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• Conservation officials ask for public’s help after deer shot, killed in Nanaimo

  24-10-2026 23:25 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Conservation Officer Service has initiated an investigation after it says a deer was illegally shot and killed with a rifle in Nanaimo early yesterday
  In a social media post, the service said it is asking the public to provide any information related to the incident which occurred at Wildlife Place and Bird Sanctuary Drive, near Buttertubs Marsh, between 3:30 and 4 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23.
  Using guns in residential areas is extremely dangerous, it said, and according to a City of Nanaimo by
  
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• Nearly 1,300 workers at Teck Highland Valley mine near Kamloops on strike

  24-10-2026 23:15 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The 1,277 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7619 at Teck Highland Valley Copper (HVC) near Kamloops went on strike as of Saturday (Oct. 24).
  The collective agreement between USW Local 7619 and HVC expired on Sept. 30. Negotiations regarding terms and conditions for a new collective agreement began on June 9, with meetings continuing throughout July, August, and September.
  On Oct. 8, the union broke off talks with HVC to seek a strike mandate, and union members took part in a two-day str
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cedar experiences the brunt

  24-10-2026 20:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  To the editor,
  The re-election of Leonard Krog as Mayor of Nanaimo may not be the good news some think it is, especially for the residents of Electoral Area A.
  While Mayor Krog focuses on Nanaimo’s urban core, his apparent support for rezoning land adjacent to Cable Bay to heavy industrial use poses a direct threat to our neighbouring community’s environment and quality of life.
  Cable Bay is a cherished natural ecological jewel. It serves as a vital recreational corridor, wildlife habitat, a
  
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• Royal Canadian Legion branches in Nanaimo and area to begin poppy fundraiser

  24-10-2026 18:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  With Remembrance Day approaching, Royal Canadian Legion volunteers will be setting up across the Nanaimo area to take donations for the poppy fundraising campaign.
  The flower has come to symbolize the sacrifice members of the Canadian Armed Forces have made. The campaign officially begins Saturday, Oct. 24, according to Lynn Redekopp, Legion Branch 10 (Harewood) poppy chairperson.
  Poppies can be worn until Nov. 11, Remembrance Day at around noon, she said, and then put on the cenotaph at Dallas
  
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• COLUMN: Unhoused people need dry and warm socks and footwear in colder weather

  24-10-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  I was surprised when I was called to cover the annual Sock Drive one fall many years ago at the Clements Centre Society’s headquarters in Duncan.
  The Clements Centre is a non-profit that provides programs and support services for people with developmental disabilities, and one of the services they provide is to collect socks for unhoused people as the weather turns cold and wet each year.
  I would have assumed that winter jackets and sweaters would be higher priorities to help people without ho
  
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• QUIZ: Watching out for bears

  24-10-2026 13:50 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  As temperatures drop and winter approaches, bears are preparing to hibernate.
  In Canada, bears are part of the country’s wildlife and have also found a place in stories and folklore.
  How much do you know about bears, where they live, what they eat and the roles they play in culture?
  Put your knowledge to the test with these 12 questions.
  Good luck.
  
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• Polls now open for B.C. election

  24-10-2026 13:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Today, Oct. 24, is the final voting day for the provincial election.
  Polls open at 8 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m., local time.
  British Columbians will be heading to the polls to vote for MLAs in 93 ridings across the province.
  The snap election was called Sept. 22 by NDP Leader David Eby after about a week of speculation as the provincial Conservative party dissolved into chaos, and Kerry-Lynne Findlay quit as party leader.
  Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives in th
  
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• Final voting for B.C. election is today

  24-10-2026 13:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Today, Oct. 24, is the final voting day for the provincial election.
  Polls open at 8 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m., local time.
  British Columbians will be heading to the polls to vote for MLAs in 93 ridings across the province.
  The snap election was called Sept. 22 by NDP Leader David Eby after about a week of speculation as the provincial Conservative party dissolved into chaos, and Kerry-Lynne Findlay quit as party leader.
  Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives in th
  
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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers clinch CFL playoff spot with 34-10 win over B.C. Lions

  24-10-2026 07:09 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  An injury to their starting quarterback may have saved the season for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Backup QB Dru Brown tossed a pair of late touchdowns, lifting the Bombers to a 34-10 win over the host B.C. Lions in CFL action Friday at BC Place.
  The Bombers needed a win in their last game of the regular season to advance to the playoffs and were listless for two-plus quarters, trailing the Lions (who had already clinched a playoff spot and were resting many of their starters) 10-3. Then starting
  
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• Eby steps in to campaign effort to take OneBC Leader Brodie’s riding for the NDP

  24-10-2026 05:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The Vancouver-Quilchena riding, deep within a leafy-green, wealthy Vancouver neighbourhood, has long been a bastion of B.C. right wing.
  Former B.C. Liberal leaders Kevin Falcon, Andrew Wilkinson and Gordon Campbell all represented the riding for a spell.
  Recently, OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie, elected as a B.C. Conservative before she was ejected from the party, has held the seat.
  But with her running as a far-right alternative, and Carson Binda of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation running for
  
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• Headline history: Harkening back when there were grow-up busts in Nanaimo

  24-10-2026 03:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A Nanaimo News Bulletin news brief from close to two decades ago is a relic of a bygone era, when marijuana was considered an illegal substance in Canada.
  The item from the Nov. 15, 2008 issue, reported on a bust that took place in the south end of Nanaimo, with the local RCMP’s Green Team and 30 other personnel executing four warrants on four residences on Roberta Road West and James, White and Main roads.
  “Police seized a large amount of cash, more than eight kilograms of dried marijuana,
  
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• Headline history: Harkening back when there were grow-op busts in Nanaimo

  24-10-2026 03:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A Nanaimo News Bulletin news brief from close to two decades ago is a relic of a bygone era, when marijuana was considered an illegal substance in Canada.
  The item from the Nov. 15, 2008 issue, reported on a bust that took place in the south end of Nanaimo, with the local RCMP’s Green Team and 30 other personnel executing four warrants on four residences on Roberta Road West and James, White and Main roads.
  “Police seized a large amount of cash, more than eight kilograms of dried marijuana,
  
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• Follow along here Saturday evening for live B.C. election coverage

  24-10-2026 02:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Voters in B.C. will soon learn the result of casting their ballots across the province, from who will represent their community to who will lead the province.
  Final voting day is Saturday, Oct. 24. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., local time.The race is on between the New Democrats, led by David Eby, and Lorne Doerkson’s B.C. Conservatives and Emily Lowan’s B.C. Greens. Provincial party newcomers, CentreBC, led by Elenore Sturko, and OneBC led by Dallas Brodie also have dozens of ca
  
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• Eby explains B.C. election call, makes his last pitch to voters in sit-down interview

  24-10-2026 02:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  On the eve of election day, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is still explaining why he dissolved the legislature and called the snap vote when his party still had two years left on its mandate.
  “People are very surprised and frustrated by the election call,” he told reporters in Surrey on Friday. “I should have done a better job of letting them know how stalled out the legislature was.”
  His opponents have capitalized, with leaders of both the Conservative and Green parties calling it a “cyni
  
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• Eby promises Langley long-term care facility

  24-10-2026 02:16 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  NDP leader David Eby said the 300-bed long-term care facility his government promised Langley before the last election would be built if he’s re-elected.
  Eby met with Langley-Willowbrook NPD candidate Andrew Mercier and Langley-Walnut Grove’s hopeful Holly Isaac on Friday, Oct. 23, in Langley City, visiting several local stores and chatting with people on the street in the final hours before the provincial election.
  Asked about the promised local facility, which was to be built on the ground
  
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• Missing senior fisher found alive in Nanaimo Lakes area

  24-10-2026 01:51 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A 75-year-old man who was reported missing in the Nanaimo Lakes area has been found alive.
  Reserve Const. Gary O’Brien, a spokesperson for Nanaimo RCMP, said the man was reported missing after he was overdue returning from a fishing expedition on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
  In a press release, he said that just before 7:30 p.m. that day, Nanaimo RCMP received a report that the man had not returned home after leaving to fish earlier that morning.
  “Concern grew when family and friends were unable to loc
  
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• Leaders focus on crucial Surrey ridings as B.C. election nears

  24-10-2026 01:29 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  With 10 ridings up for grabs, including at least seven potential swing districts, both the NDP and Conservative leaders hit the campaign trail in Surrey in the days leading up to B.C. election day.
  B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson held a raucous rally in the Surrey-Newton riding in front of hundreds of fired-up supporters.
  Several local political heavyweights attended, including newly elected mayor Doug McCallum and former mayors Linda Hepner and Dianne Watts. Former premier Christy Clark
  
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• Williams Lake woman calling for action after family dog killed in baited snare

  24-10-2026 01:24 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  “If I would have known the dangers in my backyard, maybe she would have been able to be saved,” is the thought that keeps coming back to Victoria Savile of Williams Lake as she calls for change after her family’s beloved dog, Berta, was killed in a baited snare not far from their home.Savile has recently joined The Fur-Bearers, a Canadian wildlife protection charity dedicated to protecting fur-bearing animals through conservation, advocacy, research and education. She’s also working with
  
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• University fires back at Heated Rivalry star for scathing B.C. capital review

  24-10-2026 00:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A playful rivalry is heating up between the University of Victoria (UVic) and the star of the hit hockey romance TV series that has taken the world by storm.
  While promoting new drama series Yaga, filmed in and around Victoria, Heated Rivalry actor Hudson Williams offered a less-than-favourable review of B.C.’s capital when asked to name the city’s “hot spots.”
  “A lot of hot spots of, like, old people on their little scooters, people retiring,” he told Etalk. “Like, it’s Victoria
  
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• Rural Shuswap residents frustrated with ‘slapstick downgrade’ leaving road covered in loose rock

  24-10-2026 00:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  “This new road is supposed to be an upgrade, and it’s the exact opposite.”
  Jeff Seabrook, a resident of Chase-Falkland Road that was supposed to have asphalt resurfacing, said they’re literally getting dinged by the “bait and switch” project, and their vehicles are paying the price.According to a June 9 media release from the Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MoTT), more than $136 million was invested this year to resurface interior highways and local roads to ensure “driver
  
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