Nanaimo news

• How are ticket prices looking in Vancouver on FIFA World Cup Eve?

  13-06-2026 08:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  ‘Twas the night before FIFA World Cup and all through B.C., ticket prices were higher than a Douglas fir tree.
  Abbotsford grass has been installed inside BC Place with care, with hopes that Messi or Mbappe could be there.
  History will be made when Australia and Turkey square off at BC Place on Saturday (June 13) for the first-ever men’s World Cup game in Vancouver.
  That same history will likely extend to the box office, with the most astronomical get-in prices in provincial sports hi
  
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• A world-class Tudor treasure: B.C. hotel reigns as Canada’s best

  13-06-2026 02:02 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Another hotel in Greater Victoria is making headlines after entering a world ranking. Abigail’s Hotel in Victoria has been named Canada’s best hotel and the seventh best in the world by TripAdvisor.
  It was recognized as the best hotel in Canada for the second year in a row, and is the only Canadian hotel to be included in the global ranking list.
  Abigail’s Hotel, located at 906 McClure Street, is a 30-room, adult-only boutique property that has been operating since the 1930s.
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• B.C. seeks national rules to rein in gambling advertising

  13-06-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A new study commissioned by the B.C. government’s gambling regulator suggests that nearly one-fifth of British Columbians engaged in moderate- to high-risk gambling behaviour in the past year.
  In response, B.C. is calling on the federal government to create a national framework of advertising controls to tackle the “normalization” of gambling, particularly among youth.
  Nina Krieger, B.C.’s Solicitor General and Public Safety minister, wrote to her federal counterparts on
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley Bosnians catch World Cup fever

  13-06-2026 01:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  There were fewer than 200 people watching from the Columbia Valley Community Centre as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Canada had their opening FIFA World Cup match on Friday (June 12), but the vigorous cheers made it seem like as many as a thousand.
  Bosnians from all over the Lower Mainland had travelled out to Lindell Beach to join the watch party being hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cultural Center.
  When Jovo Lukic scored the opening goal for Bosnia-Herzegovina in the first half, the community ce
  
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• PHOTOS: Hundreds gather in Victoria as Canada earns historic World Cup point

  13-06-2026 01:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  For a few deafening seconds, Market Square disappeared beneath a wall of noise.
  Hundreds of fans erupted when Cyle Larin’s late equalizer hit the back of the net on Friday (June 12) afternoon, turning downtown Victoria into a celebration as Canada earned its first men’s World Cup point in history.
  The watch party was centred around a 20-by-12-foot screen, marking the opening event of the Downtown Victoria Business Association’s (DVBA) Summer of Soccer series, which will feature
  
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• Former Langley Mountie convicted of assault should be jailed for three months: Crown

  13-06-2026 01:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  LANGLEY ADVANCE TIMES – Crown prosecutors say a former Langley Mountie should serve three months behind bars for assault, while his defence lawyers argued for a suspended sentence with no jail time.
  Former staff sergeant Damian Volk was in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Friday, June 12 for a sentencing hearing on a single charge of assault.
  The assault took place in the summer of 2020 when a man named Dalibor Kuzmanovic, who has since died, was being booked into the holding cells
  
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• Okanagan world champion martial artist home for a rest

  13-06-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The heart of a champion is rarely satisfied.
  There is a yearning, a hunger, to always improve and do better.
  Lillian Marchand has that heart.
  The 19-year-old Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) member from Vernon won her first International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation world championship as a black belt, taking the 69 kilogram class at the recent Gi (the robe worn by athletes) World Championships May 28 to 31 in Long Beach, Cal.
  While she’s happy and grateful to be crowned a world champion, it&r
  
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• Nanaimo dragon boat team captures gold at regatta in Alberni Valley

  13-06-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Dragon Slayers mixed team from Nanaimo captured gold in a dragon boat competition last weekend.
  The team was the top team overall at the 2026 West Coast Dragon Boat Society Dragon Boating Regatta on Sunday, June 7, near Port Alberni and were up against 17 other teams from across Vancouver Island.
  The Dragon Slayers had a total time of 3:59.02 and won despite windy conditions.
  Panda from Nanaimo was the top women’s team with a total time of 4:11.13
  
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• Charges upgraded in Vancouver vehicle-ramming incident that left 1 dead: police

  13-06-2026 01:29 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Vancouver police say the accused in a May vehicle-ramming incident in the West End has had his charges upgraded after one of the victims died.
  Tadd Bali, 34, is not facing one count each of second-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, a news release from the Vancouver Police Department said on Friday (June 12).
  Bali remains in custody. Police have said he has had “extensive interactions” with police in
  
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• Courts strike down challenge against City of Victoria park sheltering ban

  13-06-2026 00:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner said she was disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision, upholding the City of Victoria’s authority to make bylaws that that restrict people from sheltering in city parks.
  In October 2024, Krystle Fox, Kimberly Scheu and Shea Smith filed a petition to the Supreme Court of B.C., saying the City of Victoria’s decision to ban overnight sheltering at Victoria West Park and Irving Park was “unreasonable” and failed to proportion
  
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• World Cup, heat wave could lead to record-setting electricity usage: BC Hydro

  13-06-2026 00:19 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  With a heat wave in the forecast coinciding with an influx of tourists amid World Cup could lead to record-breaking spring electricity usage.
  BC Hydro said Friday (June 12) that a heat wave was beginning Friday and would peak Sunday and Monday, with electricity levels expected to be the highest on Monday. Peak loads are forecast to be up to 8,500 megawatts.
  A summer record of 8,652 megawatts was set in August 2025.
  BC Hydro says that air conditioning use and large gatherings will both contribute
  
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• Celebrated jazz saxophonist and his band coming to Nanaimo

  13-06-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A celebrated jazz saxophonist and his band are coming up to Nanaimo.
  The Ryan Oliver Quartet will be coming to Nanaimo on Sunday, June 14 to perform at the Simonholt Restaurant at 7:30 p.m. The quartet consists of Ryan Oliver, who plays tenor saxophone, as well as Tony Genge, who plays organ, Ken Lister, who plays bass, and Joe Poole, on drums.
  Throughout the concert, the quartet will be playing songs from Oliver’s soon to be released album Tunes People Like, and a news release says to exp
  
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