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• B.C. Lions clinch CFL playoff spot with 41-20 win over winless Redblacks

  10-10-2026 07:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Lions are playoff bound.
  Quarterback Nathan Rourke threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Lions to a 41-20 win over the visiting Ottawa Redblacks in CFL action Friday at BC Place. With the win over the winless Redblacks, the Lions clinched a post-season berth.
  Zander Horvath rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions (10-6), with James Butler, Stanley Berryhill, Jevon Cottoy and Keon Hatcher also adding majors. Kicker Sean Whyte added five extra points. B.C. has
  
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• MLA candidate fighting for better youth-in-care supports in Nanaimo-Gabriola Island bid

  11-10-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  With a journalism background and Indigenous heritage, the B.C. Green Party candidate for Nanaimo-Gabriola Island is championing better youth-in-care supports and affordability.
  Anna Mary McKenzie, a member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba), has resided in Nanaimo for eight years with family that are part of Snuneymuxw First Nation and told the News Bulletin she is well-versed in a variety of issues.
  “I am really wound up for a lot of the political ways of the world right now … As
  
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• Climate crisis at heart of B.C. Green Nanaimo-Lantzville candidate’s election bid

  11-10-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Atmospheric rivers and heat domes affecting B.C. drove a high school teacher to make a run in the upcoming B.C. provincial election.
  Sharleen Weatherly is the Nanaimo-Lantzville B.C. Green Party candidate, who is a high school teacher, former data scientist and outdoor professional, with experience in engineering, statistics and environmental education, according to her profile.
  She told the News Bulletin she has first-hand experience with a number of environmental phenomena in the province the
  
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• Hereditary chiefs call for closure of park on Vancouver Island over ancestral graves

  11-10-2026 18:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Standing above a site they say fails to respect their ancestors, W̱SÁNEĆ hereditary chiefs called for action Saturday, demanding the closure of Patricia Bay Park and greater protection for ancestral burial places.
  Roughly 40 people gathered at the park on Oct. 10 to hear Tseycum Nation (W̱SÍḴEM) Hereditary Chief Vern Jacks, or XÁLÁȾE, and Tsawout (SȾÁUTW̱) Hereditary Chief Eric Pelkey, or WIĆKINEM, speak about the ongoin
  
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• Nanaimo’s Rock City neighbourhood association seeks to protect wetlands

  11-10-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Rock City Neighbourhood Association wants to work with the city to create a neighbourhood plan for their community.
  In a delegation at the city council meeting held on Oct. 5. Association president James Boak pointed out that of particular concern to the association is the preservation of the Rock City wetland, an approximately three-hectare groundwater-fed peatland ecosystem located near Rock City Road and Linley Valley in Nanaimo’s north end.
  Boak said the wetland is drying out, but,
  
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• Canada’s best pickleball players volley in Vernon

  11-10-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Some of the best pickleball talent in Canada and the Okanagan will converge in Vernon Oct. 15 to 18 for the inaugural Okanagan Open, bringing a new level of competitive pickleball to the Vernon Pickleball Association (VPA).
  Hosted at the Vernon Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Electrical Services Pickleball Complex at Marshall Field, the four-day tournament will feature a $10,000 total prize purse, with the Open Division expected to deliver some of the most competitive and exciting pickleball ever
  
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• QUIZ: A season of Thanksgiving

  11-10-2026 17:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The second Monday of October is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
  The day is a time for families to gather and enjoy a meal together. It is also a day off from school and work.
  How much do you know about Thanksgiving traditions and customs in Canada? Put your knowledge to the test with these 10 questions.
  Good luck.
  
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• Bell assumes CEO duties for Hullo Ferries in new year

  11-10-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The company operating Hullo ferries will have a new person at the helm come the new year.
  In a press release, Vancouver Island Ferry Company announced Louisa Bell as its new chief executive officer beginning in January. She takes over for acting CEO Marco Ahrens, who will continue on as general manager of the Nanaimo-Vancouver foot-passenger ferry service.Bell has a wealth transportation business experience, the press release noted, most recently as chief commercial officer of P&O Ferries, a
  
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• Hischier nets 2 as Devils dump visiting Vancouver Canucks 4-1

  11-10-2026 00:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nico Hischier scored twice, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 4-1 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday afternoon at the Prudential Centre in Newark, N.J.
  Jesper Bratt and Jesper Boqvist also scored for the Devils (2-2-0), with Jack Hughes adding a pair of assists. Jake Allen made 20 stops to pick up the win in goal.
  Linus Karlsson had the lone goal for Vancouver (2-4-0), with Leevi Merilainen taking the loss in goal, stopping 31 of 34 shots. Kevin Lankinen made two sav
  
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• City of Nanaimo will review its permissive-tax exemption policy

  10-10-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The permissive-tax exemption policy in Nanaimo will be reviewed within the next six months.
  Council unanimously voted for the motion that was put forward by Coun. Ben Geselbracht at its meeting on Oct. 5.
  “We give out more than $2.7 million in permissive tax exemptions (each year), and there has been a few cases where I feel that our policies are a little bit broad,” Geselbracht said.
  “I don’t want to be overrun with applications, and the policy might not be aligned with
  
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• World No. 1 Schwaller, Canadian legend Koe battle on B.C. ice: ‘Best spiel there is’

  10-10-2026 21:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller didn’t think twice when posed with the opportunity to take his red-hot momentum from 2025-26 to southern B.C. this weekend.
  The world’s No. 1-ranked curler is among the 24 skips at the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic until Oct. 11.Schwaller, coming off an Olympic bronze medal and his first-career Grand Slam title, is leading his team into playoff action on Saturday after going 4-0 in round-robin play.
  “This was a no-brainer for us coming
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crazy times in the world

  10-10-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  To the editor,
  When formed in 1945 to replace the League of Nations after World War II, the objectives of the United Nations were to maintain international peace and security; to protect human rights; to deliver humanitarian aid; to support sustainable development; to uphold international law. It’s always a hypocritical contradiction when political leaders meet for their annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in a place designed to bring peace, but instead they invariably talk abou
  
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• North Saanich athlete selected for Team Canada U18 softball team

  10-10-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The phone call came while Lauren Coppinger was at the ferry terminal.
  On the other end was Softball Canada, calling to tell the North Saanich athlete she had earned a spot on the U18 Women’s National Team.
  “It was amazing to hear,” Coppinger said. “It was probably the best phone call I’ve ever gotten for sure.”
  Coppinger, a Grade 11 student, had to keep the news quiet for another few weeks before Softball Canada officially announced the roster on Oct. 1.
  Now,
  
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• Okanagan karate dojo brings home haul of medals at international competition

  10-10-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  An Okanagan karate dojo is one of the best in the world, accumulating the most medals during the 2026 Soke Cup.
  Taneda Karate Dojo sent a contingent of 42 competitors to Gold Coast, Australia in August to compete in the 2026 International Chito-Ryu Soke Cup. The Soke Cup is held once every three years and draws practitioners of the Chito-Ryu style of karate from all around the world.The Okanagan dojo took home 45 medals during the competition, including 12 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze.“Th
  
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• COLUMN: Story of Louis Stark should be more known

  10-10-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  I remember entering the sprawling Bowen Park Cemetery many years ago looking for the grave of Louis Stark, a prominent Black British Columbian who operated a farm in the Cranberry area in the late 1800s.
  Despite getting some vague input into where Stark, a former slave in southern U.S., was buried in the cemetery, it still took some time to stumble across the old and faded flat marker designating where he was laid to rest in 1895.
  A part of me felt Stark wanted me to find him to bring some light
  
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• Disgraced Vernon lawyer misappropriated $116K from elderly client with dementia

  10-10-2026 03:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A former Vernon lawyer has been found to have misappropriated $116,000 from an elderly client who suffers from dementia – the latest in what has become a series of professional transgressions in recent years.
  Leonard Hil Marriott had already been banned from practicing law for 10 years due to past findings of professional misconduct when the BC Law Society published this latest finding Sept. 24.Misappropriation is a legal term which essentially means stealing. The Law Society says it is &l
  
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• B.C. Greens release transportation plans, includes free transit for youth, seniors

  10-10-2026 01:24 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Green incumbent Jeremy Valeriote laid out the party’s plans for transportation in the province during a stop in Whistler Friday (Oct. 9).
  The party has plans to offer free transit passes for youth under 25 and seniors aged 65 and older, as well as boost bus service, increase funding for ferries and expand its infrastructure and develop passenger rail.
  Valeriote, the incumbent for West Vancouver-Sea-to-Sky, said bringing transit to his riding is a “no brainer.”
  “Const
  
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• CentreBC’s Sturko promises manufacturing boost

  10-10-2026 00:46 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A CentreBC government would double the funds available to manufacturing companies in the province.
  That’s the message from CentreBC leader – and Surrey South candidate – Elenore Sturko, who made the announcement during a campaign stop in Bridgeview in North Surrey on Friday morning (Oct. 9).
  She said that, if CentreBC forms a government following the Oct. 24 provincial election, it plans to double B.C.’s Manufacturing Jobs Fund to $60 million, providing new funding stream
  
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• B.C. Conservatives pledge to build more long-term care beds in plan for seniors

  09-10-2026 23:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson was at a home in Coquitlam Friday (Oct. 9) to lay out his party’s priorities for seniors in the province.
  The party’s plan for seniors includes: reversing the NDP’s changes to the property-tax deferment program, building more long-term care beds, supporting at-home aging, expanding HandyDART, providing free shingles vaccines for seniors, improving access to hearing aids, among other promises.
  He said seniors are the people who “buil
  
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• MLA candidates vying to represent Nanaimo-Gabriola, Nanaimo-Lantzville

  09-10-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  With a snap B.C. provincial election, in addition to a municipal election, this month, voters in the Nanaimo area will have more candidates to ponder.
  On Sept. 22, David Eby announced that voters will head to the polls on Oct. 24 to decide the next members of legislative assembly to govern at the B.C. legislature in Victoria.
  B.C. NDP’s George Anderson and Sheila Malcolmson, respective Nanaimo-Lantzville and Nanaimo-Gabriola Island riding incumbents, have announced their bids for re-electi
  
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• NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING – NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTING – NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT VOTING

  09-10-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN that an election by voting is to be held to elect three (3) Electoral Area Directors, and that the following persons are candidates for each office:ELECTOR REGISTRATION
  If you are not on the list of electors, you may register to vote at the time of voting by completing the application form available at the voting place and making a declaration that you meet the requirements to be registered as set out below:
  RESIDENT ELECTORS:
  To register as a resident elector, you must:be
  
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• CARMICHAEL ROAD WATERMAIN REPLACEMENT ASSENT VOTING (REFERENDUM) WITHIN THE NANOOSE BAY PENINSULA WATER SERVICE AREA (IN A PORTION OF ELECTORAL AREA E)

  09-10-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  PUBLIC NOTICE is given as follows:
  Assent voting will be held on the following question:
  Are you in favour of the Regional District of Nanaimo adopting “Nanoose Bay Peninsula Water Service Area Carmichael Road Watermain Replacement Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1969, 2026”, which will authorize the Regional District of Nanaimo to borrow up to one million, seven hundred and fifty-three thousand, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars ($1,753,924), plus interest, repayable over a period o
  
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• ANN GILLIAN CAMPBELL

  09-10-2026 18:57 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  Ann Gillian Campbell Known to most as Gillian or Gilly July 27, 2026
  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ann Gillian Campbell on July 27, 2026, after living for five years with progressive supranuclear palsy.
  Gillian was intelligent, independent, entrepreneurial, generous and kind. A wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, businesswoman and community leader, she had an uncommon ability to bring people together, see possibilities where others did not, an
  
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• B.C. election: Eby vows to fast-track int’l medical grads, bring more docs to rural areas

  09-10-2026 18:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  BC NDP leader David Eby was in Surrey on Friday (Oct. 9) with a promise to hire more doctors and nurses in the province and fast-track international medical graduates.
  He says an NDP government would open new health care clinics, extend hours for same-day appointments and train international medical graduates so they can practice in B.C.
  “Our plan will get qualified internationally trained doctors and nurses onto the front lines while we extend hours in clinics so it’s easier to get
  
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• David Eby visits Lantzville; says he will work to bring water to the community

  09-10-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Access to clean drinking water isn’t universally available across Lantzville, but B.C. NDP leader David Eby said that if elected, he would work with regional and federal partners to make it happen.On Oct. 5, Eby, accompanied by Nanaimo-Lantzville NDP candidate George Anderson, met with residents of Lantzville in Huddlestone Park to announce that his party would be moving forward to ensuring that residents of Lantzville would have access to drinking water.The former premier said that Anders
  
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• Elaine Louise Hilchey (nee Flathers)

  09-10-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  November 2, 1958 – October 2, 2026
  It is with profound sadness we say goodbye to our beloved Elaine. A lovely and beautiful lady inside and out, she found her greatest joy in being a loving wife to her husband Gordon of 48 years, a Mom to her sons Saul ( Alice ), Heath, and Tookie to her grandchildren: Benjamin, Annabelle, Finn and McKinley.
  She leaves her most precious memories with her Mother Hellen, sister Karen (Glenn) brother Wayne (Colleen), in-laws Belle and Glen,
  
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• Alexandra Lynn Shewaga

  09-10-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory Of Alexandra Lynn Shewaga It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Alexandra Lynn Shewaga, who passed away on July 7 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
  Alex was born May 13th, 1976, and is survived by her son Austin McEwan; mother, Lynn Shewaga, father, Stan Shewaga; her stepmother, Sue Vohanka; her brothers, Michael Shewaga, Chris Shewaga, and Shane Sampson; and her sister, Michelle Shewaga; nieces Nicole Shewaga, Jamie Shewaga, Gillian Chambers, and nephew Andrew Sh
  
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• Monster trucks and dirt bikes to take over Victoria arena in January

  09-10-2026 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Fifteen thousand horsepower and 600 tons of dirt are on a collision course with Victoria this January.
  The Motorsports Spectacular will take over the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre for its 40th anniversary tour on Jan. 16 and 17, 2027.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (@sofmcvic)Before the car-crushing stunts begin, a 30-person crew will spend 36 hours transforming the arena floor into a muddy battleground.
  The weekend lineup will feature fan favourite truc
  
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• Election 2026: Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trustee candidate questionnaires

  09-10-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  TANIA BRZOVIC – INCUMBENTAge 55 – A life-long resident of Nanaimo, I have spent many years working in social service advocacy, focusing on anti-poverty initiatives and supporting individuals with disabilities and their families. I currently volunteer with Dry Grad, Girl Guides, and the Nanaimo Toy Drive.What will be your priorities, if elected? To support our strategic plan by continuing to advocate for additional funding and directing more resources to classrooms to improve literacy
  
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• Joseph ”Joe” Robert Pirozzini

  09-10-2026 06:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  1942 – 2026an
  With profound love and heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Joseph Robert Pirozzini on September 23rd 2026.
  Joe lived a life of deep devotion. He walked hand in hand with his wife Claudette creating a home filled with love and laughter. His two cherished sons Dean and Darrell were his greatest achievements and he loved them beyond measure.
  Joe was born in Cumberland B.C., and was very proud to live in “Dodge City”. Joe and Claudette transfer
  
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