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• Maffeo Sutton Park backdrop for championship bathtub race in Nanaimo 

  21-07-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Maffeo Sutton Park will be a hub of activity for bathtub race weekend in Nanaimo.
  The 59th Great International World Championship Bathtub Race takes place Sunday, July 26 beginning at 11 a.m. at the waters off Maffeo Sutton Park, the heart of all the action. Competitors will traverse the 58-kilometre race course, which goes through Gallows Point, Entrance Island, around Winchelsea Island and back to Maffeo Sutton.
  Greg Peacock, Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society commodore, said the course remains the
  
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• Heat warning expands to much of Vancouver Island

  21-07-2026 14:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  An expanded heat warning includes much of Vancouver Island, where shoreline breezes won’t help with the cooling.
  Elevated temperatures are expected now through Wednesday (July 22), Environment Canada predicts.The warning stretches from southern Vancouver Island, up the Island and across to the North Coast including Terrace and Kitimat, inland sections such as Bella Coola and the Sunshine Coast.
  Initially covering less area of the province when issued Monday, the yellow, or mid confidence,
  
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• Show some restraint: Don’t let pets roam free in cars

  21-07-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Why do dogs like to stick their heads out of the window of a moving car?*
  Whatever the reason, a recent ICBC survey found that 14 per cent of drivers said they don’t restrain their pet while it’s in the car because they want it to be able to stick its head out the window. The same survey showed that of the British Columbians who said they’d travelled with a pet in their car over the past year, nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) admitted to not always using restraints.
  Among driver
  
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• Evacuation orders issued for Pear Lake fire near Clinton

  21-07-2026 03:04 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Two regional districts have issued evacuation orders in response to the Pear Lake wildfire, burning approximately 20 kilometres southwest of Clinton in the B.C. Interior.
  On Monday, July 20 the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) issued an evacuation order for the Downing Provincial Park day use and campground areas.
  The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has issued an evacuation order for properties between 100 and 400 Pear Lake Road, as well as for properties between 650 and 980 P
  
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• Nanaimo Silly Boat Regatta commemorates 40th anniversary

  21-07-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Nanaimo Silly Boat Regatta celebrated its 40th anniversary, with teams using boats consisting of various recycled materials, and then hitting the water on it.
  The regatta serves as the largest fundraiser for the Nanaimo Child Development Centre.
  “It basically is a family friendly event that has got some fun fundraising going on, and we encourage teams to come and build boats out of recycled materials, and then race them in the harbour against each other, and then we have a whole park f
  
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• Province, BC Hydro to build 100 MW battery storage facility in Cowichan Valley

  21-07-2026 01:41 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The province and BC Hydro will be building a 100 megawatt battery storage project in North Cowichan, officials announced on Monday, July 20.
  The project will be the first of its kind in the province. The purpose of the utility-scale battery energy storage project is to strengthen reliability and prepare for the growing electricity demand in the region as the island continues to experience population growth, housing development, economic investment and increasing electrification.
  “This firs
  
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• VIDEO: ‘No nurse wants to be out here’: BCNU rallies outside Kelowna hospital

  21-07-2026 01:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Cheers, car horns and cowbells filled the air outside Kelowna General Hospital the afternoon of July 20.Nurses and supporters rallied at 2 p.m. at the corner of Pandosy Street and Rose Avenue holding up signs, waving to cars, and cheering with every honk to prove that they aren’t backing down.“I think it’s important to know that no nurse wants to be out here,” said BCNU President Adriane Gear. “Nurses didn’t sign up because they wanted to be on rallies or have
  
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• Arrest made year after fatal Okanagan Granfondo crash

  21-07-2026 01:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  One year and a week after a crash during the Okanagan Granfondo killed an athlete and hospitalized two others, one man has been arrested and charged.
  The charges were approved by the BC Prosecution Service, and on Monday, July 20, Jonathan Crant was arrested. He now faces one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
  “This has been a complex investigation requiring significant investigative ef
  
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• Trump says 50% tariffs coming to some Canadian products

  21-07-2026 01:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump is again threatening tariffs against Canada.
  Trump signed three proclamations, according to the White House on Monday (July 20), that would impose additional 50-per-cent tariffs on certain Canadian goods “in response to Canada’s discriminatory treatment of American products.” The latest tariffs fall under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and include products ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement.
  The tariffs are set to take effect 30 days
  
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• Effort to recall B.C. MLA Dallas Brodie falls short

  21-07-2026 01:09 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The petition to recall Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie, leader of the OneBC Party, has failed to gather the necessary number of signatures by a wide margin.
  For a petition to be successful, registered canvassers must collect signatures from 40 per cent or more of the 15,232 people who were eligible to vote in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding on Oct. 19, 2024.
  Petitioners managed to gather just 3,663 signatures.
  The recall effort was organized by riding resident Dorothy Cumming, who submitted
  
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• B.C. MLA Dallas Brodie recall petition falls far short

  21-07-2026 01:09 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The petition to recall Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie, leader of the OneBC Party, has failed to gather the necessary number of signatures by a wide margin.
  For a petition to be successful, registered canvassers must collect signatures from 40 per cent or more of the 15,232 people who were eligible to vote in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding on Oct. 19, 2024.
  The campaign to recall Brodie managed to gather just 3,663 signatures in a recall effort organized by riding resident Dorothy Cumming.
  
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• Crown contends Campbell shot, killed man at Nanaimo Wendy’s as trial starts

  21-07-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A gun and phones were collected by police when accomplices failed to dispose of evidence after Yasin Khan was killed in Nanaimo four years ago, prosecutors are theorizing.
  Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when charged with the first-degree murder in 2024, was arrested in relation to the incident and his trial began Monday, July 20 at B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo, with Justice Douglas Thompson presiding.
  Prior to the start, Campbell pleaded not guilty, and Nick Barber and Gregory Furmaniuk, co-Crown c
  
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• Former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Mike Bernier to lead CentreBC party

  21-07-2026 00:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Mike Bernier is the new leader of the CentreBC party.
  Bernier was a member of the B.C. legislature for 11 years as a member of the Liberal party, through its rebrand to B.C. United in 2023. He is also the former mayor of Dawson Creek and spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry.
  Founding CentreBC leader Karin Kirkpatrick stepped down in June, triggering a search by the party’s executive council.
  Bernier hasn’t been a member of a party si
  
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• Former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Mike Bernier to lead CenterBC party

  21-07-2026 00:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Mike Bernier is the new leader of the CentreBC party.
  Bernier was a member of the B.C. legislature for 11 years as a member of the Liberal party, through its rebrand to B.C. United in 2023. He is also the former mayor of Dawson Creek and spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry.
  Founding CentreBC leader Karin Kirkpatrick stepped down in June, triggering a search by the party’s executive council.
  Bernier hasn’t been a member of a party si
  
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