a regulatory and bylaw framework to lower regulatory barriers to create new affordable housing that meets specific needs around tenancy, affordability for low to moderate incomes residents and health supports.
  Affordable housing, according to city documents, are housing options that are subsidized to
  
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• RDN director Manly spearheads AVICC resolution prohibiting raw log exports - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  29-01-2026 02:32 via news.google.com
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• RDN director Manly spearheads AVICC resolution prohibiting raw log exports

  29-01-2026 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Regional District of Nanaimo board will plead with fellow municipalities to pressure the B.C. and Canadian governments to prohibit raw log exports.
  At the Tuesday, Jan. 27 RDN board meeting, Paul Manly, City of Nanaimo director, proposed a resolution for the upcoming Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities conference, asking B.C. local governments to call on senior government to “ban the export of raw logs and lumber cants from B.C. to ensure that forests harvested [on]
  
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• What’s On, Jan 28

  29-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  MUSIC
  International Guitar Night featuring Caroline Planté, Itamar Erez, Jamie Dupuis and Jocelyn Gould on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Part of the Port Theatre’s Spotlight Series. Tickets online at www.porttheatre.com/spotlight.
  The New Westerners and Slim Sandy perform a creep folk, western surf and indie show on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. at the Vault Café. Admission is $10 at the door.
  Vogue Villains, Summers Brother, Posh Coat, Fish – All Ages Show takes place at The Globe Live Stu
  
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• ‘I’m grateful it’s over’: B.C.woman wins appeal over $110K B.C. tax bill

  29-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In May of 2025, Maureen Washington recieved a letter from the Ministry of Finance stating that she owed $110,076.91 in relation to the Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT). On Jan. 13, she received another letter confirming the debt had been fully cancelled following a successful appeal.
  Washington described the eight months between those two moments as a fight for her home.
  “I was relieved, but relieved in a way that’s hard to put into words,” Washington said of opening the lette
  
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• Millions spent at B.C. ostrich farm

  29-01-2026 01:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  More than $6 million was spent leading up to the killing, and the execution, of more than 300 ostriches in Edgewood last year.
  Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson sought out these figures in the House of Commons, questioning the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food on Dec. 9.
  The numbers in response to action against the Universal Ostrich Farm were provided and tabled on Monday, Jan. 26.
  “The drama significantly affected the Canadian public’s distrust of federal instituti
  
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• B.C. paramedics plan strike vote over 2-week period in February

  29-01-2026 01:37 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The union representing more than 6,000 ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers says a strike vote will begin in early February.
  The Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. said in a news release Tuesday (Jan. 27) that the union has reached an impasse and a strike vote is “imminent.”
  Union president Jason Jackson said the union met with the employer, the provincial government, in an effort to advance negotiations and avoid any disruptions to services. But Jackson said “no positive p
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers’ Charles Beland Commits to NCAA Division I University of Alaska Anchorage - Nanaimo Clippers

  29-01-2026 01:14 via news.google.com
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• ‘Borderline friendly’: B.C. Premier Eby meets with Alberta’s Smith, PM Carney

  29-01-2026 01:11 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The prime minister met with the premiers of Alberta and B.C. on Wednesday (Jan. 28) in Ottawa, with the premiers finding some “common ground” but continuing to strike different notes on their desire for a new oil pipeline from the oilsands to the west coast.
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the trio talked about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that commits to working toward a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. She and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed the agreement in Novem
  
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• ICBC dismisses Comox driver’s claim that pedestrian was at fault for accident

  29-01-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A driver who hit a pedestrian in Comox failed to convince a tribunal that “unsafe pedestrian acts” were the cause of cause a Dec. 2023 incident.Instead, ICBC found the driver “100 per cent responsible” for the collision, with the Civil Resolution Tribunal agreeing and dismissing the driver’s claim on Jan. 28.
  The driver, Robert Bradley Fairall, claimed he was “0 per cent at fault” for the accident, which occurred on Dec. 11, 2023, between 7:15 and 7:45 a
  
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• Explosive allied training hits Vancouver Island shoreline

  29-01-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  On a chill January day, off and on shore at Whirly Bay in Metchosin, Canadian Army divers work alongside German counterparts in a series of drills that date back to 1979.This marks the third consecutive year Exercise Roguish Buoy landed in Greater Victoria, with divers from across Canada, United Kingdom, Latvia, Germany and the Netherlands working together and learning from each other at the underwater demolition range off Metchosin.While the exercise is generations old, 2026 marks the first Rog
  
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• No charges approved against VicPD officer in fatal 2021 shooting

  29-01-2026 00:53 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) announced today that no charges will be laid against a VicPD officer following a five-year investigation into a fatal shooting.
  On Sept. 21, 2021, VicPD officers responded to a report of a man in distress who had allegedly committed a theft and was threatening self-harm with a knife.
  Upon arrival, officers located the man near a shopping mall. Police attempted to contain the situation while a trained crisis negotiator engaged the individual in an effort to de-es
  
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• Victoria looks to strengthen rodent control after residents raise concerns

  29-01-2026 00:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Victoria is looking at ways to address its rodent problem after several years of being named one of Canada’s rattiest cities.
  Coun. Stephen Hammond raised the issue during a committee of the whole meeting on Jan. 22, suggesting staff explore ways to implement stronger rodent control measures across the city, especially during building demolitions or major renovations.
  The motion highlights concerns from last year, when a significant number of North Park residents reported a sharp increase
  
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• Victoria Police investigating death of man found on Government Street

  29-01-2026 00:24 via nanaimobulletin.com
  First responders were called to Government Street in downtown Victoria the morning of Jan. 28, where a man was discovered dead.
  Victoria police confirmed to Victoria News that Emergency Health Services called them to the 900 block of Government Street. When officers arrived, they confirmed the death.
  Police did not confirm a cause of death, but said an investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Nanaimo man wins $150K online gaming prize - CHEK News

  29-01-2026 00:11 via news.google.com
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• 3 of Canada’s Top 100 most romantic restaurants found in Kelowna, Vernon

  29-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  This season of love around the corner, Central Okanagan residents can celebrate at some of the most romantic spots in Canada.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 28, OpenTable released its Top 100 Most Romantic restaurants for 2026. The list was compiled of over 900,000 diner reviews, ratings, and reservation demands from Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 20, 2025.
  Of the 100 restaurants across the country, with three local restaurants made the cut:Old Vines Restaurant at Quails’ Gate Winery (West Kelowna);
  Home Block
  
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