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• Redevelopment of Nanaimo’s Loudon Park hits milestone

  19-10-2026 23:25 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The redevelopment of Loudon Park has hit a milestone with the design work for the park’s new community building largely complete.
  A press release from the City of Nanaimo states that the building’s final design reflects the extensive planning, technical review, and community engagement undertaken throughout the design-development process.
  The building has been designed to provide a balance of community amenities and spaces that support flat-water training, while ensuring the broader
  
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• VIDEO: BC Conservative leader promises support for forest industry during Lower Mainland campaign announcement

  19-10-2026 23:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Leader of the BC Conservative Party Lorne Doerkson made a campaign stop at a shake and shingle mill in Maple Ridge on Monday, Oct. 19, to announce new supports for forestry jobs in the province if his party is elected to office.
  Doerkson shook hands with workers at Waldun Forest Products in east Maple Ridge, in the riding of BC Conservative incumbent candidate Lawrence Mok, where he said he will give the sector more predictable access to fibre, speed up the permit process, and eliminate unnecess
  
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• Man accused in Surrey killing testifies in own defence

  19-10-2026 22:29 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The man accused of stabbing and killing Surrey’s Tori Dunn in Port Kells on June 16, 2024 took the stand Monday in New Westminster Supreme Court Monday.
  Adam Troy Mann, who was charged with second-degree murder in June of 2024, “is going to take the stand and he is going to give you his defence,” defence counsel Casey St. Germain told the jury in an opening statement.
  “Now it’s time to hear the other side of the story.”
  St. Germain first asked Mann a little ab
  
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• ‘It wasn’t me’: Man accused in Surrey killing testifies in own defence

  19-10-2026 22:29 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The man accused of stabbing and killing Surrey’s Tori Dunn in Port Kells on June 16, 2024 took the stand in New Westminster Supreme Court Monday.
  Adam Troy Mann, who was charged with second-degree murder in June of 2024, “is going to take the stand and he is going to give you his defence,” defence counsel Casey St. Germain told the jury in an opening statement.
  “Now it’s time to hear the other side of the story.”B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Layton is presi
  
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• Weekend sweep lands Vernon Vipers at top of BCHL

  19-10-2026 22:02 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Vernon’s newly elected officials weren’t the only winners during Saturday night’s election.
  The Vernon Vipers gave their largest crowd of the season plenty to cheer about, completing a weekend sweep of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks with a 6-4 victory at Kal Tire Place Oct. 17.
  “More than 2,200 fans packed the building for Hockey Fights Cancer Night, and the Vipers delivered another impressive offensive performance to improve to 9-1-1-0 and take over top spot in the BCHL stan
  
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• Judge dismisses Alberta man’s appeal of court decision for fatal Sicamous collision

  19-10-2026 21:14 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  An Alberta man sentenced to four years jail time for a fatal collision in Sicamous has lost his court appeal.The collision occurred on the evening of Nov. 6, 2021, on the Bruhn Bridge where police found two pickup trucks had crashed head-on while crossing. The sole occupant of the eastbound truck, Kent Gordon Rumbles, was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the westbound truck, a 48-year-old Shaun Stacey Michael of Kamloops, died at the scene.
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• Sturko reveals CentreBC’s affordability plans at another Surrey campaign stop

  19-10-2026 21:01 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Affordability was the focus of another B.C. election campaign stop in Surrey for CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko on Monday morning, Oct. 19.
  The Surrey South candidate was at a Newton grocery store to reveal party plans “to put money back in British Columbians’ pockets, saving a typical two-income family approximately $540 a year.”
  Promised are lower taxes, a rate-of-inflation cap on residential BC Hydro rate increases, 20,000 new $10-a-day child care spaces by 2030 and a new re
  
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• Victoria boasts record 332 calls, 1M passengers as cruise ship season ends

  19-10-2026 20:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The final cruise ship visitor to Victoria this year has pulled anchor and headed for Alaska.After a stop in Victoria on Oct. 18, the National Geographic Venture headed to Alert Bay on its way north to Alaska. The Venture, at 239 feet in length, is an expedition ship that provides an intimate cruise experience for 100 guests.
  The Venture is the smallest cruise ship to visit Victoria this season – which started with the Nieuw Amsterdam on April 10 – and it was the last, marking a recor
  
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• 2 British Columbians soldiers among 4 killed in fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta

  19-10-2026 20:14 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The four men killed in the training exercise at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta have been identified and honoured in the House of Commons.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney gave an update in the House Monday (Oct. 19) about what is currently known and what is not yet known about the fatal fire that occurred during a training exercise. He spoke about the situation following a moment of silence and leaders of the other parties also spoke to the situation after him.
  “On Saturday after
  
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• 2 British Columbian soldiers among 4 killed in fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta

  19-10-2026 20:14 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The four men killed in the training exercise at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta have been identified and honoured in the House of Commons.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney gave an update in the House Monday (Oct. 19) about what is currently known and what is not yet known about the fatal fire that occurred during a training exercise. He spoke about the situation following a moment of silence and leaders of the other parties also spoke to the situation after him.
  “On Saturday after
  
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• One dead, three seriously injured in head-on collision near Merritt

  19-10-2026 19:38 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  One Surrey man is dead and three others are in hospital with serious injuries, following a collision near Merritt Saturday (Oct. 17) morning.
  Police say speed and impairment are suspected factors in the head-on incident, which occurred on Highway 5 at around 8:30 a.m.
  According to a news release, BC Highway Patrol responded to “multiple complaints about a vehicle driving southbound in the northbound lanes.”
  “While en route to intercept the vehicle, police learned of a head-on c
  
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• Courtenay Walmart closed after fire in infant clothing section

  19-10-2026 18:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Courtenay’s Walmart Superstore is closed for an indeterminate amount of time following an October 16 incident where someone lit infant-wear on fire.
  Ella Dyck and Jasper Petersen had just rung their items through the self-checkout when Dyck noticed flames shooting up towards the back of the store.
  “We were just grabbing our groceries and I look over and was like that’s fire – that’s not supposed to be there. At first I thought I was seeing things” Dyck says.
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• Blind Hockey returning to Victoria with help from Royals

  19-10-2026 18:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  An oversized steel puck filled with ball bearings will take centre ice in Victoria.
  Canadian Blind Hockey and the Victoria Royals are teaming up to bring an adapted version of Canada’s game to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. A Try Skating and Blind Hockey event will take place on Oct. 21 for anyone in the community who is blind or partially sighted.
  Volunteers from the Royals will hit the ice alongside the new Victoria Canucks Blind Hockey Team, an all-ages program supported by the Canu
  
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• Lake Cowichan fire chief retires after 48 years of service

  19-10-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  After 48 years of dedicated service with the Lake Cowichan Fire Department, Volunteer Fire Chief Doug Knott is ready to relax into retirement.“I’m definitely looking forward to easing off a bit,” said Knott. “I’ve agreed to still help out if needed, depending on who they hire as chief.”
  Lake Cowichan born and raised, Knott was in his early twenties when he first joined the department as a volunteer, in 1979. He had friends with the department at the time, and
  
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• Fire-sprinkler regulations for some Nanaimo construction projects removed

  19-10-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Fire-sprinkler protection requirements for some construction projects in Nanaimo have been removed as they exceed the requirements of the B.C. Building Code.
  City council gave the fourth and final reading to an amendment to the municipality’s building bylaw at its meeting on Oct. 5 to remove fire-sprinkler protections for certain buildings that would otherwise not have been required to have sprinklers under the B.C. Building Code.
  That means building-permit applications to the city will no
  
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• Fully costed BC Conservative platform coming Sunday, Doerkson promises in Delta

  19-10-2026 00:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson promises a fully costed party platform will be available later this afternoon (Sunday, Oct. 18).
  Doerkson was asked about the platform by a reporter at a media event held in Delta to announce the party’s “Thriving Kids Plan.” Doerkson was joined by Conservative candidates from around the region including Delta South’s Ian Paton – whose farm provided the backdrop for the event – and Delta North’s Monica Mohan. Also
  
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• Fully costed BC Conservative platform coming today, Doerkson promises in Delta

  19-10-2026 00:22 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson promises a fully costed party platform will be available later this afternoon (Sunday, Oct. 18).
  Doerkson was asked about the platform by a reporter at a media event held to announce the party’s “Thriving Kids Plan.” Doerkson was joined by Conservative candidates from around the region including Delta South’s Ian Paton – whose farm provided the backdrop for the event – and Delta North’s Monica Mohan.Among the plank
  
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