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• Nanaimo’s Port Theatre enjoys busiest year ever

  08-11-2026 18:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The Port Theatre says it had the busiest year since the venue began operations.At its Tuesday, Nov. 3 annual general meeting, the Port Theatre handed out annual reports covering July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. In the report, they said that they “welcomed more than 124,000 patrons, making this our busiest year since the theatre opened in 1998.”In addition, it said that their Spotlight Series had eight sold-out performances, with around 8,000 tickets purchased. Overall, ticket sales in the fisc
  
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• Nanaimo’s Port Theatre busiest year ever doesn’t include Beyond Van Gogh, Beyond Monet

  08-11-2026 18:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The Port Theatre says it had the busiest year since the venue began operations.At its Tuesday, Nov. 3 annual general meeting, the Port Theatre handed out annual reports covering July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. In the report, they said that they “welcomed more than 124,000 patrons, making this our busiest year since the theatre opened in 1998.”In addition, it said that their Spotlight Series had eight sold-out performances, with around 8,000 tickets purchased. Overall, ticket sales in the fisc
  
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• Beyond Van Gogh, Beyond Monet part of Nanaimo’s Port Theatre’s busiest year ever

  08-11-2026 18:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The Port Theatre says it had the busiest year since the venue began operations.At its Tuesday, Nov. 3 annual general meeting, the Port Theatre handed out annual reports covering July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. In the report, they said that they “welcomed more than 124,000 patrons, making this our busiest year since the theatre opened in 1998.”In addition, it said that their Spotlight Series had eight sold-out performances, with around 8,000 tickets purchased. Overall, ticket sales in the fisc
  
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• Thousands remain without power Sunday morning, as Cowichan one of hardest hit regions

  08-11-2026 17:09 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  UPDATE: 9 a.m. Nov. 8
  As of Sunday morning thousands of people remained without power in the Cowichan Valley. New outages overnight included major blackouts in the Cobble Hill (2,080 customers), Shawnigan Lake (2,359), Malahat (2,304) and Saltair (2,244 customers) areas, as well as more of the Cowichan Lake area (more than 2,000 customers).
  BC Hydro crews said they are working to repair the damage, but more outages could add to the burden before the storm passes completely.
  “We prepared for th
  
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• Salt Spring chef brings taste of Transylvania to any kitchen

  08-11-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Born to a Romanian mother and Taiwanese father, Haan Palcu-Chang grew up straddling two culinary worlds. After building his name in kitchens across Paris, Copenhagen, Singapore, Toronto, and Vancouver, he stepped away from the restaurant industry and relocated with his family to Salt Spring Island.
  He was a Top Chef Canada Season 11 finalist and the chef behind Favorites Thai BBQ’s Toronto Life Best New Restaurant win.Alongside the accolades and moves, he cooked up an online following of more
  
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• Where to attend Remembrance Day in Nanaimo and Lantzville

  08-11-2026 13:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Community members can attend Remembrance Day ceremonies in Nanaimo or Lantzville.
  On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Branch 10 Nanaimo and Branch 256 Mount Benson will be hosting a joint ceremony at Dallas Square Park cenotaph beginning at 10:30 a.m. with the parade march and going until 11:30a.m., with a moment of silence at 11:11 a.m.
  Second World War veteran Nick Janicki will attend as a guest of honour.The service will be livestreamed through Branch 10’s YouTube page, which can be found at www.youtube.c
  
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• New street banners remember Ladysmith veterans

  08-11-2026 13:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  “I saw them at a BC/Yukon Legion convention, a couple of years ago and I saw these banners and I knew we just had to do this,” were the words of Darlene Paulson, president of the Ladysmith Legion Branch 171.
  It took more than a year’s planning but it started to pay off.
  The legion approached local businesses for support, and also got the support from the Town of Ladysmith, which in July of 2025 approved covering the cost of putting and and taking down the banners.
  Paulson said the project
  
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• Draisaitl nets 2 as Edmonton Oilers dump Vancouver Canucks 4-2

  08-11-2026 06:51 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Leon Draisaitl scored twice, helping the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Place.Mattias Ekholm and Jason Dickinson also tallied for the Oilers (12-3-3), with Connor McDavid adding three assists and Devon Levi making 20 saves for the win in goal.
  Max Sasson and Brock Boeser replied for Vancouver (3-15-1), while Leevi Merilainen stopped 26 of 29 shots in absorbing the netminding loss.
  Edmonton opened the scoring 9:14 into the first p
  
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• Windstorm knocks out power to more than 10,000 in Cowichan

  08-11-2026 05:46 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A wind and rainstorm has left more than 10,000 Cowichan Valley residents in the dark Saturday night, Nov. 7.
  As of 9 p.m., outages stretched from Maple Bay to Westholme, Duncan, Ladysmith, Mill Bay and Youbou.
  Large outages include one described on the BC Hydro website as north of Mays Road affecting 2,131 customers, one stretching from Maple Bay through Genoa Bay, Somenos Road and Quamichan area affecting 2,205 customers, one in the Sahtlam, Hillcrest Road and Paldi areas affecting 1,902 custom
  
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• District of Lantzville council holds inaugural meeting

  08-11-2026 04:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The newly-elected councillors in Lantzville have been sworn in and appointed to various roles.
  The District of Lantzville held its inaugural meeting in Costin Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in which councillors and the acclaimed mayor were sworn in by Judge Colleen Spier. Councillor-elect John Westby, was absent and sent his regrets, Mayor Mark Swain said.
  The report detailing the 2026 District of Lantzville general election results were received and approved unanimously by council. In the report, i
  
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• Edmonton Elks beat B.C. Lions 28-16, will meet Montreal in Grey Cup

  08-11-2026 03:44 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The B.C. Lions saw their 2026 Grey Cup dreams come to an end Saturday in Edmonton.
  Quarterback Cody Fajardo passed for 274 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for 84 yards and a major, leading the host Edmonton Elks to a 28-16 win over the Lions before more than 40,000 fans in the CFL’s Western Final at Commonwealth Stadium. It was the first playoff game hosted by the Elks franchise since 2015.
  Austin Mack also scored a touchdown for the winners, who will face the Montreal Alouettes in the G
  
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• CBC broadcaster who honed culinary teaching skills in Victoria cooks up kitchen manual

  08-11-2026 02:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The name Khalil Akhtar may ring bells for longtime local CBC radio listeners or those who dabbled in cooking classes at The Atrium in Victoria.For a little over a decade, ending in 2019, Akhtar served as co-host for On the Island with Gregor Craigie. Over those years, he also created a food column the city is where Akhtar first began culinary teaching at Cook Culture (now gone from the iconic downtown Victoria building).He’d routinely teach classes on the principles of Indian cuisine, as a dom
  
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