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• Celebrate Canada Day at Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park

  28-06-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo is gearing up for celebrating the country’s 159th birthday.
  On Wednesday, July 1, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. a festival will take place at Maffeo Sutton Park including live entertainment, cultural performances, family activities and community connection.
  In a press release, Mayor Leonard Krog encouraged residents and visitors to join in on the celebration.
  ”Canada Day is an opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate this amazing country and what makes Nanaimo
  
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• Vancouver Canucks acquire veteran forward Brendan Gallagher from Habs

  29-06-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Brendan Gallagher is coming back to Vancouver.
  Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson announced Monday (June 29) the club has acquired the veteran forward from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for future considerations. According to a press release, the Canadiens will also retain 50 per cent of Gallagher’s salary ($6.5M cap hit this season; $4M in base salary).
  Also Monday, the Canucks picked up a third-round pick in the 2029 NHL draft (originally belonging to Colorado) for forwa
  
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• Findlay shakes up B.C. Conservative caucus leadership, installs Maahs as interim leader

  29-06-2026 19:18 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is shaking up the party’s caucus leadership team, installing mostly loyalists who backed her campaign in the key roles.
  Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs will lead the Official Opposition on an interim basis, presumably until Findlay can secure a seat through a byelection. This would require a sitting MLA to step down, and while none have stepped forward yet, there are rumours that several have offered to.
  Prince George—North Cariboo MLA
  
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• Two teenagers struck by vehicle in Nanaimo

  29-06-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Two teenagers, 16 and 13, were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle last Sunday.
  Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 28 at the intersection of Bay Street and Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo.
  R/Const. Gary O’Brien, from the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, said the driver of the vehicle stayed on scene and cooperated with police officers.
  He said speed, alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the incident, but the driver was issued a ticket fo
  
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• Oscar-winning actor filmed Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ in Maple Ridge

  29-06-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A movie about a widow who bonds with a clever octopus starring Oscar Award winner Sally Field was filmed – in part – in Maple Ridge.
  According to Netflix in Your Neighbourhood, which lists films and the locations where the movies were filmed, the movie “Remarkably Bright Creatures” was filmed at The Wolf Bar along Lougheed Highway.
  The movie was based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Shelby Van Pelt that explores the themes of grief, friendship, and connectio
  
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• Actor Josh Duhamel filming production in Maple Ridge

  29-06-2026 18:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  American actor Josh Duhamel is in Maple Ridge filming a new feature called “Runaway”.
  In a recent Instagram post, the star announced to his 2.5 million followers that he was sitting in the middle of a beautiful park, “outside of a town called Maple Ridge near Vancouver.”
  “Shooting a movie called ‘Runaway’. It’s so beautiful out here,” he said in the post.
  The star, whose breakout role was in the film franchise “Transformers” as Ca
  
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• B.C. family shares journey through younger-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis

  29-06-2026 18:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Everything changed when a familiar route home became unfamiliar.
  For years, Mark Breslaw drove the same route home from work. Then, one afternoon in November 2023, something happened that he couldn’t explain.
  Sitting at a familiar four-way stop on his drive home, Breslaw suddenly didn’t know where he was.
  “It was my turn to go and I completely blanked on how I got there, where I was and where home was,” Breslaw recalled.
  At first, he blamed stress from his job and didn&rs
  
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• Copper wire crooks cause $40K in damage at Parksville electrical substation

  29-06-2026 18:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  During the week of May 18 to May 24, the Oceanside RCMP received 271 complaints.
  Some of the incidents included:
  A large amount of copper grounding wire was reported stolen from an electrical substation, as well as damage to a perimeter fence near Allsbrook Road in Parksville on May 18. Estimated repair costs are $40,000. The next day, a vehicle was reported vandalized, with the gas tank drilled and fuel drained, at the Memorial Avenue pullout in Qualicum Beach
  Also May 19, a pair of sunglasses
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 29: Canada’s Round of 16 opponent will be known after 3rd match today

  29-06-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Canada’s historic 1-0 win over South Africa sets up a Round of 16 clash with either Netherlands or Morocco next Saturday morning (July 4) in Houston, 10 a.m. start Pacific time.
  The match winner in Monterrey tonight (6 p.m. start) will decide Canada’s next opponent after Stephan Eustaquio played hero with a goal in injury time Sunday in Los Angeles, sending home the South Africans.CANADA HAS SCORED
  
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• BRIONES: My weight loss journey from 220 pounds down to 197

  29-06-2026 15:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  There comes a time when many of us look in the mirror and realize our bodies have changed more than we’d like.
  At first, we tell ourselves that no one else notices. But then the comments begin: “You’re getting fat.” “You’ve put on weight.” “You should go on a diet.” Those remarks are hard to ignore, and whether we like it or not, they stay with us. As uncomfortable as they were to hear, they forced me to take an honest look at myself.
  Earlier
  
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• Island Health addictions doctor says housing, gradual treatment important for recovery

  29-06-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A doctor with Island Health who specializes in addictions says providing housing first before treatment as part of the efforts to deal with unhoused people with drug-dependency issues has many advantages.
  Speaking at the city’s special governance and priorities committee meeting on June 8 on the issue, Dr. Roger Walmsley said it’s fair to say that a lot of people end up using drugs because they don’t have housing and need them to help stay alive.
  He said there’s many inst
  
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• 6 people missing after charter boat sinks near Richmond, RCMP say

  29-06-2026 05:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Six people remain missing after a boat sank in the water near Roberts Bank on Sunday morning.
  B.C. RCMP said Sunday evening that six people are unaccounted for as of 7:44 p.m., eight hours after a charter vessel began taking on water around 11:45 a.m. The search is ongoing.
  Police say it’s believed that 10 people were on board the vessel when it began taking on water. It was reported to police by another civilian vessel.
  A marine search-and-rescue operation was launched by Joint Rescue Coo
  
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• Police searching for escaped inmate from Vancouver Island minimum-security prison

  29-06-2026 02:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Police are searching for a 69-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a minimum-security federal prison on Sunday, June 28.
  Staff members at William Head Institution in Metchosin, B.C., discovered that Ernest Egon Jensen was missing during the noon count. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the West Shore detachment of the RCMP.Ernest Jensen has escaped from William Head Institution, a minimum-security facility in Metchosin, British Columbia
  
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• Nanaimo author shares love of Canada

  29-06-2026 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  While he started with drawing Vancouver Island’s aquatic life, since then a Nanaimo artist’s colouring books have taken a national focus.
  Don Ravensbergen’s Country Canada Colour Me Beautiful!, and British Columbia Canada Colour My Province Beautiful are just two of his patriotic themed art books, with the first featuring Canada, as well as its ten provinces and three territories.
  Ravensbergen has been writing these children’s books for around eight years now, as part of
  
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• PHOTOS: Qualicum Beach Triathlon draws athletes from all over Vancouver Island

  29-06-2026 02:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Hundreds of people turned out to run, swim and cycle in Quality Foods Qualicum Beach Triathlon on June 28.
  The 27th annual event included duathlon, aquathon, relay, junior, youth, minor, novice and rookie categories, with people of all ages and ability levels participating.
  Organizers were expecting more than 400 participants, who competed in waves between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
  RELATED: BRIONES: My weight loss journey from 220 pounds down to 197
  
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• WORLD CUP: Canada meets South Africa in round of 32

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  12:00 p.m.
  We are underway! Canada sporting their sharp ‘Black Ice’ kits worn in their 6-0 triumph over Qatar.
  11:35 a.m.
  Black Press Media live World Cup blog for June 28:
  Canada will meet South Africa in a round of 32 clash in Los Angeles. It is the first team either club has reached the knockout stage and a spot in the final 16 in on the line.
  Either the Netherlands or Morocco will play the winner.Today’s starters, presented by @GE_Appliances Moïse and DC at the backTaj
  
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• WORLD CUP: Canada beats South Africa 1-0 to reach round of 16

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  1:57 p.m.
  They’ve done it!!!!!! Canada moves on to the round of 16.1:51 p.m.
  GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! A stoppage time laser from Eustáquio beats Williams and it’s 1-0 Canada. Three minutes to go.
  1:46 p.m.
  Canada has held 62 per cent of possession since Davies came into the game.
  1:44 p.m.
  Crepeau hauls in a shot from Appollis on a rare South African counter attack.
  1:38 p.m.
  Another good chance for David off some nice work from Davies. Williams stands firm.
  1:35 p.m.
  He
  
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• WORLD CUP: Canada and South Africa scoreless at halftime

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  12:55 p.m.
  Will we see Canadian captain Alphonso Davies, who has missed the entire tournament as he recovers from a hamstring injury?
  12:48 p.m.
  Scoreless at the half. Several Canadian players and coach Jesse Marsch have some choice words for Pinheiro as they leave the pitch. Canada finishes the half with four shots on goal to South Africa’s one.
  12:45 p.m.
  Fans aren’t happy as Canada’s Laryea is hauled down inside the box. No penalty is given by ref João Pinheiro, with
  
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• ‘Canadian heroes’: Canada beats South Africa 1-0 to reach World Cup round of 16

  28-06-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  2:07 p.m.
  Are we having fun yet, Canada?Ahhhhhhh!! @BlackPressMedia pic.twitter.com/8q0PCe399I
  — Anna Burns (@AnnaBBurns) June 28, 2026
  2:01 p.m.
  ”You are Canadian heroes!” an emotional Marsch tells his team.
  1:57 p.m.
  They’ve done it!!!!!! Canada moves on to the round of 16.
  1:51 p.m.
  GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! A stoppage time laser from Eustáquio beats Williams and it’s 1-0 Canada. Three minutes to go.WE ADVANCE!!!
  OUR FIRST WORLD CUP KNOCKOUT STAGE VIC
  
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• UPDATE: Power restored to over 11,000 Nanaimo customers after earlier outage

  28-06-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  UPDATE: Power was restored to all customers around 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 28 and while crews checked out the B.C. Hydro facility, they were not able to find a cause for the outage, according to Ted Olynyk, B.C. Hydro spokesperson.
  PREVIOUSLY POSTED: Over 11,000 customers in Nanaimo are without power due to a substation fault.
  Outages were reported just after 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 28.
  According to the B.C. Hydro website, outages are in the Townsite-Lintlaw-Kilpatrick-Jameson roads, Pirates Lan
  
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• UPDATE: Power restored to more than 11,000 Nanaimo customers after earlier outage

  28-06-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  UPDATE: Power was restored to all customers around 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 28 and while crews checked out the B.C. Hydro facility, they were not able to find a cause for the outage, according to Ted Olynyk, B.C. Hydro spokesperson.
  PREVIOUSLY POSTED: Over 11,000 customers in Nanaimo are without power due to a substation fault.
  Outages were reported just after 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 28.
  According to the B.C. Hydro website, outages are in the area of Townsite-Lintlaw-Kilpatrick-Jameson roads, Pir
  
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• Over 11,000 without power in Nanaimo due to substation fault

  28-06-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Over 11,000 customers in Nanaimo are without power due to a substation fault.
  According to the B.C. Hydro website, outages are in the Townsite-Lintlaw-Kilpatrick-Jameson roads, Pirates Lane-Third Street-Departure Bay-Holland roads area, Princess Royal Avenue-Venlaw Road-Mallard Drive-Maxey Road area, Lost Lake Road-Country Club Drive-Departure Bay-Latimer roads area, Durnin Road-Wellesley Avenue-Jingle Pot-Bowen roads area and Highway 19-Keighley Road-Uplands Drive area.We’re aware of an o
  
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• RCMP seek dashcam footage related to deadly crash near Chase

  28-06-2026 18:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a sedan near Chase.
  The incident happened in the late morning on Saturday, June 27, when Chase RCMP said first responders were called out to a vehicle collision on Highway 1 west of Chase.
  Once on scene, RCMP members found the crash was between a motorcycle and a sedan.
  The motorcycle driver, a man in his early 60s, had serious injuries and died of his wounds. Police say no one else involved in the incident had serious injuries, and that the driver of
  
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• Business Notes: Commercial Street Night Market kicks off with a bang

  28-06-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Kristine Ireland said she has been obsessed with cotton candy since she was a child.
  She said that, at the time, there were only two types of cotton candy, blue and pink, so she and her husband, Clay Rookes, decided to come up with more variety to spice up her favourite confection.
  The couple developed more than 20 different flavour combinations of cotton candy, including Pink Vanilla, Watermelon Lemonade, Nanaimo Bar and even Extreme Pickle, and began the Sweet & Dandy Cotton Candy Co. in 2
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 28: Round of 32 schedule set; All eyes on Canada vs. South Africa today

  28-06-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Today’s only game is Canada vs. South Africa, noon start for the first playoff battle of the men’s soccer tournament.Both teams are in the expanded Round of 32, or knockout round, for the first time.
  The winner advances, the loser goes home.
  With the tournament’s expansion to 48 teams for 2026, 32 teams advanced from the group stage — the top two from each of the 12 groups, along with t
  
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• B.C. Lions remain winless after falling 41-33 to Calgary Stampeders in Kelowna

  28-06-2026 04:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Lions are still looking for their first win of the 2026 CFL season.
  The Lions dropped to 0-3 on the year, after dropping a 41-33 decision to the Calgary Stampeders Saturday at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna.
  With the Lions usual home of BC Place currently being used for soccer’s World Cup, the Lions were forced to take their home game on the road.
  Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. tossed for 229 yards and three touchdowns for Calgary (1-2). He threw TDs to Tevin Jones, Dedrick Mills and Jal
  
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• Walk like a man: ‘freakishly handsome’ group getting fit, bonding at Nanaimo lake

  28-06-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A weekly constitutional around Westwood Lake in Nanaimo is more than a chance for men to improve fitness, it’s a chance for camaraderie, say participants.
  Dirk Heydemann formed the group, dubbed the Freakishly Handsome Men of Westwood Lake, 19 months ago as a chance for group fitness, but it has become something more. Walks begin 10 a.m. on Saturdays, with more socializing at a coffee shop afterwards.
  “I was just turning a leaf into being more active, and I wanted to try and find som
  
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• Vancouver Island Symphony’s Summer Sizzle Festival serenading mid-Island

  27-06-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Vancouver Island Symphony’s Summer Sizzle Festival is returning for another year to delight audiences in the mid-Island.
  The festival includes concerts in Nanoose Bay, Nanaimo, Duncan, Westholme, Cedar-by-the-Sea, Yellow Point, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Comox Valley.
  Performers include Three to Tango, also known as the Marko Paolo Trio, who according to the Vancouver Island Symphony website, will be returning with their irresistible mix of charm and virtuosity. The trio consists of ba
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On the anniversary of the heat dome

  27-06-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  To the editor,
  I am a family doctor practising in Nanaimo. On a scorching day last summer, I was working with the Primary Care Outreach team when we were called to attend to a patient in his home in a top floor apartment with no cooling.
  As we climbed the stairs the heat intensified, and we walked into a suffocating apartment to find the elderly man dazed and pale. He had fallen and hit his head the day prior. His blood sugar was sky high. He declined to go to the hospital because his prior expe
  
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• B.C. twins drafted by same NHL team

  27-06-2026 18:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Liam and Markus Ruck have been united.
  The Osoyoos twins, 18, were selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins at this weekend’s NHL draft in Buffalo, N.Y.
  While Liam was taken in the first round with the 22nd overall pick on Friday night, Markus went on the board at No. 39 overall on Saturday morning.
  The Rucks spent parts of the last three seasons together with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.
  In 2025-2026, Markus and Liam were No. 1 and 2 in WHL scoring, posting 108 and 104 points, respecti
  
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