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• David Price

  01-11-2026 05:45 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of David (Dave) Price of Nanaimo on July 27th 2026. He was 73 years old. David was predeceased by his parents Helen and Thomas Price and his loving wife Theresa. Dave was a truck driver for many years. He recently retired from Van Kam Freightways in 2023 after 28 years. Dave enjoyed trucking, sports, bowling and spending time with his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by his stepdaughter Shawna, grandchild
  
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• 25 Canadian Armed Forces members remain in hospital after Wainwright fire

  05-11-2026 19:55 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Four Canadian Armed Forces members injured in the fire at CFB Wainwright have been transferred to health-care facilities in B.C. and Ontario.
  The transfers follow “careful medical assessment and recommendations from medical professionals,” according to the latest update from the Department of National Defence Wednesday (Nov. 4). The four were moved to be closer to their home communities where they can continue receiving the medical care they need, while being closer to family and loved ones,
  
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• RCMP issues warning after needle found in Halloween candy in North Cowichan on Vancouver Island

  05-11-2026 18:56 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP on Vancouver Island has issued a warning after a needle was found in Halloween candy.
  A sewing-like needle was found in the candy of a child who had been trick or treating in the area just below Berkey’s Corner in North Cowichan. Specifically police reported that the child had been going house to house in the area of Lane Road, Drinkwater Road, Herons Way, Highfield Road and Westview Street.
  “Thankfully, the needle was found before anyone was hurt,” RCMP said
  
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• Cowichan Folk Guild brings in blues heavyweights for ‘Blues Reunion’

  05-11-2026 18:18 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  It will be four old friends of the blues coming together for one magical night of music as the Cowichan Folk Guild sets the tone with ‘Blues Reunion’ featuring Canadian blues men and masters Ken Hamm, Doug Cox, Sam Hurrie, and David Gogo.
  The fab four of their genre take the Khowutzun Heritage Centre stage on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
  “These performers are so happy to have this chance to reunite,” said said CFG artistic director Jack Connolly. “Two are in their 80’s now, the great thing about
  
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• How to become a CSI-level sleuth when it comes to plants

  05-11-2026 18:12 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Rain! Whew.
  The garden could have used this moisture in the summer, not now the plants are in winter dormancy. But consider the torrential rainfall as an early warning for gardeners. Who lost plants last winter? We can certainly attribute some of the losses to the cold snaps and late snow in February…that frozen white stuff which hung around for ages. Admit it. There are a few of us pushing the Plant Zone number for our region by including a few tropical heat-loving plants in our landscape. As
  
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• Roughly 150K ballots still to be counted in B.C. election

  05-11-2026 17:59 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  Elections BC says it is set to begin counting roughly 150,000 absentee, mail-in and assisted telephone ballots not included in initial election-day counts.
  This will add significantly to the nearly 1.8 million ballots counted so far in the 2026 provincial election and could alter the result in several races.
  In Cowichan Valley, Conservative Bert Chen leads NDP’s Debra Toporowski by 151 votes. In Kelowna Centre, Conservative Kristina Loewen is ahead of the NDP’s Loyal Wooldridge by 132 votes.
  
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• Film shot in Penticton to debut on Netflix

  05-11-2026 15:26 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Penticton will once again be hitting the small screen as its serves as the backdrop for a new film releasing on streaming at the start of November.Shot in December of 2025, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas stars Dennis Quaid and scenes at the outdoor skating rink and the holiday light tunnel.The tunnel, which has more than 30,000 lights, is a staple of Magic on Main and will be back once again with the annual Santa Parade.The film shoot’s time in Penticton lasted several days, and both Visit Pentic
  
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• Chronic illness clinic in B.C. ‘a shadow of what it used to be’ after fee changes

  05-11-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Tia Leschke has come to rely on a group of strangers she is unlikely to ever meet in person for health care.
  Leschke of Winlaw, B.C., suffers from fibromyalgia, a chronic illness that causes pain throughout the body as well as fatigue. Leschke’s family doctor didn’t know how to treat her condition, and referred her to an online clinic for support.
  The BC Centre for Long COVID, ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and Fibromyalgia (BC-CLMF) treats approximately 8,500 patients in virtual group s
  
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• Business Notes: Wolf Brewing Company steps up to help local charities

  05-11-2026 14:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Local charities are getting a financial boost from Wolf Brewing Co. as part of the brew pub’s Stronger As A Pack community giving program.
  Every three months, Wolf Brewing, located at 940 Old Victoria Rd., partners with three charities in the mid-Island region to help raise funds for them.
  For every $30 spent on food and drink items at Wolf Brewing, customers receive a token to drop in one of three mailboxes dedicated to each of the charities as they head out the door.
  Brew pub manager Chris A
  
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• What’s On, Nov. 4

  05-11-2026 04:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  MUSICWilliam Prince will be performing at the Port Theatre on Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. He is an award-winning country music artist from Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. Tickets are available at www.porttheatre.com.Delhi 2 Dublin (19+) will be performing at The Queen’s on Nov. 5, with doors at 6 p.m. and show at 7 p.m. They are a South Asian fusion music act, while PEAK, the special guests, is a hip-hop and R&B band. The Queen’s is asking people to bring two pieces of ID. Tickets are available
  
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• Errant puck forces emergency closure at Alberni Valley Multiplex

  05-11-2026 01:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  An errant puck that struck a sprinkler head has forced an emergency closure of the Weyerhaeuser Arena side of the Alberni Valley Multiplex.
  “Today during a hockey team practice a puck hit a roof sprinkler which resulted in water on the ice and triggered the facility alarm,” a City of Port Alberni spokesperson said in a press release.
  The multiplex was evacuated without incident, according to the city, the water has been removed and the Zamboni is working on repairing the ice surface.
  The sud
  
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• UPDATE: 20 injured in bus crash near Mackenzie, police seek witnesses

  05-11-2026 01:09 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses and video footage of a bus crash that left 20 people injured.
  Police received a call about a single-vehicle crash on Highway 39, about four kilometres south of Mackenzie, on Wednesday at 9:10 a.m., according to an updated release from B.C. Highway Patrol Wednesday afternoon.
  When officers arrived, they found a northbound white shuttle bus in a ditch. There were about 20 passengers and the driver with injuries ranging from minor to serious, police said
  
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• Tribunal declines to levy another $100K fine on X for failing to fully remove intimate images

  05-11-2026 00:56 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal declined to charge the social media platform X an additional $100,000 penalty for failing to remove intimate images from its platform.
  Instead of taking down the images entirely, X “geoblocked” them so they cannot be viewed legally in Canada.
  While this fails to adhere to the letter of the law, the company successfully argued that the tribunal could not enforce B.C. law outside Canada, and that X had made a reasonable attempt to comply.
  The B.C. legislature
  
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• Motorcade escorts remains of soldier killed at CFB Wainwright to B.C. funeral home

  05-11-2026 00:49 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The remains of Pte. Aidan Goulding, who was killed in the fire at CFB Wainwright last month, arrived in Vancouver Wednesday.
  A motorcade excorted the hearse as it left Vancouver International Airport and headed to a funeral home in New Westminster on Nov. 4. Media were invited to the motorcade at the request of Goulding’s family.
  Goulding, who was from North Vancouver, was one of four people killed in the fire on Oct. 17. Thirty-nine others were seriously injured.
  Along with Goulding, the othe
  
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• U.S. skiers latest to be fined for entering closed backcountry in Rogers Pass

  05-11-2026 00:40 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Two U.S. skiers are the latest to be penalized by a provincial court judge for entering a backcountry area of Rogers Pass that was closed for avalanche risk.
  Jacob A. Gordon and Jack William Elder appeared at the Revelstoke Courthouse on Oct. 7, each charged on one count of prohibited or restricted activity under Section 7.4 of Parks Canada’s general regulations.
  On April 14, the two men parked their Montana plate-bearing vehicle at the Loop Brook parking lot in Glacier National Park to go ski
  
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• Traffic delays expected with installation of new traffic lights at Rutherford-Vanderneuk intersection

  05-11-2026 00:25 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Motorists on Rutherford Road will soon see traffic delays as preparatory work for the upcoming approximately $165-million major sewer project gets underway in the area.
  A new signalled traffic light will replace the stop sign at the intersection of Rutherford Road and Vanderneuk Road in the coming weeks, which is intended to help facilitate better traffic flows in the area once one-way traffic on Hammond Bay Road is implemented in 2027.
  James Haddou, capital project delivery manager at the Regio
  
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• Investigation launched into Crime Stoppers tip breach, B.C. privacy watchdog says

  05-11-2026 00:12 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The province’s privacy watchdog is investigating B.C. Crime Stoppers to determine if it took adequate steps to protect the personal information of tipsters.
  The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia launched the investigation into the breach Tuesday (Nov. 3), according to a release.
  The privacy watchdog says it’s investigating whether the British Columbia Crime Stoppers Society took adequate steps to protect personal information gathered from people who rep
  
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• B.C. politicians react to Democrats’ midterm landslide

  04-11-2026 23:36 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Some B.C. politicians were optimistic that the Democrats’ sweeping midterm gains could help ease trade tensions with the United States, but incoming premier Lorne Doerkson expressed doubt.
  He is skeptical that the midterm results would suddenly end the trade war and allow goods to flow freely between the countries again.
  “I don’t see that happening next week, and I wish it would,” he said.
  Doerkson called Trump a “bully” and blamed the NDP government for failing to ready the province
  
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• Man who beat wife to death with a hammer denied request for parole in Victoria

  04-11-2026 23:02 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A man with Victoria connections, who bludgeoned his new wife Iris McNeil to death in their Lower Mainland home while she slept in the summer of 1997 has once again been denied parole.The Parole Board of Canada denied both parole and day parole for James Shortreed, who beat McNeil with a claw hammer and stabbed her with a knife then stuffed her body into a freezer on July 23, 1997.The now 71-year-old would “present an undue risk to society if released,” the decision reads.“Regarding conditi
  
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• WHL awards Chilliwack expansion franchise to group led by former Abbotsford Canucks head coach

  04-11-2026 20:35 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The Western Hockey League has announced they have awarded the Chilliwack expansion franchise to an ownership group led by Jeremy Colliton, Brett Motherwell, Mason Raymond, Mario Amantea, and Patrick Lathrop.The WHL revealed the news in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 4).
  Colliton, a former head coach of the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, as well as a former assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils, will also serve as the franchise’s governor, general manage
  
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• Marjorie Isabella Wade

  04-11-2026 19:49 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  January 22, 1933 ~ November 2, 2026
  Marjorie Isabella Wade was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1933 to William and Rose. She was the youngest and had six siblings (Willie, Walter, Rose, Betty, Catherine and John). As a child during the Second World War, she remembers carrying her gas mask everywhere and hiding in an air raid shelter when Greenock (a port and ship building city) was being bombed. Despite rationing, Mum’s sense of style started as a young woman and was maintaine
  
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• Time shift: Greater Victoria should plan for dark days ahead

  04-11-2026 19:34 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  While many wrangle phone, vehicle or computer software with an automatic time shift that no longer occurs, a bigger issue for most – as much of the province sticks with its new Pacific Time or PCT – is the impending morning darkness.On the shortest day of the year – winter solstice on Dec. 21 – the sun rises at 9:02 a.m. and sets at 5:21 p.m. The latest sunrise of the year locally is Dec. 31 at 9:05 a.m.Significantly later daylight is due to the shift to Pacific Time, which eliminated th
  
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• Man charged in 2021 killing at Nanaimo fast food joint found guilty

  04-11-2026 19:28 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The suspect arrested after a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Nanaimo did not pull the trigger, but is guilty of first-degree murder, a judge has found.
  Yasin Khan was killed when he was shot at Rock City Centre in May 2021 and Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42, when arrested and charged with first-degree murder in 2024, pleaded not guilty, with his B.C. Supreme Court trial taking place this past summer in Nanaimo.
  On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Justice Douglas Thompson fo
  
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• BREAKING: Man charged in 2021 killing at Nanaimo fast food joint found guilty

  04-11-2026 19:28 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The suspect arrested and charged after a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Nanaimo did not pull the trigger, but is guilty.
  Yasin Khan was killed when he was shot at Rock City Centre in May 2021 and Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when arrested and charged with first-degree murder in 2024, pleaded not guilty, with his B.C. Supreme Court trial taking place this past summer in Nanaimo.
  On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Justice Douglas Thompson found that Nick Barber and Gregor
  
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• THE MOJ: B.C. Lions can’t beat themselves in Western Final versus Elks

  04-11-2026 19:24 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  HERE WE GO: As the B.C. Lions prepare to take on the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium in the Western Final this Saturday (4:30 p.m., TSN; 730 CKNW; Sher-E-Punjab Radio AM 600), this agent has been asked on numerous occasions what the Lions need to do to beat the Elks. The answer is simple — don’t beat themselves. The Elks have feasted on their opponents’ mistakes this season, turning a league-high 53 takeaways into 178 points off turnovers — also a CFL best. That’s a staggering 33
  
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• Condolences pour in for mother, daughter killed in suspected Bella Coola bear attack

  04-11-2026 19:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Messages of heartfelt condolences are being shared across B.C. following the death of a mother and daughter killed in a suspected grizzly bear attack west of Williams Lake in Bella Coola.Family have identified the victims as Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20.BC Conservation Officer Service confirmed on social media their bodies were located in the Snooka West Trail area Nov. 2 and 3.On Facebook the Central Coast Teacher’s Association (CCTA) wrote it is deeply saddened by
  
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• Highway 39 south of Mackenzie closed due to bus crash, injuries reported

  04-11-2026 18:37 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Police say there are serious injuries after a bus left the roadway south of Mackenzie Wednesday, leading to a highway closure.
  Mackenzie RCMP say the detachment was alerted to a report of a bus that had left Highway 39, south of Mackenzie, on Nov. 4. Police say multiple injuries have been reported, including serious injuries.
  Police say that at this early stage of the investigation, limited details are available.
  Mackenzie RCMP, B.C. Emergency Health Services and fire crews are all on scene. Pol
  
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• B.C.’s shellfish producers sue the Village of Cumberland over Baynes Sound pollution

  04-11-2026 18:16 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Three of B.C.’s leading shellfish producers have filed legal action against the Village of Cumberland.
  Fanny Bay Oysters, Stellar Bay Shellfish, and Macs Oysters allege that the Village of Cumberland has been in long-standing violation of wastewater treatment standards and has been severely polluting Baynes Sound over the past decade, causing long-term harvest closures.
  Cumberland Mayor Vickey Brown confirmed the village received a notice of civil claim from Baynes Sound Oyster producers.“Gi
  
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• Russian hockey players won’t be granted visas for World Juniors in Alberta: Carney

  04-11-2026 17:44 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Russian hockey players will not be granted visas for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Red Deer and Edmonton.
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in late October that the Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be allowed to enter a Russian team in all IIHF Championships “with immediate effect.”
  “The IIHF disagrees with this aspect of the ruling and maintains that its decisions were necessary to protect the safety and security
  
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• Ladysmith-area para-equestrian rider sets sights on 2028 Paralympics after world championship debut

  04-11-2026 17:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Ladysmith-area para-equestrian rider Laura Hall is setting her sights on the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles after making her world championship debut in Germany earlier this year.
  Hall, who lives in Cedar, represented Canada at the World Para Dressage Championships in Aachen, Germany, where she and her horse, Istrano, finished 15th overall in the Grace IV division.
  It was Hall’s first time competing at the world championships, an experience she described as both an honour and a career hi
  
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