Nanaimo news

• Vancouver Island police investigating assault after man found injured in park

  11-07-2026 22:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Police are investigating an alleged assault that took place in the vicinity of Craigflower Schoolhouse and Kosapsom Park.
  The Saanich Police Department said shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday morning (July 11), they received a report of an assault in the park, near Craigflower Bridge on Admirals Road.
  “The lone adult male victim was transported to the hospital for medical assistance with non-life-threatening injuries,” said a police news release.
  “After searching Gorge park, office
  
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• Trial to start for man charged in fatal shooting at Nanaimo fast food restaurant

  11-07-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The man arrested after a fatal shooting incident at a Nanaimo fast food restaurant parking lot five years ago will stand trial later this month.
  Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when charged in 2024, will go to trial for first-degree murder beginning Monday, July 20 at B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo. The incident took place at the Wendy’s at Rock City Centre on May 20, 2021, during which a man was shot and killed.
  Jury selection will take place Saturday, July 18 and the trial is scheduled to last
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Treating census workers with respect

  11-07-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Dear Nanaimo residents,
  Please be kind to census workers, they are doing their jobs trying to prevent you from being fined for not completing your census questionnaire.
  It is a legal obligation and your civic duty to complete one. When we knock on your door or call you, we are not selling anything, we are not there to pry into your affairs nor are we collecting information for our own nefarious purposes. We are working, just as you do, and imagine if you had to endure having doors slammed in you
  
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• ‘Highlight of my summer’: Chance the Rapper wows at B.C. capital festival

  11-07-2026 18:49 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  If there was any doubt that the Phillips Backyard Festival has become Victoria’s marquee summer music event, Friday (July 10) night erased it.
  A capacity crowd of roughly 5,000 packed the backyard of Phillips Brewing Co. as the annual festival opened with one of its biggest headliners yet, three-time Grammy Award winner Chance the Rapper.
  By the time his set wrapped, fans weren’t rushing for the exits, they were standing in groups, reliving what they had just watched.
  “Wow, I m
  
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• B.C. whale watchers join forces to help tangled humpback ‘Pop Tart’

  11-07-2026 17:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action.
  Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long.
  The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has praised the collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Mammal Response Team and professional whale watchers from
  
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• Iconic Victoria cathedral bells ring for 45 minutes to mark 90th anniversary

  11-07-2026 17:23 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Residents are accustomed to the peal of bells ringing from Christ Church Cathedral on a Sunday morning.
  The tone changes Sunday (July 12) with a rare quarter peal of change ringing in honour of the 90th anniversary of the dedication of the tower bells at the Victoria church.
  A quarter peal is a specific type of performance of change ringing which meets certain exacting conditions for duration, complexity and quality, and is usually done to celebrate certain occasions of historical significance.
  
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• Survey ranks Victoria 2nd-best city in Canada

  11-07-2026 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Among the hundreds of towns and cities that pepper Canada’s forests, coastlines and prairies, Victoria has been named one of the best.
  Travel + Leisure recently released its 2026 World’s Best Award, which annually ranks the best places to stay, eat and explore in Canada and beyond, as decided by its readers.
  This year, Victoria was voted the second-best city in Canada, behind Quebec City.
  Victoria received an 83.77 score, while Quebec City took home an 86.99 ranking.
  Scores are calcu
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 11: Spain heads to semi-finals

  11-07-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Spain is heading to the semi-finals after defeating Belgium 2-1 on Friday (July 10).It is a busy day at the World Cup today (July 11), with two quarter-final matches. Norway will take on England at 2 p.m. PT in Miami, followed by Argentina vs. Switzerland at 6 p.m. PT in Kansas City.
  QUARTER-FINALS
  Friday, July 10:
  Spain vs. Belgium at 12 p.m. in Los Angeles
  Saturday, July 11
  Norway vs. England at 5 p.m. in Mi
  
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• Impasses slowing treaty process in Cowichan: chief negotiator

  11-07-2026 14:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Deal weariness: unresolved tension or endlessly protracted negotiations cause parties to feel helpless, exhausted, and deeply fed up.
  Feeling undervalued: prolonged negotiations, especially when trying to secure fair value, often result in ongoing resentment.
  But even after 26 years of negotiationg, Robert Morales is in it for the long game. As the chief negotiator, and a lawyer, for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, he is representing five area indigenous nations in their efforts for A
  
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• COLUMN: Nanaimo faces challenges as city grows

  11-07-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  It should come as no big surprise that the population of Nanaimo has ballooned to 112,600 people as of last year, and is projected to grow to approximately 121,941 by 2030.
  Nanaimo’s economic development officer Amrit Manhas recently revealed those numbers as part of the city’s annual state of the economy report for 2025.
  When I first moved to the city in 1996, the population was just a little over 70,000, so now we have an additional 42,600 people living here since then, which is qu
  
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• Iconic Parksville sand sculpting competition now underway

  11-07-2026 03:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The annual Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition is now underway.
  This year, there are 30 sand sculptors from all over the world vying for top honours in one of Parksville’s most cherished summer events. They had started laying the foundation of their art pieces on Thursday and will have until Sunday, July 12, at 2 p.m. to finish carving their creations that will be based on this year’s “Beauties and Beasts” theme.
  Prior to opening the gates to the public, a ribbon-cut
  
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• New involuntary care facilities to be opened in Surrey and Prince George

  11-07-2026 00:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. government is creating two new secure facilities to involuntarily hold and treat people with combined mental health and addiction diagnoses, one in Surrey and another in Prince George.
  Premier David Eby announced the plans on Friday, July 10, at the site of the new facility in Prince George. Both units will be located in already-existing structures to save costs.
  The Prince George centre, previously announced without site details, will be located on Gunn Road in a renovated youth correc
  
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• B.C.’s jobless rate stable, but some age groups and areas still having hard time

  11-07-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada for June show slightly increased hiring in B.C. overall, but also reveal major remaining demographic and regional disparities, including stubbornly high youth unemployment and rising joblessness in the Interior.
  “People are maybe tired of hearing about tariffs, but they have an impact,” said Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s jobs minister. “They have an impact directly, but also it creates uncertainty, which is a real challenge.”
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