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• B.C. Toddler falls from third-storey window

  11-08-2022 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Child taken to hospital by Air Ambulance
  
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• Canucks acquire sixth-round picks for Reichel, Kampf at NHL trade deadline

  06-03-2026 21:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vancouver Canucks made a pair of moves at the buzzer of the 2026 NHL trade deadline on Friday.
  The team announced it has traded forward Lukas Reichel to the Boston Bruins for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick. In addition, forward David Kampf was dealt to the Washington Capitals, also for a sixth-round draft selection in 2026.
  Acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks earlier in the season, Reichel appeared in just 14 games for the Canucks, tallying one assist. He played in 23 games for the AHL&rsquo
  
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• B.C. to allow families of military transfers to access WorkBC in advance

  06-03-2026 20:49 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. is making a change to allow families of military personnel to access WorkBC services before moving to the province.
  “We want military spouses and their adult children to be able to find meaningful work and stability as quickly as they want when they’re transferred to our province,” Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister Sheila Malcolmson said in a Friday (March 6) announcement at the Canadian Forces Base in Esquimalt.
  This change will allow families to plan thei
  
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• Loaves and Fishes receiving $4,400 from NDSS empty bowl fundraiser

  06-03-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Designed by professional potters and high school students alike, Nanaimo residents lined up on Thursday night to snag a custom bowl from Nanaimo and District Secondary School’s empty bowl fundraiser.
  Organized each year by NDSS, the empty bowl fundraiser raised $4,400 for Loaves and Fishes food bank this year by selling hand made bowls filled with soup, in addition to a silent auction.
  “At first we were stressed out that there weren’t going to be enough people, but the communit
  
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• B.C. teen signs deal with world’s biggest music label

  06-03-2026 20:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A young Victoria artist is reaching for the stars after signing a two-year record deal with the world’s biggest music label, standing alongside some of Canada’s biggest musicians like The Weeknd, The Tragically Hip and Victoria’s own Nelly Furtado.
  Olivia Hahn got her start in artistry when she released her book ‘Healing Our Wounded Hearts: A real-life story about loss in the voice of a teenager’ to help her move through the grief of losing her mother to cancer when
  
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• Accused killer describes hallucinations to Victoria trial

  06-03-2026 20:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The trial of a man accused of killing 70-year-old Michael Jones in 2023 will likely come to an end next week following the testimony of a forensic psychiatrist.
  On Wednesday, March 4, a toxicologist and the accused, Michael King, took the stand, telling the court about King’s mental health and relationship with drugs ahead of the incident.
  Jones was found with life-threatening injuries in his Chester Avenue residence on March 6, 2023. On March 15, police learned Jones died in the hospital
  
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• Headline history: Jean Burns building fire in downtown Nanaimo nears 10th anniversary

  06-03-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Ten years after major fire destroyed one of Nanaimo’s key downtown buildings, the City of Nanaimo continues to try to find a developer to fill the hole left behind.
  A tenant phoned Rick Hyne, manager for Crankshaw Holdings, owner of the Jean Burns Building at the intersection of Commercial Street and Terminal Avenue, on the night of Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at about 6:40 p.m. He was told there was heavy smoke in the building’s hallway and Nanaimo Fire Rescue had been called.
  The bu
  
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• RCMP find ‘no credible threat’ to 100 Mile House high school

  06-03-2026 19:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  100 Mile House RCMP officers are maintaining a presence at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School after a safety concern was reported to School District 27.
  Hattie Darney, SD 27’s Director of Instruction and Safe Schools Coordinator, said that on Thursday, March 5, a safety concern was reported to the district. Darney said that school staff responded “quickly and appropriately” and followed protocols related to “worrisome behaviour.”
  “The RCMP assessed the report
  
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• Former NHL goalie Richard Brodeur brings exhibition to Ladysmith

  06-03-2026 19:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Legendary former NHL goaltender Richard Brodeur will bring his artwork to the Ladysmith Art Gallery this spring with a guest artist exhibition that explores creativity, resilience and life beyond elite sport.
  Titled From Crease to Canvas, the exhibition runs from April 24 to May 3 and features a curated selection of hockey-inspired paintings and Canadian landscapes created by Brodeur, who is widely known to fans as “King Richard” for his standout play during the Vancouver Canucks&rsq
  
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• School, Shawnigan Lake RCMP respond after students film ‘mock arrest’ with replica gun

  06-03-2026 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A student with a replica handgun caused a prompt and serious safety response on Thursday at Frances Kelsey Secondary School, according to an email sent to parents and guardians of students at the school.
  Principal Kevin van der Linden wrote, “This morning, between classes, I was notified of a student in the student parking lot with a replica handgun. The student was quickly found, and the replica weapon was located. The replica gun ended up being a cap gun with the orange tip removed.&rdqu
  
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• Vancouver Island teen drowned after dingo attack on island in Australia

  06-03-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Coroners Court of Queensland has confirmed that Piper James died from drowning after being attacked by a pack of dingoes in January.
  The body of the 19-year-old backpacker from Campbell River was discovered on the morning of Jan. 19, surrounded by about ten dingoes on K’Gari Island, off the eastern coast of Queensland in Australia.
  James “died as a result of drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack,” a spokesperson for the
  
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• B.C. teen drowned after dingo attack on island in Australia

  06-03-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Coroners Court of Queensland has confirmed that Piper James died from drowning after being attacked by a pack of dingoes in January.
  The body of the 19-year-old backpacker from Campbell River was discovered on the morning of Jan. 19, surrounded by about ten dingoes on K’Gari Island, off the eastern coast of Queensland in Australia.
  James “died as a result of drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack,” a spokesperson for the
  
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• Revoked day parole upheld for woman convicted in 1997 killing of Saanich teen

  06-03-2026 17:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The revoked day parole of convicted killer Kerry Marie Sim was upheld on appeal, according to a recently released decision.
  Formerly known as Kelly Ellard, Sim was among a group of teens who swarmed 14-year-old Reena Virk under the Craigflower Bridge in Saanich on Nov. 14, 1997. Ellard and Warren Glowatski followed her along the shoreline where they continued the beating and held Reena’s head under the water until she drowned.
  Handed a life sentence in 2005, Sim was originally granted day
  
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• Year-over-year high school grad rates relatively constant in Nanaimo-Ladysmith

  06-03-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools remained relatively constant last year in terms of students graduating from high school.
  According to the B.C. Ministry of Education, in 2024/25, a total of 89 per cent of Nanaimo-Ladysmith students from B.C. graduated, and of that 82 per cent were Indigenous students and 79 per cent of students with disabilities and diverse abilities.
  The ministry keeps track of those that graduate in five or six years upon entering Grade 8. According to a Feb. 11 strategic dire
  
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• Canucks trade forward Conor Garland to Columbus in exchange for 2 picks

  06-03-2026 07:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Conor Garland is headed to Columbus.
  Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin announced on Thursday that the Canucks were sending the veteran forward to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL draft and a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL draft.
  Garland, who turns 30 on March 11, has spent five seasons with the Canucks after being acquired from the Arizona Coyotes in 2021. The five-foot-10, 165-pound winger played 371 games as a Canucks, scoring 82 go
  
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• Allegations of $60K+ rent owed forces eviction of Kelowna pastor, event host

  06-03-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The owners of the Kelowna Events Centre Inc. and Impact UPstream Ventures Inc. are doing their best to support those impacted by the recent eviction of their tenant, John Perks.
  Al Hildebrandt and his son Cory Hildebrandt said John Perks and his businesses, Western Canada Food Tours and 1486327 B.C. Ltd., were evicted from 2041 Harvey Avenue after its alleged Perks fell months behind on rent.
  Problems started in December 2025 when the first of the month came and went without a rental payment, ac
  
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• Feds commit $70.4M for worker training in B.C. amid tariff upheaval

  06-03-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The federal government is putting up $70.4 million over three years to fund skills training for workers in B.C. impacted by tariffs and trade upheaval, according to a joint announcement with the provincial government on Thursday, March 5.
  “When a worker loses a job that they’ve depended on because of the U.S. tariffs, it’s like a real gut punch in the stomach,” B.C. Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister Sheila Malcolmson said.
  The Canada-British Columbia Tarif
  
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• MLA wants to make school lockdowns easier in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting

  06-03-2026 01:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A B.C. MLA has introduced a bill to make school lockdowns easier in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting that left nine people dead.
  Independent MLA Jordan Kealy introduced the bill Thursday (March 5) saying that, after the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, “it reminded us that the safety of our schools cannot be taken for granted.”
  “No parent should worry that someone could simply walk into their child’s school without oversight while students are in classrooms trying to
  
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• Eby calls for more AI regulation after Altman meeting about Tumbler Ridge

  06-03-2026 00:53 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby said OpenAI’s Sam Altman agreed to apologize to the families of Tumbler Ridge and to work on helping design regulations to force companies to report certain types of AI chat activity to police.
  “Everybody in the call recognized that apologies are never sufficient, but also that it is completely necessary,” Eby said.
  Eby wants a minimum standard for when companies must inform police about certain types of activity.
  He said this regulation should be made at
  
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• Nanaimo’s Port Theatre cancels Ben Bankas rental

  06-03-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A rental scheduled for later this month has been cancelled by the Port Theatre, following a “comprehensive review of its contractual and legal obligations.”
  Originally scheduled for March 21, the rental received backlash from the community, including a letter from the city requesting the Port Theatre review its booking policies following the scheduling.
  In a meeting leading up to the decision to send the letter, councillors on Feb. 23 brought attention to past comments from the perfo
  
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• B.C. NDP allow Armstrong bill on closing all consumption sites to pass 1st reading

  06-03-2026 00:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s government legislators gave a bit more of an indication on Thursday morning just where their line in the sand is in terms of what types of bills from opposition or Independent members they will allow to be debated.
  On Thursday (March 5), all of the NDP’s MLAs voted to approve first reading of a bill from Independent MLA Tara Armstrong, despite having vocally opposed her bills in the past.
  Armstrong’s latest missive calls for the immediate closure of all provincially fund
  
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• Victoria-raised golfer shoots 71 in PGA Tour debut

  06-03-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It wasn’t long ago that Daniel Bennett was a junior member walking the fairways at Gorge Vale Golf Club.
  Now, he is sharing tee boxes with some of the best players in the world.
  Bennett, a sophomore at the University of Texas, opened his PGA Tour debut with a 1-under 71 on Thursday, March 5 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
  The 20-year-old earned a sponsor exemption into the limited-field of 72 signature event after winning a player vote at last summer’s Arnold Palme
  
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• Northern Island group to hold town hall about abolishing village government

  05-03-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The grassroots group working to dissolve the Village of Sayward is holding a town hall meeting on Friday (March 6).
  Jess Bennett, one of the founders of the newly established Sayward Taxpayers Alliance, said problems with the municipality on northern Vancouver Island are so dire that the group has launched a petition to disincorporate Sayward, aiming to abolish the local government.If this initiative succeeds – a complicated process under the Local Government Act, which allows the province
  
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• Princeton man who attacked doctor has jail sentence upheld after appeal

  05-03-2026 22:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Princeton man who attacked a doctor over COVID-19 mask regulations had his jail sentence upheld after an appeal.
  Trevor Clary Rhyno was convicted of assault causing bodily harm and sentenced on November 14, 2025, to 12 months in jail and two years’ probation, as well as a court order to pay $10,000 by Dec. 31, 2028.
  According to the recently published Feb. 11 appeal decision by Justice Julia Lawn, despite the judge citing a case defence would not have had access to, no meaningful errors
  
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• THE MOJ: Rebuild officially here for Vancouver Canucks and it’s ugly

  05-03-2026 22:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s officially here.
  The Vancouver Canucks rebuild.
  And it’s ugly.
  Really ugly.
  Since the New Year, the Canucks have been a miserable lot with only two wins in 23 games after a 6-4 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.
  It was a spirited effort coming off a 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Stars Monday at the same venue but it was a loss nonetheless.
  At least there was one bright spot in that Brock Boeser finally scored – ending a drought of 22
  
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• Similkameen First Nations denounce MLA’s claims on Copper Mountain mine

  05-03-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands issued a scathing statement on March 4 in response to claims made by OneBC’s sole MLA that the provincial government had effectively bribed them over the Copper Mountain Mine expansion.
  The First Nations, who have issued multiple past statements opposing the province’s rapid approval of the New Ingerbelle expansion over a lack of adequate consultation, condemned the claims shared by the OneBC MLA for misrepesenting the USIB and LSIB’
  
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• B.C. teachers ratify new 4-year contract with 12% wage increase

  05-03-2026 20:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The B.C. Teachers’ Federation says 91 per cent of its members are in favour of ratifying a new four-year collective agreement with the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association.
  The agreement covers 52,000 teachers and educators, such as school psychologists who work across the province the kindergarten to Grade 12 public education system, according to a release from the teachers’ union Thursday (March 5). Voter turnout among the union members was 67 per cent.
  The union said th
  
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• Alleged altercation leads to stabbing in Nanaimo

  05-03-2026 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police are investigating a stabbing connected to an alleged confrontation between multiple individuals in central Nanaimo.
  According to a Nanaimo RCMP press release, the incident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, near a motel located in the 900 block of Terminal Avenue North and the intersection of the E&N Trail and Cypress Street, when officers responded to a report of a disturbance that involved multiple people in the area. During the confrontation, one man sustained a sing
  
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• Low snow pack raises concerns about Cowichan Lake water levels

  05-03-2026 19:11 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The lack of significant snowfall in the mountains around Cowichan Lake could be a problem for water levels during the upcoming dry season, according to Brain Houle, the environment manager at the now closed Domtar pulp mill in Crofton.
  While Domtar shut the mill down earlier this year, the forest company agreed to continue operations at the weir until the end of 2026.
  Houle said that while there is still time to accumulate more snow before the winter ends, it is possible that the weather will no
  
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• ‘Extensive’ search underway for missing woman in Cowichan

  05-03-2026 19:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP have renewed their request for the public’s help to locate Rosemarie Harry, who was last seen on Jan. 28.
  Since the time Harry was reported missing on Feb. 4, police have undertaken extensive investigative steps in an effort to locate her.
  Numerous interviews have been conducted, and officers have canvassed for CCTV footage at businesses and residences throughout the Duncan area.
  Additional investigative measures have also been completed under the BC Missing Pers
  
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