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• Dancing bellringer keeps the cheer coming as Salvation Army kettles return to B.C.

  21-11-2025 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Sandi Thiessen apparently doesn’t need much of an excuse to bust a move, and volunteering at a Salvation Army donation kettle is reason enough.
  The Salvation Army Ridge Meadows Ministry is gathering volunteers for its annual Christmas kettle campaign, and Thiessen was out in front of the No Frills in Maple Ridge on a weekday afternoon, dancing away a two-hour shift, ringing bells, and inspiring donors.
  She’s gets people driving past hand her a $20 bill through their car window, to su
  
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• Commercial Street illuminated in permanent new art feature in downtown Nanaimo

  14-12-2025 04:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A permanent art exhibit is illuminating downtown Nanaimo’s sidewalks.
  ‘Sensing Nanaimo’ is a series of projected images by Nanaimo artist Amy Pye.
  The designs, created in black and white, feature light-projected circular images that “celebrate Nanaimo through an expanded lens of human sensation, moving beyond the traditional five senses to embrace 10: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, balance, movement, temperature, direction and intuition,” a City of Nanaimo press
  
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• Island First Nation talks language revitalization with acclaimed heritage musician

  13-12-2025 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The first and only person to win a Juno and two Polaris Prizes for music came from the other side of the country recently to help a Vancouver Island First Nation plot a course for revitalizing its language.
  Jeremy Dutcher, an Indigenous musician from New Brunswick’s Tobique First Nation, met with the Homalco Language Team this month during the team’s retreat to Quadra Island.
  Dutcher’s music is inspired by century-old recordings of his ancestors found in the archives of the Mus
  
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• Mountain Equipment Company officially opens doors to Nanaimo store

  13-12-2025 22:08 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Mountain Equipment Company is officially open for business in Nanaimo.
  Doors opened to the store at 2517 Bowen Rd., Saturday, Dec. 13, offering clothing and gear for outdoor recreationalists, servicing for cyclists and skiers and an area for customers to try out climbing shoes.
  Atmosphere, a similar business, shuttered earlier this year, but Peter Hlynsky, MEC chief executive officer, told the News Bulletin it wasn’t indicative of the market in Nanaimo.
  “The store was a no brainer fo
  
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• B.C. team’s ocean-hacking efforts shine silver at global tech competition

  13-12-2025 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It might have been the first time a B.C. team participated, but that didn’t stop Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST) from making waves at the global Ocean Hackathon.
  On Dec. 2, local ocean innovators representing B.C.’s hub for the sustainable economy took second place out of 57 teams at the Ocean Hackathon® 9 Grand Finale in Brest, France, earning global recognition.
  Their project, Ocean Drift, uses AI and deep learning to analyze complex oce
  
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• Canadian snowboarder Kaylie Buck earns World Cup silver - NanaimoNewsNOW

  13-12-2025 20:04 via news.google.com
  Canadian snowboarder Kaylie Buck earns World Cup silver  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Highway 1 remains closed in Abbotsford amid ongoing flooding

  13-12-2025 19:56 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Highway 1 is still closed from Whatcom Road to No. 3 Road Saturday morning (Dec. 13) and there is currently “no way through no way through Abbotsford to Chilliwack or eastern parts of the province,” according to the City of Abbotsford.
  Although water has receded overnight near the Whatcom Road exits, there is “still a significant amount of water on the highway, said Abbotsford Police media relations officer Sgt. Paul Walker.
  Police ask that drivers respect the barriers in place
  
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• Old growth vital to Vancouver Island’s threatened screech-owls, says scientist - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 19:32 via news.google.com
  Old growth vital to Vancouver Island’s threatened screech-owls, says scientist  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Old growth vital to Vancouver Island’s threatened screech-owls, says scientist

  13-12-2025 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Coastal screech-owls once flourished over the east coast of Vancouver Island, but now the subspecies has become a rare sight for birders.
  On Thursday, Nov. 27, ornithologist Megan Buers presented to the Yellow Point Ecological Society about her research into western screech-owls, particularly the coastal western screech-owls, which have significant biological differences from their interior counterparts.
  Both subspecies have been considered threatened for more than a decade, with the committee o
  
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• Eric Scoates Obituary - Nanaimo, BC - Dignity Memorial

  13-12-2025 17:11 via news.google.com
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• Regional District of Nanaimo votes to keep old wood stove replacement rebate despite loss of provincial funds - CHEK News

  13-12-2025 17:00 via news.google.com
  Regional District of Nanaimo votes to keep old wood stove replacement rebate despite loss of provincial funds  CHEK News
  
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• Rare seabird spotted off Race Rocks ahead of Vancouver Island bird count

  13-12-2025 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Longtime Vancouver Island birding specialist Geoffrey Newell can add another feather to his cap spotting an extremely rare seabird off Race Rocks.
  Newell, who leads frequent group bird-watching outings across Greater Victoria, was conducting a Rocky Point Bird Observatory survey while aboard a whale watching boat with Eagle Wing Tours when they spotted a Murphy’s petrel.
  The Murphy’s petrel, a member of the Pterodroma family and related to the albatross, is known for its long-distanc
  
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• Wonderheads Christmas Carol brings holiday classic to Vancouver Island stage - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 14:09 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo drop-in hub for people experiencing homelessness searching for new location - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 14:08 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo drop-in hub for people experiencing homelessness searching for new location

  13-12-2025 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Island Crisis Care Society is warning that without continued funding and a secured long-term location, the daytime drop-in hub on 55 Victoria Rd. will be closing its doors in 2026.
  Started last January, the hub offers warming services, outreach and resources to people experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo after being funded for the first year with $584,000 from the City of Nanaimo and $500,000 from the federal Reaching Home fund.
  Earlier this year, Nanaimo city council decided that the city w
  
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• Wonderheads Christmas Carol brings holiday classic to Vancouver Island stage

  13-12-2025 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his epiphany at the hands of three ghosts is an age-old classic (for the record, it’s actually four ghosts, everyone forgets Marley, but I digress).
  But the story has never been told with more humour or imagination than the version presented by the Wonderheads.
  It’s an unforgettable reimagining of the classic story with 10-foot-tall puppets, giant masks, glowing ghosts and breath-taking theatrical invention.
  Described as “powerful, surprising a
  
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• High streamflow advisory issued for B.C. Coast & Fraser Valley as more storms expected

  13-12-2025 10:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Another atmospheric river is on the way for the coastal areas of B.C. and the Fraser Valley, with rain expected to start late Saturday and continue through the week.
  Vancouver Island, the North Coast, and areas of the Central and South Coast are expected to receive the heaviest rainfall on late Sunday into early Tuesday, according to Environment Canada.
  Enviroment Canada issued a high stream advisory Saturday (Dec. 13) for North Coast including Kitimat, Prince Rupert and surrounding areas, Centr
  
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• Vancouver Canucks trade captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild - NanaimoNewsNOW

  13-12-2025 05:18 via news.google.com
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• Christmas benefit show will be a packed night of music in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 04:47 via news.google.com
  Christmas benefit show will be a packed night of music in Nanaimo  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Vernon martial artists top Western Canadian field - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 04:31 via news.google.com
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• Vernon martial artists top Western Canadian field

  13-12-2025 04:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Sundance martial artists from Vernon mined 69 medals in a dominating performance at the 2025 Western Canadian ITF Taekwon-Do Championships in Kamloops.
  Members of Sundance Martial Arts rose to the top of a field of 288 competitors representing 26 clubs, winning 20 gold, 17 silver, 32 bronze medals across almost every age category, securing first place overall and underscoring the depth of the club’s athlete development pathway.
  “These results reflect depth, consistency, and long-term
  
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• Christmas benefit show will be a packed night of music in Nanaimo

  13-12-2025 04:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s be a blue Christmas for anyone who misses a night of blues music at Michael Patrick’s Annual Christmas Benefit show in Nanaimo.
  The frontman for the Michael Patrick Blues Explosion presents this year’s version of his fundraiser on Dec. 18 at the Queen’s Hotel.
  This year’s beneficiary is the Nanaimo Association for Community Living. Patrick toured the facility and said the association does a great job of providing opportunities and helping with wellness for peop
  
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• Wild NHL trade: Canucks deal captain Quinn Hughes to Minnesota

  13-12-2025 02:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have traded captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild in a blockbuster deal.
  In exchange for the Norris Trophy-winning defender, Vancouver will receive defenceman Zeev Buium, forward Marco Rossi, forward prospect Liam Ohgren and a 2026 first-round pick.
  Hughes, drafted No. 7 overall in 2018 by the Canucks, is one of the best players in Vancouver franchise history. The 26-year-old has 432 points in 459 games and 23 points in 26 points this season. He was named to the NHL&rs
  
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• Warrants issued in B.C. and Alberta for accused sex offender - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 02:16 via news.google.com
  Warrants issued in B.C. and Alberta for accused sex offender  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Warrants issued in B.C. and Alberta for accused sex offender

  13-12-2025 02:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Nanaimo RCMP has asked for the public’s help to locate a suspect who is wanted for sexual offences in Alberta and British Columbia.
  According to a Nanaimo RCMP press release, Kyle Soloway, 33, is wanted for sexual assault, sexual contact with a child and failure to comply with a court order. The Alberta Prosecution Service has extended the radius of its warrants, and the B.C. warrant occurred in Nanaimo on Aug. 20 when Soloway allegedly failed to comply with a court order.
  The suspect&
  
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• Nanaimo Real Estate Market Report: November 2025 - NanaimoNewsNOW

  13-12-2025 01:54 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo Real Estate Market Report: November 2025  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP searching for Alberta man accused of sexually abusing a child - NanaimoNewsNOW

  13-12-2025 01:24 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo RCMP searching for Alberta man accused of sexually abusing a child  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Man, 33, wanted by Nanaimo RCMP on warrants for sexual offences - Times Colonist

  13-12-2025 01:00 via news.google.com
  Man, 33, wanted by Nanaimo RCMP on warrants for sexual offences  Times Colonist
  
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• Charles Ledingham - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  13-12-2025 01:00 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo RCMP search for man with warrants for his arrest in Alberta and B.C. - My Coast Now

  13-12-2025 00:57 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo RCMP search for man with warrants for his arrest in Alberta and B.C.  My Coast Now
  
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