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• Campbell River wrestling scene loses coach, promoter

  03-10-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The pro wrestling world is remembering independent veteran wrestler, promoter, and coach, Eddie Osbourne.
  In a Facebook post, 365 Pro Wrestling released the following statement about the man commonly known as “Cousin Eddie”, who spent the first 17 years of his life in Campbell River:
  ‘With many heavy hearts and a tremendous amount of sorrow, we are sad to announce the passing of our great friend and leader Eddie Osbourne. For over two decades he entertained a continent, not onl
  
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• PHOTOS: B.C. witches take to the waters of Semiahmoo Bay

  04-10-2026 22:31 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Around 50 witchy individuals traded their broomsticks for paddleboards Sunday morning (Oct. 4) as they took to the water for White Rock’s annual Witch Rock paddle.The group launched from the boat ramp at Bayview Park around 11 a.m., making their way toward the White Rock Pier before paddling back.The fog was thick over the water, giving the paddle a particularly spooky backdrop as witches in pointed hats, black clothing and capes moved through the mist.Participants ranged from children to
  
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• Rabbit population threatens Vancouver Island alpine garden

  04-10-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A group of volunteers maintaining an alpine and rock garden at Nanoose Place is asking the Regional District of Nanaimo to help fund fencing to protect the garden from rabbits that have been destroying its plants.
  In a letter to Rick Daykin, interim director of RDN Recreation and Parks, the volunteers said the growing rabbit population has resulted in the loss of numerous plants, including some grown from seed by the garden’s original benefactor, Eswyn Lyster.
  Established in 2009, Eswyn&rs
  
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• Nanaimo Art Gallery celebrating golden anniversary

  04-10-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Nanaimo Art Gallery is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
  Founded in 1976, according to the gallery, it started as the Madrona Exhibition Centre, established by a group of faculty members at the then-Malaspina College, now Vancouver Island University.
  Carolyn Holmes, gallery executive director, has been involved since 2000. She said that it started as one of many centennial exhibition spaces across Canada.
  “It was set up so that travelling exhibitions, science exhibitions, history exhib
  
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• Business Notes: MGM Restaurant is closing after 42 years.

  04-10-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo’s iconic MGM Restaurant is closing after serving the community for 42 years.
  Co-owner Tricia Samaroo said the last day at the popular family-owned restaurant, long known for its old-fashioned homestyle comfort food, all-day breakfast, and a warm, welcoming community atmosphere, is set for Oct. 11.
  She said MGM, which is located at 240 Nicol St. in the city’s south end, was first opened by her parents, Helen and Tony Samaroo, who were uneducated immigrants when they first came
  
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• Third-period explosion lifts Vancouver Canucks to 4-1 win over Calgary Flames

  04-10-2026 07:11 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Vancouver Canucks erupted for four third-period goals, erasing a 1-0 deficit and earning a 4-1 win over the visiting Calgary Flames in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena.
  Liam Ohgren, defenceman Elias Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Aatu Räty scored for the Canucks (2-1-0), with Linus Karlsson and Tom Willander each dishing out a pair of assists. Leevi Merilainen made 23 saves to earn the win in goal, his first as a Canuck.
  Matt Coronato had the lone goal for Calgary (0-2-0), with
  
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• Nanaimo considers making facilities more receptive for those with hidden disabilities

  04-10-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo is trying to make the municipality more receptive to those with hidden disabilities.
  The finance and audit committee unanimously voted to recommend that council register the city as a member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Network at its meeting on Sept. 23.
  The international Sunflower program supports people with non-visible disabilities, including neurological, cognitive, developmental, or sensory conditions such as autism, ADHD, brain injuries, dementia, anxiety disorders and mor
  
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• Whyte boots 8 field goals as B.C. Lions hang on for 24-17 win over Toronto Argonauts

  03-10-2026 23:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Sean Whyte booted eight field goals and the B.C. Lions came up with a huge goal-line stand late in the fourth quarter, as they held on for a 24-17 win over the host Toronto Argonauts in CFL action Saturday at BMO Field in Toronto.
  Whyte’s eight three-pointers set a B.C. franchise record for field goals and eclipsed his previous personal best of seven.
  Quarterback Nathan Rourke threw for 254 yards and ran for 50 more for the Leos (9-6), who won their third straight game and are two games ba
  
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• Duende Libre to perform at Simonholt Restaurant in Nanaimo

  03-10-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A trio of musicians who specialize in “global music” will be performing at Nanaimo’s Simonholt Restaurant.Duende Libre are an award-winning jazz trio, which celebrates the connections between global rhythms from Cuba, Brazil as well as the Mediterranean with the American jazz tradition, according to Quadwrangle Music.
  The band, which will be performing at Simonholt Restaurant on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m., consists of keyboardist Alex Chadsey, bassist Farko Dosumov, and percussionist
  
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• Old City Quarter Association growing and developing

  03-10-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter Association has grown and is playing a major role in the continuing development of Nanaimo’s historic neighbourhood in the city’s downtown core for years, according to its president Matthew Rosenthal.
  Rosenthal spoke to city council at its meeting on Sept. 21, in a successful effort to gain the city’s support and commitment to work with the association in its efforts to renew the Old City Quarter business improvement area, which the association
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Should Area A become a municipality?

  03-10-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Residents of Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area A, Cedar, South Wellington, Yellow Point and Cassidy, should be having a serious conversation about municipal incorporation.
  With approximately 7,500 residents, Area A is a diverse and growing community with significant residential, agricultural, commercial, transportation and infrastructure interests. Yet local governance remains the responsibility of an unincorporated electoral area represented by a single RDN director.
  Incorporation wou
  
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• COLUMN: Brain injuries are life-changing

  03-10-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  I think it’s great that employees of a number of local businesses and organizations got to their bosses tossed off the 150-foot-high bungy bridge at WildPlay Nanaimo earlier this week.
  It’s not meant as retribution for hated bosses (and I’m sure there are a lot of those out there), but as a fundraiser for the Nanaimo Brain Injury Society.
  The 6th annual Toss the Boss event hoped to raise $75,000 for the society, and it also allows the non-profit NBIS, a registered charity, to s
  
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• ‘A special day:’ Tour de Rock wraps up in downtown Victoria

  03-10-2026 04:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A team of 23 cyclists, including Victoria News’ own Tony Trozzo, has completed the two-week, 1,200-kilometre ride around Vancouver Island for the 29th annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
  On the eve of Friday, Oct. 2, riders completed their last leg of the tour and ended up at Ship Point to meet their families and celebrate their achievements over the two weeks – meeting with community members and raising over $700,000 for childhood cancer research and support services at the Canadia
  
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• Kelowna man faces life sentence for 2023 murder, parole eligibility to be decided

  03-10-2026 01:57 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  This article discusses intimate partner violence and may be triggering to some readers. If you or someone you know is experiencing violence or abuse contact the Kelowna Women’s Shelter 24/7 support line at 250-763-1040 or text 236-970-0704. In an emergency, call 911.A Kelowna man will spend life behind bars for the murder, however, it’s yet to be decided when he could be eligible for parole.
  Brandon Davina appeared in a Kelowna Supreme Court on Friday, Oct. 2, to be sentenced for the
  
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• ‘An investment B.C. has to make’: Conservatives aim to increase wildfire protection

  03-10-2026 01:48 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Conservatives are pledging to expand the province’s wildfire-fighting arsenal, saying the plan would largely pay for itself.
  Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson and Penticton-Summerland candidate Tracy St. Claire met Faulder resident Joel Patan at his burned-out family home on Oct. 2.
  The house and the surrounding area were destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire that erupted on Aug. 7.
  “At 5:25 that evening, my neighbour texted me that there was a fire about 11 kilometres west of us
  
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• Gail Hall (nee Matte)

  03-10-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  I MISS YOU SISTER
  In Loving Memory ~
  May 9, 1950 – September 28, 2025
  I thought of you with love today But that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday And days before that too.
  I think of you in silence
  I often speak your name All I have are memories And your picture in a frame. Your memory is my keepsake With which I’ll never part God has you in His keeping I have you in my heart.
  
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• Eby announces B.C. grocery ‘price guard’ during Kelowna visit

  03-10-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Campaigning ahead of the 2026 snap provincial election, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby promised an NDP government would provide “price guards” on grocery essentials.The “price guard” on groceries he announced on Friday (Oct. 2) in front of the Kane Road Save-On-Foods in Kelowna would cap profit margins on essentials like milk, eggs, cheese, butter, and poultry as well as protect independent grocers.
  He said a B.C. family of four is spending more than $17,500 on groceries each
  
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• B.C. Conservatives, NDP in tight election race, polling suggests

  03-10-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Recent polling indicates a tight race between the B.C. Conservatives and the B.C. NDP three weeks ahead of the provincial election, while suggesting marginal support for the BC Greens, CentreBC and OneBC.A survey of recent polling paints a picture of a two-horse race, with the Conservatives and NDP within a few percentage points of one another, and different polls indicating a different marginal frontrunner.An online poll conducted by Innovative Research Group from Sept. 25 to 28 found 41 per ce
  
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• Nanaimo Aquatic Centre reopens Oct. 5

  03-10-2026 00:46 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Get your swimming gear on as the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre is set to reopen on Monday, Oct. 5, after the facility underwent $13.7-million in upgrades and renovations over the summer months.
  The project’s budget includes $3.9 million in provincial and federal government funding, with City of Nanaimo contributing the rest.
  During the summer, the municipality completed significant work throughout the facility, including the installation of a new interactive and accessible water feature, replacem
  
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• B.C. Greens release food production, toxic drug crisis policies

  03-10-2026 00:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Greens have released two more party platforms around support for local food production and farmers and its toxic drug policy.
  Leader Emily Lowan made the two separate announcements in Greater Victoria Thursday (Oct. 1), alongside former B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe, the party’s candidate for Saanich South.
  Lapointe will be going up against NDP candidate Richard Zussman, a former journalist, and Conservative Cathie Ounsted. The seat was held by Lana Popham, who was first electe
  
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• Headline history: Reminiscing about the 2008 Nanaimo municipal election

  02-10-2026 23:39 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Four mayoral choices will be on the ballot when voters in the City of Nanaimo head to the polling stations in the next two weeks, just like 18 years ago.
  Leonard Krog (incumbent), Brunie Brunie, Anne Marie Dryden and Sarah Lovegrove are all vying to be mayor, similar to 2008, when four other people sought the mayorship.
  Back then, Gary Korpan (incumbent) sought another term as mayor, with John Ruttan, Diane Brennan and Larry Iwaskow also on the ballot. When the votes were counted, Korpan receive
  
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• 1 arrested, released in Kelowna after alleged Lower Mainland kidnapping

  02-10-2026 23:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A person who is not believed to be involved in criminal activity was allegedly kidnapped from the Lower Mainland and taken to Kelowna to reportedly “exert pressure on an associate.”
  The individual told police they were being held against their will at a Kelowna residence before they managed to escape and call Kelowna RCMP on Sept. 28.
  Mounties arrived on scene at about 11:30 p.m. after a report of suspicious circumstances in the 400-block of Sands Court, where officers discovered an
  
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• B.C. Greens propose AI data centre moratorium, greater oversight

  02-10-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Greens are proposing a province-wide moratorium on artificial intelligence data centres and new safeguards for AI use in schools, workplaces and online platforms.
  Party leader Emily Lowan announced the proposals in Victoria, as part of the Greens’ AI and technology platform, which calls for greater oversight of the technology’s effects on public safety, privacy, workers and the environment.
  The proposed moratorium would pause the construction and operation of AI data centres
  
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• VIDEO: Five men face extortion, gun, explosives charges in Langley/Surrey case

  02-10-2026 22:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Authorities arrested one man as he came off the plane at Pearson Interntional Airport and four others in Surrey in the ongoing fight against extortions in Canada.
  Langley RCMP led a 16-month investigation called Project E_PURSUANCE after hearing from the co-owners of an auto dealership, who were victims of significant extortion demands. This was followed by two targeted attacks on the business involving arson and shootings, at their Surrey and Langley locations in summer 2025.
  “The project
  
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• NDP calls for Conservatives to drop Chilliwack candidate over LGBTQ+ remarks

  02-10-2026 21:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. NDP is once again calling on the B.C. Conservatives to drop a candidate over previous remarks ahead of Saturday’s deadline.
  Vancouver-West End NDP incumbent Spencer Chandra Herbert called on Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson Friday to drop Chilliwack North incumbent Conservative candidate Heather Maahs over her comments about LGBTQ+ people and conflating it with grooming and pedophilia.
  “Heather Maahs, as a B.C. Conservative candidate, has been clear in her hatred, her name
  
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• Underwater demolition training to take place in waters off Metchosin in October

  02-10-2026 20:49 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Residents and visitors are being warned to expect to see military personnel, boats and other military assets in the area of Whirl Bay, off Metchosin, throughout October.
  According to the Royal Canadian Navy and Maritime Forces Pacific, the underwater demolition range at Whirl Bay will be active from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 to 2, 5 to 9, 13-16 and the 19 to 22.Whirl Bay, on the south shore of Rocky Point, is bordered by Pedder Bay to the northeast, Race Passage to the south, and Beecher Bay to
  
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• Polling stations in Nanaimo opening for early voting in 2026 municipal election

  02-10-2026 20:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo electors will have two chances to get a jump on voting in the B.C. municipal election.
  General voting day, for Nanaimo city council, Regional District of Nanaimo electoral area directors and Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ trustees, is on Oct. 17, but there will be two advance voting opportunities, the City of Nanaimo said in a press release.
  The first opportunity is on Wednesday, Oct. 7 and the second on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with both taking place at Beban Social Centre (2300 Bowe
  
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• Car found in Kootenay River with human remains linked to 2004 disappearance

  02-10-2026 20:09 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A vehicle containing human remains has been recovered from the Kootenay River as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Creston-area man more than 22 years ago.
  Creston RCMP said Friday the vehicle is believed to be connected to George Franklin Davis, who was reported missing from the Creston area in July 2004.
  At the time of his disappearance, Davis was reported to have left a residence in the 1300 block of Channel Road to get cigarettes.
  Davis, who was 40 at the time, was last s
  
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• Trial for man accused of killing B.C. woman Tori Dunn set to start Monday

  02-10-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The trial for the man accused of murdering Surrey’s Tori Dunn is set to start Monday morning in New Westminster Supreme Court.Jury selection for the second-degree murder trial of Adam Mann is set to start on Saturday (Oct. 3) morning in courtroom 209, while the trial is set to commence on Monday (Oct. 5) at 10 a.m. before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Terence Shultes.The trial is expected to last about three weeks.
  Dunn, 30, was found with life-threatening injuries after what her family repor
  
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• Cougar suspected in 36 livestock killings on Vancouver Island

  02-10-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Farmers are calling for more action from the BC Conservation Officer Service after one or more cougars is believed to have preyed on more than 30 livestock animals in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area.
  Most recently, three geese were killed on Billy Jolicoeur and Garrett Jolicoeur’s farm on Garden Road in Qualicum Beach the evening of Sept. 28.
  “One was eaten in place,” said Garrett, and added the cougar has been back for the past two nights, based on distinctive “chirpi
  
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