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• B.C. tech revitalizing Indigenous languages at risk of falling silent

  30-11-2025 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s said that one language dies every day and that roughly 6,000 others are at risk of going silent around the world.
  But a Victoria company is determined to bring these fading languages back to the forefront and prevent the loss of their culture and history.
  Language Foundry, formerly known as the Cultural Foundry Studio, is an education technology company with the mission of supporting the revitalization of endangered and at-risk languages worldwide.
  The startup’s e-learning platf
  
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• Pattullo Bridge renamed Stal̕əw̓asəm, replacement span to open soon

  08-12-2025 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The new Pattullo Bridge will have a name in the Indigenous halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓) language when it opens in coming weeks, with the bridge deck connected and final paving underway.
  The Surrey-New Westminster span is now known as Stal̕əw̓asəm, in recognition of “First Nations’ deep historical and current connections to the area,” according to B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Transit.
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• Trio of cougars reported near Brentwood Bay, police warn residents

  08-12-2025 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Central Saanich police issued a cougar-sighting alert on the morning of Dec. 7 after a group of three cougars was reported in the 7300-block of West Saanich Road. No conflicts with people have been reported.
  The province advises residents to stay calm and keep the animal in sight if they encounter a cougar. Avoid running or turning your back on the animal—back away slowly and give the animal space to escape.
  Children should be picked up immediately, as sudden movement or noise can provoke
  
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• Dom Dolla, Fisher to headline 2026 FVDED music fest in Surrey

  08-12-2025 18:41 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Dom Dolla, Fisher, Disco Lines, Griz and dozens of other dance music artists will pump up the volume at next summer’s FVDED in the Park festival in Surrey.
  Holland Park will again host the two-day concert on the weekend of July 3-4, 2026.
  Surrey’s largest annual ticketed music festival, FVDED typically attracts close to 25,000 people daily.
  Vancouver-based Blueprint announced the 2026 fest lineup on social media Sunday (Dec. 7), ahead of dates for “presale” ticket sales (
  
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• Police watchdog probes July arrest involving police dog and man in traffic

  08-12-2025 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The provincial police watchdog is awaiting more information, but finds a July arrest in Saanich warrants investigation.
  Officers with the Saanich Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls on July 15 around 7:30 p.m. about a man on foot threatening drivers and acting erratically in traffic in the 4500 block of Granville Avenue, according to the he Independent Investigations Office (IIO).
  Multiple officers responded and took a man into custody with the use of a police service dog. No other
  
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• Call for Christmas cards to brighten the holidays for Kamloops attack victim

  08-12-2025 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Store bought, homemade, musical, colourful, sweet or funny, Kamloops mom Sue Simpson is calling for Christmas cards again to brighten the season for her adult son Jessie.
  Jessie was attacked in 2016 with a baseball bat and left in a coma. Nearly a year after the attack, Jessie woke up and has since defied the odds in his recovery.
  Simpson said, however, the past year has been a challenging one and she doesn’t know how many more holiday seasons they have left together.
  “I don’t
  
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• B.C. woman mistakenly calls 911 to order pizza, gets visit from police

  08-12-2025 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A woman mistakenly called 911 while trying to order a pizza in Mission last week.
  According to Mission RCMP’s weekly “Community Connection” crime recap, the woman became “rather upset” when the 911 call-taker couldn’t help with her request and informed her that police would stop by to check on her.
  “911 is a simple, easy to remember number. In fact, it’s so easy to dial, that from time-to-time, people dial it by mistake,” RCMP said.
  The woman
  
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• Winter blows in with travel warnings for multiple B.C. regions

  08-12-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Several weather warnings are in effect this morning for highway travel as wet and windy conditions move across B.C.
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Highway 1, between Eagle Pass and Rogers Pass, with 20 to 30 centimetres of snow expected. Snowfall is expected to intensify by the afternoon and taper off overnight. Furthermore, overnights winds of up to 60 km/h are expected.Five highway alerts have been issued due to strong winds that include the Sea to Sky Highway, the Okanag
  
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• Vancouver Island show will leave audiences howling – and that’s not up for debate

  08-12-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Do billionaires have it harder than millionaires? Was Darth Vader a bad father? Or how about (gulp), Should Canada become the 51st state?
  All of these topics and more have at one time been the topic of debate on what is arguably the most original and funniest comedy program that the CBC has ever produced.
  The Debaters is a program that pits very funny comedians against one another in a toe-to-toe battle of laughs and logic. It’s part stand-up, part improv, and all side-splittingly hilariou
  
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• B.C. woman details assault in West Bank while protecting Palestinian civilians

  08-12-2025 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Nelson, B.C., woman says she was assaulted by Israeli settlers while defending Palestinians in the West Bank.
  The woman and three other Italian men were allegedly attacked Nov. 30 in the village Duyuk, where they were serving as unarmed civilian protection for Palestinians against Israeli settlers.
  The woman, who is recovering in the capital of Ramallah, spoke to the Nelson Star on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal while she remains in the region.
  She said the group had just fall
  
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• More cardiology services being considered on south Island as central Island waits

  08-12-2025 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Island Health has confirmed it is working on concept plans to open a room for pacemaker insertion in Victoria that has the capacity to function as a cath lab, although cath lab service is not its intention.
  During a board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 3, Marko Peljhan, Island Health’s vice-president of acute clinical operations and provincial programs, addressed an inquiry about a new “cath lab procedure room” at Royal Jubilee Hospital included in a draft report by KPMG. While the
  
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• You need winter tires in B.C. and here’s why: Road Safety at Work

  08-12-2025 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Winter tires are worth every penny when it comes to safety on the roads.
  That is the message Road Safety at Work was trying to get out at a tire demonstration on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Justice Institute of BC, (JIBC), track on the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport grounds.
  For the demonstration the agency pitted all-season mud and slush tires with good treads against dedicated brand new winter tires.
  There were four different exercises JIBC driving instructor Dan Guilfoyle put the tires through d
  
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• B.C. man charged with money laundering after Alberta man loses nearly $600K online

  08-12-2025 13:19 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police in Alberta have charged a Delta man with money laundering after a Lethbridge man was defrauded of nearly $600,000 in an investment scam.
  According to a press release from the Lethbridge Police Service, a 59-year-old man reported on Nov. 30, 2024 that he had been the victim of a scam after conversing with someone online about investment opportunities and providing them with significant funds.
  The police service’s Economic Crimes Unit investigated and determined that between June and
  
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• VIU Mariners hockey team finishes first half in first place

  08-12-2025 05:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The VIU Mariners go into the holiday break atop the standings, but also well aware that hockey season always gets harder in the second half.
  Vancouver Island University’s hockey club won its final regular season game of 2025, blowing out the Okanagan Lakers by an 8-2 score this past Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
  The game was relatively close for two periods, 3-1 going into the third, but the Mariners’ waves of pressure eventually started paying off.
  “It wears on
  
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• Nanaimo Concert Band adds Christmas music to the season

  08-12-2025 04:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Nanaimo Concert Band brought wind, brass and percussion to the audience’s Christmas favourites. The band held its annual Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Beban Park Social Centre.
  The concert doubled as a charity drive for the Salvation Army and concert-goers filled the kettle with cash and filled the non-profit’s van with non-perishable food items.
  Maj. Robin Borrows of the Salvation Army said the musicians and the audience members were definitely helping people in th
  
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• Foot care on the street: wet feet a painful health hazard for Island unhoused

  08-12-2025 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Living on the street can make it practically impossible to keep one’s feet dry in the rainy winter months, which can result the skin breaking down and peeling away, bacterial infections, blisters and other painful conditions.
  “Most of the issues are preventable,” said Raquel Molina, who has been a foot care nurse with Manna Homeless Society for approximately five years.
  “It’s due to being outside and not having a shelter. Not having anywhere during the day, or any t
  
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• Records fell this past swimming season in Nanaimo

  08-12-2025 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Another busy fall and winter swim season is underway for members of the Nanaimo Riptides Swim Team.
  The organization, which has existed in our city since 1976, recently held its annual general meeting. My thanks to club administrator Katrina Pellegrino for passing along results of that meeting, which included election of this year’s executive board, confirmation of coaching staff for the new season and highlights and awards from the season past.
  President of the Riptides for the 2025-26 se
  
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• Historic Victoria armoury becomes General Sir Arthur Currie Armoury - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  07-12-2025 21:00 via news.google.com
  Historic Victoria armoury becomes General Sir Arthur Currie Armoury  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Historic Victoria armoury becomes General Sir Arthur Currie Armoury

  07-12-2025 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Bay Street Armoury has a new name, but the story it celebrates is timeless: the rise of General Sir Arthur Currie, the teacher who commanded thousands in the First World War.
  The historic landmark, which opened 110 years ago, now named the General Sir Arthur Currie Armoury, welcomed hundreds of people during its open house as the century-old building officially adopted the name of the former teacher turned military commander.
  The event coincided with the 150th anniversary of Currie’s birth
  
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• OPINION: ‘Anti-Harmac’ amendment targets key company in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  07-12-2025 19:37 via news.google.com
  OPINION: ‘Anti-Harmac’ amendment targets key company in Nanaimo  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• OPINION: ‘Anti-Harmac’ amendment targets key company in Nanaimo

  07-12-2025 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  BY MARK MacDONALD
  When the City of Nanaimo tabled a zoning amendment to Bylaw 4500 that could effectively change the heavy industry zoning in Nanaimo on Nov. 17, there was one main target: Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.
  NFP owns Harmac Pacific, ‘the little pulp mill that did,’ which continues to pay around 350 full-time employee-owners handsomely while maintaining consistent profitability, and is a major Vancouver Island success story. They’ve done that thanks to an employee owne
  
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• 1,100 turkeys, 1,600 chickens distributed to 26 B.C. food banks thanks to donation

  07-12-2025 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Lake Country Food Bank (LCFB) was recently able to help out many other B.C. food banks, thanks to a donation from The Colin and Lois Pritchard Foundation.
  On Wednesday, Dec. 3, LCFB employees and volunteers, including executive director Joy Haxton and volunteers from MNP and 1-800-GOT JUNK were at the Kelowna Fruit Stand where they packed up and distributed around 1,100 turkeys and about 1,600 chickens to 26 other food banks across the Okanagan, Kootenays, Nicola Valley, and South Cariboo.
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• Nanaimo Clippers @ Cranbrook Bucks Saturday, January 03, 2026 - Nanaimo Clippers

  07-12-2025 18:01 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo Clippers @ Cranbrook Bucks Saturday, January 03, 2026  Nanaimo Clippers
  
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• These timeless no-bake Nanaimo bars are the perfect dessert for a holiday party - Toronto Star

  07-12-2025 17:16 via news.google.com
  These timeless no-bake Nanaimo bars are the perfect dessert for a holiday party  Toronto Star
  
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• Vancouver Island students gain global perspective through Banff140 and COP30 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  07-12-2025 16:02 via news.google.com
  Vancouver Island students gain global perspective through Banff140 and COP30  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Vancouver Island novelist explores institutional homophobia through fiction - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  07-12-2025 16:02 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver Island students gain global perspective through Banff140 and COP30

  07-12-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A group of Pearson College students found themselves hundreds of kilometres from Metchosin this month, dropped into two very different corners of global conversation.
  For Esmée Ethridge, Banff140 was a youth gathering rooted in reconciliation and climate action.
  She expected an even mix of Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. Instead, she stepped into a room where Indigenous youth were the clear majority, and the atmosphere felt natural.
  “It felt less like there was this divi
  
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• Vancouver Island novelist explores institutional homophobia through fiction

  07-12-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver Island author Malcolm Crockett uncovers a silenced history and hidden campaign of harrassment that targeted gays and lesbians who served in both the military and civil service in his new novel No Backup; A Setup And More: The Accomplishments of a Good Fairy, recently published by Barnes and Noble.
  “Although the book is fiction, it follows an academic discipline described as institutional ethnography, and specifically a sub-discipline of ethnography and auto-ethnography; both disc
  
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• New downtown Nanaimo art installation creating a sensory experience - NanaimoNewsNOW

  07-12-2025 15:26 via news.google.com
  New downtown Nanaimo art installation creating a sensory experience  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• QUIZ: December is about more than Christmas - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  07-12-2025 14:16 via news.google.com
  QUIZ: December is about more than Christmas  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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