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• Alcohol tied to higher pancreatic cancer risk: UVic study

  17-06-2026 22:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A new study led by researchers at the University of Victoria has added to growing evidence that alcohol consumption can increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
  The research, conducted by the university’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), found a dose-response relationship between alcohol use and pancreatic cancer after accounting for several factors that can affect study results.
  The findings were published in the I
  
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• Escaped inmate from B.C. prison found dead

  30-06-2026 01:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has confirmed that escaped inmate Ernest Egon Jensen, 69, has been found dead.
  In a statement released just after 2 p.m. today (June 29), CSC said Jensen was found “in the ocean off the coast of Metchosin.”
  West Shore RCMP said Jensen’s body was recovered near the shoreline along William Head Institution by the RCMP West Coast Marine Services alongside Metchosin Fire Department.
  “Yesterday, CSC followed escape protocols and issued
  
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• Celebrate Canada Day with baseball and fireworks in Nanaimo

  30-06-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  This Canada Day people can check out a baseball game and watch fireworks light the skies above Nanaimo.
  Nanaimo NightOwls face Victoria HarbourCats (Thundercats) at Serauxmen Stadium in a Canada Day game beginning at 6:35 p.m., followed by a permitted fireworks show.
  The game is part of the nine annual matches between the two West Coast League rivals that begins on Wednesday, June 24. Historically, Victoria has come out victorious, which means the pressure will be on the NightOwls to come out on
  
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• Truck incident kills Lumby youth

  30-06-2026 00:33 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A summer celebration turned tragic in Lumby over the weekend.
  Two pedestrians were hit by a truck on a rural property Saturday shortly before 12 p.m.
  Despite immediate first aid provided by youth witnesses and efforts of paramedics when they arrived, a 15-year-old Lumby youth died.
  A second youth, who was also struck by the pick-up, was transported to hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.
  The driver of the pick-up truck fled the scene but was later located by police.
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• 6 presumed dead, 2 still in hospital after charter boat sinks off Richmond: RCMP

  29-06-2026 23:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Police say the six people missing after a charter boat sank off the coast of Richmond are now presumed dead.
  Four men and two women remain unaccounted for Monday afternoon, more than a day after the vessel sank near Roberts Bank on Sunday (June 28). Police say they are presumed to have drowned.
  Richmond RCMP now say the search has been suspended and search efforts have now shifted to recovery.
  It’s believed the boat sank in very deep waters, police say.
  The RCMP’s underwater recovery
  
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• Lisa Marie Young vigil brings a crowd in Nanaimo

  29-06-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Twenty-four years after her disappearance, Lisa Marie Young’s family and friends haven’t given up on justice for her.
  On Sunday, June 28, people from across Nanaimo gathered for a vigil at Maffeo Sutton Park.
  The event began with a performance of Forever Young, by Island Harmony A Capella, which Sheila Malcolmson, the MLA for Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, called “the most beautiful Forever Young” rendition she ever heard.
  “It’s such an example of this community who
  
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• Court declines to reopen Cowichan Tribes case to add private landowner Montrose

  29-06-2026 22:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young will not allow the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title case to be reopened for the private landowner Montrose Properties to be added as a defendant.
  Permitting the case to be relitigated in this way would be an “abuse of process,” the judge found.
  “Although Montrose did not have formal notice of the proceeding, it had knowledge of the proceedings, and chose not to apply to be added as [a] party until long after the conclusion of the trial,&
  
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• B.C. Nurses’ Union files 72-hour strike notice to labour relations board

  29-06-2026 21:37 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Nurses’ Union has filed a 72-hour strike notice to the B.C. Labour Relations Board and the Health Employers Association of B.C.
  Union president Adriane Gear announced the job action notice Monday in Burnaby.She said on Thursday, July 2 and 12:01 p.m., the nurses in the province will be in a legal position to begin job action.This comes after 67 per cent of B.C. nurses voted to reject the recently negotiated tentative collective agreement.
  The tentative deal was negotiated between
  
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• 1 dead in Kelowna following report of a drowning on Okanagan Lake

  29-06-2026 21:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  UPDATE 12:55 p.m.
  An individual has died following a possible drowning call on Okanagan Lake late Monday morning.
  “Officers, including the General Investigation Support Team, are currently on scene conducting the preliminary investigation,” Kelowna RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Steven Lang told Black Press Media. “The BC Coroner’s Service has been notified and is currently on scene.”
  Emergency crews were called to the scene of Poplar Point Drive along Okanagan L
  
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• ‘One with the crowd’: Victoria youth find home at the World Cup

  29-06-2026 20:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Hussein Obid didn’t need to see the ball hit the net.
  With Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah cutting towards the edge of the 18-yard box in the 67th minute inside BC Place, the 18-year-old leaned toward his friends. “He’s going to score.”
  About 10 seconds later, he did.
  It turned out to be the game-winner in Egypt’s 3-1 victory over New Zealand, the country’s first-ever World Cup win, and set off a roar inside the sold-out stadium of 52,497 fans.
  “Everybo
  
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• Best of B.C. theatre takes Vernon stage

  29-06-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The best of theatre from throughout the province is coming to a stage near you.
  Mainstage is back in Vernon after a successful festival in Fort St. John in 2025.
  The annual drama festival returns to the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre from July 6 to 10 with five plays.
  Each evening features a different play from a different region of British Columbia.
  Produced by Theatre BC, Mainstage is one of the longest-running theatre traditions in Canada, dating back to 1932.
  “This exciting
  
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• 7 metric tons of trash removed from Vancouver Island backcountry

  29-06-2026 20:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Four Wheel Drive Association of B.C. collected nearly 7,000 kilograms (15,000 pounds) of garbage in the Cowichan backcountry on Sunday, June 14.
  Approximately 40 volunteers, gathered at Hillcrest Road off of Highway 18 — a location notorious for illegal dumping and spent the day focused on collecting garbage in five distinct zones.
  “Volunteers spread out across each area to tackle as much refuse as possible,” said organizer Colin Stuart. “By lunch time, Tiger Towing h
  
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• Cowichan squad wins Vancouver Island 8-ball title

  29-06-2026 19:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Team Cowichan captured first-place this year in the Vancouver Island Team Challenge 8-ball Championship held June 6 to 7 in Courtenay.
  The victory marked the first time Team Cowichan has taken the top prize in the annual competition.
  In total, 10 teams entered from various Island regions from Victoria to Port Alberni, as well as with the addition of a Powell River team.
  Teams consisted of three women and 10 men, playing 27 games each in the intense two-day event.
  Cowichan team captain Kathie Mac
  
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• Comox’s 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron deployed to medevac mission in Bute Inlet

  29-06-2026 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron from 19 Wing Comox conducted a medical evacuation of an injured tugboat crewmember on June 26.
  The squadron was deployed under the command of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Victoria for the medical evacuation, with a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter (callsign RSCU 915) tasked to respond. The rescue was completed with the injured crew member being hoisted into the helicopter. The crewmember was delivered to BC EHS at Comox.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks acquire veteran forward Brendan Gallagher from Habs

  29-06-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Brendan Gallagher is coming back to Vancouver.
  Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson announced Monday (June 29) the club has acquired the veteran forward from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for future considerations. According to a press release, the Canadiens will also retain 50 per cent of Gallagher’s salary ($6.5M cap hit this season; $4M in base salary).
  Also Monday, the Canucks picked up a third-round pick in the 2029 NHL draft (originally belonging to Colorado) for forwa
  
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• Findlay shakes up B.C. Conservative caucus leadership, installs Maahs as interim leader

  29-06-2026 19:18 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is shaking up the party’s caucus leadership team, installing mostly loyalists who backed her campaign in the key roles.
  Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs will lead the Official Opposition on an interim basis, presumably until Findlay can secure a seat through a byelection. This would require a sitting MLA to step down, and while none have stepped forward yet, there are rumours that several have offered to.
  Prince George—North Cariboo MLA
  
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• Two teenagers struck by vehicle in Nanaimo

  29-06-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Two teenagers, 16 and 13, were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle last Sunday.
  Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 28 at the intersection of Bay Street and Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo.
  R/Const. Gary O’Brien, from the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, said the driver of the vehicle stayed on scene and cooperated with police officers.
  He said speed, alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the incident, but the driver was issued a ticket fo
  
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• Oscar-winning actor filmed Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ in Maple Ridge

  29-06-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A movie about a widow who bonds with a clever octopus starring Oscar Award winner Sally Field was filmed – in part – in Maple Ridge.
  According to Netflix in Your Neighbourhood, which lists films and the locations where the movies were filmed, the movie “Remarkably Bright Creatures” was filmed at The Wolf Bar along Lougheed Highway.
  The movie was based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Shelby Van Pelt that explores the themes of grief, friendship, and connectio
  
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• Actor Josh Duhamel filming production in Maple Ridge

  29-06-2026 18:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  American actor Josh Duhamel is in Maple Ridge filming a new feature called “Runaway”.
  In a recent Instagram post, the star announced to his 2.5 million followers that he was sitting in the middle of a beautiful park, “outside of a town called Maple Ridge near Vancouver.”
  “Shooting a movie called ‘Runaway’. It’s so beautiful out here,” he said in the post.
  The star, whose breakout role was in the film franchise “Transformers” as Ca
  
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• B.C. family shares journey through younger-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis

  29-06-2026 18:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Everything changed when a familiar route home became unfamiliar.
  For years, Mark Breslaw drove the same route home from work. Then, one afternoon in November 2023, something happened that he couldn’t explain.
  Sitting at a familiar four-way stop on his drive home, Breslaw suddenly didn’t know where he was.
  “It was my turn to go and I completely blanked on how I got there, where I was and where home was,” Breslaw recalled.
  At first, he blamed stress from his job and didn&rs
  
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• Copper wire crooks cause $40K in damage at Parksville electrical substation

  29-06-2026 18:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  During the week of May 18 to May 24, the Oceanside RCMP received 271 complaints.
  Some of the incidents included:
  A large amount of copper grounding wire was reported stolen from an electrical substation, as well as damage to a perimeter fence near Allsbrook Road in Parksville on May 18. Estimated repair costs are $40,000. The next day, a vehicle was reported vandalized, with the gas tank drilled and fuel drained, at the Memorial Avenue pullout in Qualicum Beach
  Also May 19, a pair of sunglasses
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 29: Canada’s Round of 16 opponent will be known after 3rd match today

  29-06-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Canada’s historic 1-0 win over South Africa sets up a Round of 16 clash with either Netherlands or Morocco next Saturday morning (July 4) in Houston, 10 a.m. start Pacific time.
  The match winner in Monterrey tonight (6 p.m. start) will decide Canada’s next opponent after Stephan Eustaquio played hero with a goal in injury time Sunday in Los Angeles, sending home the South Africans.CANADA HAS SCORED
  
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• BRIONES: My weight loss journey from 220 pounds down to 197

  29-06-2026 15:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  There comes a time when many of us look in the mirror and realize our bodies have changed more than we’d like.
  At first, we tell ourselves that no one else notices. But then the comments begin: “You’re getting fat.” “You’ve put on weight.” “You should go on a diet.” Those remarks are hard to ignore, and whether we like it or not, they stay with us. As uncomfortable as they were to hear, they forced me to take an honest look at myself.
  Earlier
  
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• Island Health addictions doctor says housing, gradual treatment important for recovery

  29-06-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A doctor with Island Health who specializes in addictions says providing housing first before treatment as part of the efforts to deal with unhoused people with drug-dependency issues has many advantages.
  Speaking at the city’s special governance and priorities committee meeting on June 8 on the issue, Dr. Roger Walmsley said it’s fair to say that a lot of people end up using drugs because they don’t have housing and need them to help stay alive.
  He said there’s many inst
  
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• 6 people missing after charter boat sinks near Richmond, RCMP say

  29-06-2026 05:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Six people remain missing after a boat sank in the water near Roberts Bank on Sunday morning.
  B.C. RCMP said Sunday evening that six people are unaccounted for as of 7:44 p.m., eight hours after a charter vessel began taking on water around 11:45 a.m. The search is ongoing.
  Police say it’s believed that 10 people were on board the vessel when it began taking on water. It was reported to police by another civilian vessel.
  A marine search-and-rescue operation was launched by Joint Rescue Coo
  
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• Police searching for escaped inmate from Vancouver Island minimum-security prison

  29-06-2026 02:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Police are searching for a 69-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a minimum-security federal prison on Sunday, June 28.
  Staff members at William Head Institution in Metchosin, B.C., discovered that Ernest Egon Jensen was missing during the noon count. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the West Shore detachment of the RCMP.Ernest Jensen has escaped from William Head Institution, a minimum-security facility in Metchosin, British Columbia
  
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• Nanaimo author shares love of Canada

  29-06-2026 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  While he started with drawing Vancouver Island’s aquatic life, since then a Nanaimo artist’s colouring books have taken a national focus.
  Don Ravensbergen’s Country Canada Colour Me Beautiful!, and British Columbia Canada Colour My Province Beautiful are just two of his patriotic themed art books, with the first featuring Canada, as well as its ten provinces and three territories.
  Ravensbergen has been writing these children’s books for around eight years now, as part of
  
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• PHOTOS: Qualicum Beach Triathlon draws athletes from all over Vancouver Island

  29-06-2026 02:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Hundreds of people turned out to run, swim and cycle in Quality Foods Qualicum Beach Triathlon on June 28.
  The 27th annual event included duathlon, aquathon, relay, junior, youth, minor, novice and rookie categories, with people of all ages and ability levels participating.
  Organizers were expecting more than 400 participants, who competed in waves between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
  RELATED: BRIONES: My weight loss journey from 220 pounds down to 197
  
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• WORLD CUP: Canada meets South Africa in round of 32

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  12:00 p.m.
  We are underway! Canada sporting their sharp ‘Black Ice’ kits worn in their 6-0 triumph over Qatar.
  11:35 a.m.
  Black Press Media live World Cup blog for June 28:
  Canada will meet South Africa in a round of 32 clash in Los Angeles. It is the first team either club has reached the knockout stage and a spot in the final 16 in on the line.
  Either the Netherlands or Morocco will play the winner.Today’s starters, presented by @GE_Appliances Moïse and DC at the backTaj
  
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• WORLD CUP: Canada beats South Africa 1-0 to reach round of 16

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  1:57 p.m.
  They’ve done it!!!!!! Canada moves on to the round of 16.1:51 p.m.
  GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! A stoppage time laser from Eustáquio beats Williams and it’s 1-0 Canada. Three minutes to go.
  1:46 p.m.
  Canada has held 62 per cent of possession since Davies came into the game.
  1:44 p.m.
  Crepeau hauls in a shot from Appollis on a rare South African counter attack.
  1:38 p.m.
  Another good chance for David off some nice work from Davies. Williams stands firm.
  1:35 p.m.
  He
  
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