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• BC Ferries cancels multiple Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen sailings

  22-03-2026 18:08 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Several ferry sailings between Victoria and Tsawwassen have been cancelled Sunday, March 22, after a mechanical problem with a vessel’s generator, according to BC Ferries.
  Cancellations for the day include the 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. sailings from Swartz Bay, as well as the 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. departures from Tsawwassen.#ServiceNotice Due to a mechanical difficulty with the vessel’s starboard generator, additional sailings between #SwartzBay – #Tsawwassen today have be
  
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• Iain Black endorsed for Conservative leadership by Vernon MP who once held the job

  22-03-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson has endorsed Iain Black as the candidate he’d most like to see win the B.C. Conservative Party’s leadership race.
  Anderson was the leader of the Conservatives from 2017 to 2019, when the party was on the margins of B.C. politics. The party’s next leader will take over the province’s Official Opposition.
  Black previously spoke to The Morning Star during a stop at Jitter Beans Coffee House in Lumby last month, when he described
  
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• Seats available for astronomy, estate-planning in Mid Island Elder College courses

  22-03-2026 13:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Life-long learners have access to 91 courses from Mid Island Elder College’s spring curriculum.
  In a press release, the non-profit, which offers classes at locales from Duncan to Qualicum Beach, stated it is seeking students from 55 years old and up for its “practical courses,” including the “Are you ready for emergencies and disasters” and “Understanding America: The Civil War to World War One.”
  Among notable offerings are “Fall prevention and man
  
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• VIU Mariners women’s basketball team CCAA champs, men runners-up

  22-03-2026 06:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It was both a bitter and a sweet Saturday night for Vancouver Island University Mariners basketball teams, with the men losing their national championship game by a single point and the women capturing a national title.
  The VIU women were in Montreal for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball championship while the men hosted nationals – both tournaments were from Wednesday to Saturday, March 18-21.
  The women defeated the Fanshawe Falcons 72-58 in the champio
  
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• VIDEO: Best-attended, most-watched All-Native tournament wraps in B.C.

  22-03-2026 04:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The big one is done.
  More than 300 games over five days, featuring 129 teams from across the province, came to a close Friday at the finals of the 50th annual Junior All Native Tournament (JANT 2026) at Langley Events Centre.
  It was the biggest Indigenous competition of its kind in B.C., the best-attended and most-watched ever, with 2,400 fans watching at Centre Court for the highest attended championship finals day in tournament history, while online, more than 373,000 cumulative viewers tuned
  
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• Buchnevich leads visiting St. Louis Blues to 3-1 win over Canucks

  22-03-2026 02:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  Pius Suter had the other goal for the Blues (28-30-11), with Logan Mailloux adding two assists. Jordan Binnington picked up the win in goal, making 14 saves.
  Filip Hronek had the lone goal for Vancouver (21-40-8). Kevin Lankinen took the loss in net, stopping 18 shots.
  The teams battled through a low-event first period, with
  
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• No injuries after small airplane makes hard landing at B.C. airport

  22-03-2026 01:02 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Update: 5 p.m.
  There were no injuries after an airplane made an emergency landing at the Vernon Airport Saturday afternoon.
  A privately registered twin-engine plane advised that it had a mechanical issue with the aircraft’s nose landing gear around 1:30 p.m. March 21, according to City of Vernon spokesperson Jessica Hewitt.
  As a safety precaution, emergency crews were dispatched to the airport for standby.
  The aircraft had one person aboard. It landed safely at 1:48 p.m., Hewitt said.
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Minnesota Frost 3-1

  22-03-2026 00:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes’ five-game homestand ended in defeat, as the team lost to the Minnesota Frost 3-1.
  Vancouver hosted the Frost Saturday (March 21) at the Pacific Coliseum in front of a crowd of 10,366 people.
  This was Minnesota’s fifth consecutive win, and they are currently tied for first place in the league with 42 points.
  The Frost’s Natalie Buchbinder opened up the scoring in the first period on a power play. Kelly Pannek and Britta Curl-Salemme also scored. Goalten
  
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