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• Tumbler Ridge claims B.C. title in Kraft Hockeyville 2026 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 23:39 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo RCMP seek public’s help locating man wanted on assault charges - CHEK News

  17-03-2026 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Not a traditional ballet: Ballet Kelowna performing in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 23:29 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford streamer nominated for national content creator award - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 23:19 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford streamer nominated for national content creator award

  17-03-2026 23:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  For the first time ever, Canadian content creators are being celebrated with their own award show, and an Abbotsford streamer is among the list of finalists for the March 26 ceremony.
  Josh, who is better known by his online persona Jozzoh, has been regularly streaming video game content from his Abbotsford home since the beginning of 2025.
  Since then, he’s cultivated an audience of more than 185,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube. @jozzoh12 Being chased i
  
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• Ted Forbister - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 23:14 via news.google.com
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• More rain, high streamflows in the forecast for coastal B.C. until Friday

  17-03-2026 23:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  River Forecast Centre is continuing to update its high streamflow advisories and flood watches throughout coastal B.C., and part of the Interior.
  The majority of coastal B.C. remains under a high streamflow advisory, along with the Upper Fraser region, while the central coast is under a flood watch.
  A news release from the Water Ministry warned coastal B.C. is experiencing a “prolonged series of rain events, leading to high streamflows and flood watches.” Additional rain is in the fo
  
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• Not a traditional ballet: Ballet Kelowna performing in Nanaimo

  17-03-2026 22:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Contemporary ballet is returning to Nanaimo with Vividus: Full of Life performed by Ballet Kelowna.
  Vividus: Full of Life takes place on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Port Theatre.
  Simone Orlando, Ballet Kelowna CEO and artistic director, told the News Bulletin it isn’t traditional ballet, and audiences won’t be seeing any tutus, tiaras or tights.
  “The context is more around contemporary life or issues or challenges faced by contemporary society,” she said.
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• Tumbler Ridge claims B.C. title in Kraft Hockeyville 2026

  17-03-2026 22:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A surprise nomination from over 1,000 kilometres away has propelled Tumbler Ridge to the national stage of Kraft Hockeyville 2026.
  The small municipality in northeastern B.C. was named a finalist in the annual community competition and will receive $50,000 for upgrades to the Tumbler Ridge Community Centre Arena, as well as an additional $10,000 for hockey equipment.
  Representing B.C., the community will now go head-to-head against each provincial and territorial winner across Canada for the gra
  
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• Haines Junction arena wins $50,000 from Kraft Hockeyville - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 22:34 via news.google.com
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• UBC study shows artificial turf fields pose lethal chemical threat to coho salmon

  17-03-2026 22:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that artificial turf fields in Metro Vancouver — installed at many area schools and parks — are leaching a chemical lethal to coho salmon into municipal stormwater systems.
  And the study finds that the contamination from 6PPD-quinone, a chemical known to kill salmon, persists long after the fields are installed.
  Researchers traced this chemical to crumb rubber infill made from recycled tires, which is
  
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• Convicted Summerland sex offender faces new charges in Abbotsford - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 21:58 via news.google.com
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• Convicted Summerland sex offender faces new charges in Abbotsford

  17-03-2026 21:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A former Summerland lifeguard who was previously sentenced to six years in jail for preying on young boys has now been charged in Abbotsford.
  Court records indicate that Edward Casavant, 61, whose nickname is “Eddy Spaghetti,” has been charged with six offences – one count each of possessing, accessing and distributing child sex-abuse material; making or publishing child sex-abuse material; making sexually explicit material available to someone under the age of 18; and failing
  
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• B.C. Conservative leader candidate touring province - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 21:39 via news.google.com
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• B.C. Conservative leader candidate touring province

  17-03-2026 21:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Another provincial Conservative leader hopeful is making the rounds.
  Caroline Elliott says our province is headed in the wrong direction, and that’s why she is running.
  Our province is headed in the wrong direction.
  “The cost of living is driving our best and brightest young people to look for opportunity elsewhere,” she said. “Our health care system is in shambles and the NDP has put the rights of violent criminals over the rights of citizens to feel safe in their own st
  
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• Ted Forbister

  17-03-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at First Memorial Funeral Services 1720 Bowen Road, Nanaimo BC at 2:00 PM.
  
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• Longest ballot protest group returns, targets byelection in Terrebonne - NanaimoNewsNOW

  17-03-2026 21:26 via news.google.com
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• New Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Valley Hospital on schedule to open in 2027

  17-03-2026 21:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Architects at the new Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Valley Hospital have walked the approximately 10,000 steps it takes to tour every one of the 3,250 rooms in the facility many times to identify potential cost savings and troubleshoot.
  Melinda Lobo is a senior associate at Parkin Architects, the lead architectural firm for the new approximately $1.5-billion medical facility that is under construction on Bell McKinnon Road.
  She said an architect walks every room in the hospital at least once a week
  
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• Snuneymuxw First Nation takes full ownership of Nanaimo Marriott hotel - CHEK News

  17-03-2026 20:49 via news.google.com
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• Thomas Young Francis - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 20:39 via news.google.com
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• City of Nanaimo Announces Call to Artists for Luminous Paths 2027 - The City of Nanaimo

  17-03-2026 20:37 via news.google.com
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• Come on down for ‘The Price is Right LIVE’ in 2 B.C. cities this spring

  17-03-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  An interactive, non-televised, live version of an iconic game show is coming to venues in Vancouver and Kamloops in April.
  A Canadian tour for “The Price is Right LIVE” starts April 1 at Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, stops at Sandman Centre in Kamloops the next night, then continues east for three weeks, ending in Ontario.
  “The games, energy and prizes are similar to what you see on TV,” says a post on the tour website.
  Many guests come dressed in fun, colourful outfits o
  
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• Robert Atkinson “Bob” McDonald - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 20:09 via news.google.com
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• Mervin Wesley MacDonald - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 20:09 via news.google.com
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• B.C. hires more than U.S. 400 health-care workers after $5M ad campaign

  17-03-2026 19:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The B.C. government has recruited 414 health professionals since announcing a $5-million ad campaign last June targeting U.S. West Coast states.
  This includes 260 nurses, 89 doctors, 42 nurse practitioners and 23 allied health professionals, according to an update from Health Minister Josie Osborne on Tuesday, March 17.
  “They’re strengthening health-care teams here, they’re helping communities across our province access the care that people need, and it is just the beginning,&r
  
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• VIDEO: B.C.’s biggest Indigenous basketball tournament is under way in Langley

  17-03-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Teams from six different age groups took to the court on Monday, as the 50th Junior All-Native Tournament (JANT) got underway in Langley.
  112 teams from across B.C. were competing at various venues, including Langley Events Centre, R.E. Mountain Secondary, Walnut Grove Secondary, Langley Secondary, H.D. Stafford Middle School, Peter Ewart Middle School and Yorkson Creek Middle School.
  Hosted in partnership with Kwantlen First Nation, JANT is the largest Indigenous youth sports gathering in B.C.
  
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• Robert Atkinson “Bob” McDonald

  17-03-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  December 4, 1933 – March 1, 2026
  Robert Atkinson “Bob” McDonald passed away peacefully on March 1, 2026, at the age of 92 at Nanaimo Seniors Village, where he spent his final year.
  Bob was born December 4, 1933, in Melfort, Saskatchewan. He dedicated 33½ years of service to the Royal Canadian Air Force, retiring with the rank of Master Warrant Officer. His career took him across Canada and overseas, beginning in Vancouver with postings to England and France before return
  
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• Mervin Wesley MacDonald

  17-03-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  August 20, 1934 – January 22, 2026
  With extreme sadness we say good – life to Mervin Wesley MacDonald He will be remembered as a loving dad to his children and his sister, also known as Poppa to his grandchildren.
  A caring loving husband for 51 years to wife Carolyn. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and camping. Best of all he looked forward to dancing with his wife at the Cassidy Inn and being with friends.
  He will greatly be missed and forever in our hearts.
  A Celebration of Life to be
  
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• Gregory William Blundell

  17-03-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In Loving Memory ~
  October 1, 1935 – February 23, 2026
  Greg was a real Cockney, born at home under the Bow bells in London, England. An only child, he grew up during the blitz, narrowly avoiding death when his house was bombed which was a major traumatic experience for him. Since then, he regarded every day as a blessing.
  A top student in his classes at Leyton Boy’s School, he might have gone to university, but instead he had to complete his home service, serving in Egypt and Cyprus.
  
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• Unhoused numbers in Cowichan surging; more expected during FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver

  17-03-2026 19:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The unhoused population in the Cowichan region is surging, and it’s expected to continue to increase through the summer.
  John Horn, North Cowichan’s director of social planning and protective services, told council at its meeting on March 4 that a recent count by local officials found the number of unhoused people to be up to 428, with 290 of them without any kind of shelter.
  He said he expects the number to increase as the warmer months approach.
  “It happens every summer in ev
  
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• Snuneymuxw First Nation acquires full ownership of Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 19:04 via news.google.com
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• Snuneymuxw First Nation acquires full ownership of Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo

  17-03-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A major downtown hotel is now fully owned by Snuneymuxw First Nation.
  Snuneymuxw First Nation announced in a press release Tuesday, March 17, that Petroglyph Development Corporation (PDG), which is wholly owned by the First Nation, has acquired 100 per cent ownership of the Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo hotel, located on Gordon Street.
  The hotel, which currently employs 48 people, was previously owned through a partnership with Utah-based PEG Companies and now joins PDG’s growing hospitali
  
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• Israel seeking ‘significant change’ to how Canada tackles antisemitism - NanaimoNewsNOW

  17-03-2026 18:31 via news.google.com
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• Controversial Island ‘rollercoaster’ slide returns with ‘safety retrofits’ - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 18:04 via news.google.com
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• SFN takes full control of Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo hotel - NanaimoNewsNOW

  17-03-2026 18:01 via news.google.com
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• Controversial Island ‘rollercoaster’ slide returns with ‘safety retrofits’

  17-03-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  There has been an unexpected twist in the tale of Colwood’s controversial “rollercoaster” slide – it’s back.
  Believed to be responsible for broken limbs and many minor injuries, the metal spiral tube slide attached to Quarry Park’s three-level castle was removed last summer by the City of Colwood and Path Developments.
  Following its removal, the city and developer said it was working with the playground provider to determine the next steps. A new piece of play
  
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• Saanich powerlifter sets sights on world championships - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 17:54 via news.google.com
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• Saanich powerlifter sets sights on world championships

  17-03-2026 17:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A sleepless trip across the country didn’t slow down Tate Commandeur.
  The 19-year-old Camosun College student defended his national title at the Canadian Junior Powerlifting Championships in St. John’s, Nfld., winning the 105-kilogram weight class for the second straight year.
  Commandeur lifted a combined 820 kilograms, or 1,808 pounds, while setting four new personal records in the process.
  Getting to the competition, however, was far from smooth.
  Commandeur said travel delays due t
  
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• Council meeting becomes unruly - NanaimoNewsNOW

  17-03-2026 17:16 via news.google.com
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• Royals to host Memorial Cup champion Knights in Victoria pre-season clash

  17-03-2026 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Canadian Hockey League’s gold standard is coming to Victoria.
  The reigning Memorial Cup champion London Knights will make a rare trip west this fall, meeting the Victoria Royals in a two-game pre-season showcase. Dubbed the “Clash of the Kingdoms,” the series will be played Sept. 4 at 7:05 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
  The matchup will mark the first time a WHL club has hosted an OHL team outside of the Memorial Cup tournament – an u
  
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• Creative purple martin nesting boxes return to Saanich Peninsula shores - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 15:34 via news.google.com
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• Creative purple martin nesting boxes return to Saanich Peninsula shores

  17-03-2026 15:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Spring renovations are complete and the boxes are back and ready for purple martins to move in on Tod Inlet.
  The variability of late winter weather calmed just long enough for a perfect day to reinstall the rejuvenated boxes on March 14, according to John Creviston.Traditionally, the largest swallow in North America – the purple martin – nests in a colony in groups of standing snags – brush killed by flood or fire – along the shore. Those became in short supply, frequentl
  
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• Mavis Robins (nee Thackray) - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 14:34 via news.google.com
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• Beatrice Gulewich (Nee Martini) - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 14:34 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Island men facing early-onset dementia pivot to maintain active lives

  17-03-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Entering early retirement in the face of a dementia diagnosis can be daunting at the best of times.Team Pivot fills that void for folks in Victoria who want to stay active while dealing with the effects of their condition.
  It’s a program that almost developed itself, said facilitator Debra Sheets, a professor emerita with the UVic School of Nursing, who already leads busy and successful Memory Cafe programs.While mental and physical aspects are often addressed, social needs are skipped for
  
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• Mavis Robins (nee Thackray)

  17-03-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In loving memory of Mavis Robins (nee Thackray) who passed away peacefully on March 8th, 2026, in her residence in Beaconsfield, Quebec.
  Mavis was born April 5th, 1939, in Brawby, England, to parents Thomas and Ethel Thackray. She was the second in her family to attend university (after her brother, Ivan). While at Liverpool University, Mavis met her husband, the late Geoffrey Robins. They were blessed with three children: Simon (Isabelle), Duncan (Darcy), and Kenna (Marc) and eight grandchildre
  
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• Dean Dewan Shahi

  17-03-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In Loving Memory ~
  April 25, 1975 – March 22, 2024Two years have passed and your presence is so missed. Not a single day goes by without thinking of you.
  Your love lives in our thoughts, our memories and our prayers.
  You will be forever in our hearts,
  We miss you so much, Deano.
  Love – Mom, Dad and Shawn
  
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• Bob Hill

  17-03-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Ode to Bob Hill
  Bob passed away suddenly.
  He was an upstanding gentleman. He was our tenant for many years. He was honest and gave his very best. Bob will be missed by a lot of people who will be lost on the dark nights for a ride home or to reach a place in need.
  He and his cab will not be parked waiting to help.
  His greatest wish was to have a little puppy. I’m sure God will have one waiting at the gates.
  
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• Beatrice Gulewich (Nee Martini)

  17-03-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Your Mother is always with you. She’s the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street.
  She’s the smell of certain foods you remember, flowers you pick and perfume she wore.
  She’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not feeling well.
  She’s your breath in the air on a cold winter’s day, the sound of the rain that lulls you to sleep, the colors of the rainbow.
  She is Christmas morning. Your Mother lives inside your laughter and she is crystallized in eve
  
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• Forest minister sees hope for forestry through industry and trade diversification - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  17-03-2026 13:34 via news.google.com
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