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• B.C. Lions set Langford clash with Edmonton this spring at Starlight Stadium

  09-12-2025 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Just two months ago, the B.C. Lions announced they would be making another pre-season stop in Langford, and on Dec. 9, the team unveiled their 2026 schedule, confirming Langford’s date for May 23.
  It will be the third different opponent that Greater Victoria will see, with the Edmonton Elks the newest team to enter the provincial capital. Last season, the Lions won all three outings against the Elks.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by BC Lions (@bclions_official)The club has made
  
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• Missing Nanaimo woman found dead, police investigating as a homicide - Global News

  09-12-2025 22:45 via news.google.com
  Missing Nanaimo woman found dead, police investigating as a homicide  Global News
  
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• Missing Nanaimo woman found dead, police investigating as a homicide

  09-12-2025 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  In the early hours of Nov. 14, Nanaimo RCMP officers responded to a report of a vehicle fire in a wooded area on College Drive, near the Highway 19 intersection.
  
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• B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence - NanaimoNewsNOW

  09-12-2025 22:38 via news.google.com
  B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from dark, stormy waters off Vancouver Island - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 22:15 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from dark, stormy waters off Vancouver Island  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Police: B.C. truck driver lights candle to mask smell of alcohol - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 22:10 via news.google.com
  Police: B.C. truck driver lights candle to mask smell of alcohol  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Parole revoked for B.C. manslaughter convict - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 22:10 via news.google.com
  Parole revoked for B.C. manslaughter convict  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Police: B.C. truck driver lights candle to mask smell of alcohol

  09-12-2025 22:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A professional truck driver from Abbotsford allegedly tried to cover up the smell of alcohol by lighting a candle after he was stopped by police on Dec. 4.
  An RCMP press release issued on Tuesday (Dec. 9) said the incident occurred at about 9 a.m. that day, when the driver was pulled over in Fruitvale – near the city of Trail – by BC Highway Patrol.
  The release said, at the time, the 52-year-old man was driving a Peterbilt tractor-trailer – owned by an Agassiz trucking company
  
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• Margaret “Marge” Elaine Brown - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 22:00 via news.google.com
  Margaret “Marge” Elaine Brown  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Fort St. James man sentenced to life for 2022 murder - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 21:45 via news.google.com
  Fort St. James man sentenced to life for 2022 murder  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Shirley Dorothy Winbourne - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 21:40 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo Steelmen earn road win over Powell River Regals - Powell River Peak

  09-12-2025 21:30 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo Steelmen earn road win over Powell River Regals  Powell River Peak
  
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• Fort St. James man sentenced to life for 2022 murder

  09-12-2025 21:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Fort St. James man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 shooting death of John Lazarre.
  On Feb. 25, 2022, Fort St. James RCMP officers were called to reports of shots fired on Spruce Road. According to police, when officers arrived, they found 36-year-old John Lazarre deceased.
  Thomas Duncan, now 33, was later arrested and charged in connection with the killing. Ducan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for Lazarre’s death.
  On Wednesday, Dec. 3, in provincial court, Dunca
  
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• New judge appointed to Provincial Court in Nanaimo - My Coast Now

  09-12-2025 21:11 via news.google.com
  New judge appointed to Provincial Court in Nanaimo  My Coast Now
  
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• Parole revoked for B.C. manslaughter convict

  09-12-2025 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  WARNING: this article contains content related to domestic violence (gender-based violence), which may be distressing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know has been harmed by domestic violence (gender-based violence), contact Archway Society for Domestic Peace at 250-542-1122 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
  A former Vernon pharmacist convicted of manslaughter has had his day parole revoked.
  The Parole Board of Canada reviewed the case involving Shaun Ross Wie
  
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• Update: Nanaimo missing woman case now Homicide Investigation; RCMP - CFAX 1070

  09-12-2025 20:50 via news.google.com
  Update: Nanaimo missing woman case now Homicide Investigation; RCMP  CFAX 1070
  
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• Patient airlifted after being burned in motorhome fire south of Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 20:50 via news.google.com
  Patient airlifted after being burned in motorhome fire south of Nanaimo  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Richard Ian Connett - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 20:45 via news.google.com
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• Woman found dead in Nanaimo, B.C., is being investigated as a homicide - Toronto Star

  09-12-2025 20:37 via news.google.com
  Woman found dead in Nanaimo, B.C., is being investigated as a homicide  Toronto Star
  
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• Patient airlifted after being burned in motorhome fire south of Nanaimo

  09-12-2025 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A patient was airlifted to hospital with burns after his motorhome caught fire south of Nanaimo.
  Firefighters from Nanaimo Fire Rescue and Extension Volunteer Fire Department responded to the alarm shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, when a woman on her way to work came across the blaze at the summit of South Forks Road south of Nanaimo.
  Alicia Appleton said she saw the male occupant of the motorhome come out of the vehicle and he was on fire. Her first instinct was to tell the man to get into
  
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• B.C. rent decline leads Canadian jurisdictions in December - NanaimoNewsNOW

  09-12-2025 20:31 via news.google.com
  B.C. rent decline leads Canadian jurisdictions in December  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Shirley Dorothy Winbourne

  09-12-2025 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  December 10, 1935 – November 23, 2025
  Sadly, we said goodbye to our beloved Shirley Dorothy Winbourne (nee Johnston) on the evening of Nov. 23/25, just shy of her 90th birthday. Shirley will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her daughters Lisa and Janet, by her cousin Jennifer (Steve) Smith and family, and niece Victoria (Mike) Pollard and family. Shirley was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim in 2011.
  Born and raised in Birkenhead, England, Shirley travelled to Canada at th
  
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• Richard Ian Connett

  09-12-2025 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  July 19, 1946 – November 20, 2025
  It is with deep sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Richard Ian Connett, on November 20, 2025 at age 79, in the NRGH Palliative Care Unit. Ian succumbed to his courageous year-long battle with metastatic cancer surrounded by his loving wife of 56 years, Carol, daughter Christine (Dave), and son Jason (Tracy). Ian will be missed by grandsons Blake (Kyra) and Dylan (Kayla) and great-grandson Quinn; and sisters Helen (Gerry) and Jean, brother Col
  
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• Margaret “Marge” Elaine Brown

  09-12-2025 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  March 27,1931 -November 5,2025
  Margaret “Marge” Brown passed away peacefully on November 5 – After many years of struggling with dementia. Her family is deeply grateful to the administration and staff at Keeping House Care Facility for the care, compassion,and comfort they provided.
  Whether it was a cow cookie jar that mooed or “talking” to the people on the other side of the lake with a flashlight late into the night, Marge lived a life made rich by simple joys. Sh
  
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• Chicago punk rockers Rise Against coming to Okanagan Valley

  09-12-2025 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Rise Against is Okanagan-bound.
  The Chicago-based alternative punk rock quartet will take the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre (PTCC) stage on March 27, 2026, as part of the North America-wide tour alongside fellow punk band Destroy Boys.
  Rise Against formed in 1999 and has since released 10 studio albums, including Ricochet (2025).
  Among the band’s gold or platinum-certified records feature rock radio staples like Prayer of the Refugee (2006) and Savior (2008).
  Penticton is one of tw
  
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• VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from the dark, stormy waters off Metchosin - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 20:00 via news.google.com
  VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from the dark, stormy waters off Metchosin  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from the dark, stormy waters off Metchosin

  09-12-2025 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Professionalism and training aside, the relief is palpable as rescuers talk through the search for a sailor overboard in a video shared by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Victoria.
  The voices chatter outlining the location, resources on route, the flare and a dark spot nearby quickly identified as the man they were seeking.“Outstanding,” says one searcher.
  “He just waved his hand up he’s alive,” says another.JRCC Victoria was alerted to a person overboar
  
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• VIDEO: Navy sailor plucked from dark, stormy waters off Vancouver Island

  09-12-2025 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Professionalism and training aside, the relief is palpable as rescuers talk through the search for a sailor overboard in a video shared by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Victoria.
  The voices chatter outlining the location, resources on route, the flare and a dark spot nearby quickly identified as the man they were seeking.“Outstanding,” says one searcher.
  “He just waved his hand up he’s alive,” says another.
  JRCC Victoria was alerted to a person overboa
  
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• Police seek dashcam in case of Nanaimo woman found dead in burning vehicle - BC News - Castanet

  09-12-2025 19:47 via news.google.com
  Police seek dashcam in case of Nanaimo woman found dead in burning vehicle - BC News  Castanet
  
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• RCMP arrest four more at logging blockade near Lake Cowichan - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 19:34 via news.google.com
  RCMP arrest four more at logging blockade near Lake Cowichan  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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