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• Feeling the heat

  28-12-2022 18:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
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• 12 months on, border travel is still down at Aldergrove-Lynden crossing

  03-02-2026 17:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  January was the 12th straight month of shorter lineups and wait times at the Aldergrove/Lynden border crossing, according to a website that tracks cross-border trips.
  Figures collected by the Cascade Gateway portal show the number of B.C. vehicles going south from Aldergrove through the Kenneth G. Ward U.S. land crossing in Lynden was 1,036 on the last day of January, compared to 1,382 the same day a year ago.
  That is a drop of 25 per cent overall, in line with figures from the Cascade website s
  
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• B.C.’s Tess Critchlow withdraws from 2026 Winter Olympics

  03-02-2026 17:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Tess Critchlow will not be competing in her third career Winter Olympic Games.
  On Monday, Feb. 2, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard announced that Critchlow has withdrawn from the 2026 games in Milano Cortina due to injury.
  The 30-year-old from Big White was named to Canada’s snowboard cross team on Jan. 22.
  While the injury in relation to her withdrawal is unknown at this time, Critchlow underwent knee surgery last September. In her recovery, she had the goal of making t
  
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• Decrease in new construction in RDN, says B.C. Assessment

  03-02-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Year-over-year Regional District of Nanaimo area property numbers were relatively stable, but new builds in muncipalities decreased, says the body that helps B.C. governments establish taxation.
  Isaac Morgan, senior appraiser with B.C. Assessment, was before the RDN board Tuesday, Jan. 27, presenting on property values in the 2026 assessment roll. Overall, the total roll value in the RDN for 2026 was over $67 billion, a 1.8 per cent increase from 2025, and for residences, it was $61 billion, als
  
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• Schmaltz hat trick powers Utah Mammoth to convincing 6-2 win over Canucks

  03-02-2026 06:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nick Schmaltz had three goals and an assist, leading the Utah Mammoth to a 6-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Mikhail Sergachev, Lawson Crouse and JJ Peterka also scored for the Mammoth (29-23-4), with Karel Vejmelka earning the win in goal, making 21 saves.
  Liam Öhgren and Teddy Blueger scored for the Canucks (18-32-6). Kevin Lankinen absorbed the loss in the Vancouver net, stopping 14 of 20 shots.
  Schmaltz opened t
  
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• RCMP investigating fatal Stavely-area collision involving junior hockey players

  03-02-2026 03:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A hockey team in southern Alberta is mourning the loss of three of its players following a motor vehicle collision on Feb. 2, which took their lives.
  In a statement to social media, the Southern Alberta Mustangs confirmed that three players were killed while travelling to a team practice.
  “There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” states the social media message. “These young men were more than hockey players – they were teammates, sons, brot
  
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• RCMP investigating Alberta collision that killed 3 junior hockey players

  03-02-2026 03:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A hockey team in southern Alberta is mourning the loss of three of its players following a motor vehicle collision on Feb. 2, which took their lives.
  In a statement to social media, the Southern Alberta Mustangs confirmed that three players were killed while travelling to a team practice.
  “There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” states the social media message. “These young men were more than hockey players – they were teammates, sons, brot
  
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• Alberta ‘heartbroken’ after 3 junior hockey players killed in collision with semi-truck

  03-02-2026 03:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A hockey team in southern Alberta is mourning the loss of three of its players following a motor vehicle collision on Feb. 2, which took their lives.
  In a statement to social media, the Southern Alberta Mustangs confirmed that three players were killed while travelling to a team practice.
  “There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” states the social media message. “These young men were more than hockey players – they were teammates, sons, brot
  
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• B.C. Hydro’s fastest EV chargers now pumping current in north Nanaimo

  03-02-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Electric Vehicle drivers might not even have time to order some fast food while they recharge their batteries, thanks to a new EV fast charging station in north Nanaimo.
  B.C. Hydro has launched its most powerful EV fast charger to date in a new charging hub in the parking lot behind the Wendy’s restaurant in Rock City Centre at 2980 Island Highway.
  According to a B.C. Hydro press release Thursday, Jan. 29, the charging hub sets “a new benchmark for speed and convenience” on the
  
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• Victoria metal band gives ‘powerful’ performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards

  03-02-2026 00:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In a historic performance, metal band Spiritbox performed at the Grammy’s, a rare chance to highlight the genre on the Grammy stage.
  The band, originally formed in Victoria in 2017 by husband-and-wife duo Courtney LaPlante, vocalist, and guitarist Mike Stringer, was also nominated for best metal performance for their heavy anthem, Soft Spine.
  This is the third year in a row the band was nominated in the category, and the third year they did not win.
  At this year’s awards, Spiritbox w
  
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• B.C. senior receives national nod for decades of volunteer efforts

  03-02-2026 00:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When it comes to keeping secrets, Gérald Young doesn’t have the strongest history – any gift the White Rock senior has ever bought for “my dearest” over their decades together has never made it to the occasion it was chosen for.
  So it’s no wonder his wife June was stunned to learn last fall that he’d been holding onto a doozy for four years: that he’d submitted her name back in October 2021 for one of Canada’s highest honours: the Governor G
  
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• RCMP testimony suggests father of slain B.C. family feared a ‘hit’: Coroners inquest

  02-02-2026 23:38 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family in 2023 has heard that the father, Christopher Duong, feared that a ‘hit’ had been placed on him.
  RCMP Const. Jason Kettle testified that he became privy to this information after investigating an abandoned vehicle blocking the intersection of Portage Road and Saskatoon Avenue on June 10, 2023.
  Kettle determined that the white Mercedes — in which he discovered multiple bags and suitcases, a large amount of cash
  
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• VIDEO: Early spring projected from B.C.’s Okanagan Okie

  02-02-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Okanagan Okie, said event emcee Rebecca Barton from 107.5 Beach Radio’s morning show, is not a morning marmot.
  Still, the giant stuffed mascot of Vernon’s Allan Brooks Nature Centre woke up groggily from a winter nap at his nature centre home – The Rona Rock – on Monday, Feb. 2, and delivered wonderful news in the form of a scroll to Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming.His worship took the scroll from Okanagan Okie, unfurled it, and gave the news that the crowd of 40 had been hop
  
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• Forestry council recommends B.C. shift to regional land stewardship, de-emphasize targets

  02-02-2026 21:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A forestry advisory council established by the B.C. government as part of a deal with the Green Party is calling for wholesale structural change to how the industry is administered in the province.
  The final Provincial Forestry Advisory Council report, released on Monday, Feb. 2, says the system is outdated and opaque, and not working for communities, businesses, First Nations or the environment.
  It recommends rethinking the industry’s structure, de-emphasizing hard timber harvest targets
  
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• B.C. forestry report recommends end of broad harvest targets, shift to ‘land care’

  02-02-2026 21:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A new report from B.C.’s forestry advisory council finds the province’s forestry sector is outdated and opaque, and the old ways are not working for communities, business, First Nations or the environment.
  The report recommends rethinking the entire forestry system, eliminating broad timber harvest targets and moving to a system of “land care” that manages forests regionally.
  “This isn’t about tinkering around the edges or adding more rules,” said Shanno
  
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• Vancouver Island Violet predicts six more weeks of winter

  02-02-2026 21:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver Island Violet has made her prediction that there will be six more weeks of winter after waking to her shadow.
  On Monday, Feb. 2, the endangered marmot saw her shadow after being awoken by staff at the Tony Barrett Mount Washington Marmot Recovery Centre for her regular health-check.
  Adam Taylor, Marmot Recovery Foundation executive director, said he wasn’t too surprised, given she makes her annual prediction in a sub-alpine to alpine ecosystem in early February and has always gue
  
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• Maureen Margaret Hansen, nee Johnstone

  02-02-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  July 31, 1958 – August 3, 2025
  Maureen was born July 31, 1958 in Port Alberni, BC and passed away August 3, 2025 in Nanaimo.
  After growing up in Parksville, BC she moved to Nanaimo to embark on a life long career in accounting and business, operating Hansen Tax Services for many years. During this time, she became an integral part of Mid Island Towing spanning 40 years of its growth and success as one of the largest transportation companies on Vancouver Island.
  Maureen was a hard worker th
  
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• Edward Walter Robert Hudson

  02-02-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In Loving Memory ~
  Ed Hudson, 79, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on November 15, 2025, in Parksville BC, surrounded by his family and friends.
  Born on June 30, 1946, in Prince Rupert B.C. and lived at Hunts Inlet on near by Porcher Island until his teenage years. He spent many hours at the wheel of his tugs and fishing boats travelling up and down the BC coast and into Alaska. He owned several successful marine businesses throughout his life never ceasing to put
  
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• RCMP Emergency Response Team responds to Nanaimo after suspect barricades himself in tugboat

  02-02-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The RCMP Emergency Response Team responded to Nanaimo’s downtown waterfront and arrested a man who barricaded himself in a tugboat on the weekend.
  The arrest was made following a series of incidents that started with an alleged attempted theft at the Thrifty Foods grocery store in Port Place Shopping Centre at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, according to a Nanaimo RCMP press release, where store staff had reported a man had tried to leave the store with merchandise that hadn’t been p
  
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• Yukon RCMP seize nearly a kilo of drugs, arrest 3 in trafficking investigation

  02-02-2026 19:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Yukon RCMP Crime Reduction Unit arrested three men and seized nearly a kilogram of suspected drugs following a months-long trafficking investigation in Whitehorse, according to a Feb. 2 news release.
  The investigation began in January and focused on suspected trafficking activity in the city. Police executed a search warrant in the Porter Creek subdivision on Jan. 31, with assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response Team.
  During the investigation, Yukon RCMP said they were led to a second lo
  
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• No tsunami threat to B.C. after 4.2-magnitude earthquake in California

  02-02-2026 19:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Emergency officials say there is no tsunami threat to B.C. after a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in California Monday morning (Feb. 2).
  Originally reported as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake the U.S. Geological Survey now lists it as 4.2. It hit about 32 kilometres southeast of San Francisco and 112 kilometres north of Monterey, Calif. at a depth of 9.4 kilometres, just after 7 a.m.
  B.C. Emergency Info posted to social media at 7:18 a.m. that there was no tsunami threat to B.C.
  The U.S. Geological Survey
  
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• Sports tourism provided nearly $4M to area economy, says Tourism Nanaimo

  02-02-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Sports tourism provided an economic boon of close to $4 million for the City of Nanaimo the past year.
  A re-designed sport hosting grant program was launched in 2025, Tourism Nanaimo said in a press release, and 14 sporting events were supported, with $3.9 million in benefit to City of Nanaimo’s economy. Based on a $46,000 investment, the program has delivered sizable return to the tourism industry, “while supporting community-led sport organizations,” according to the press re
  
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• Sidney marina fire destroys 3 vessels, crews save surrounding boats

  02-02-2026 15:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Sidney Fire Department responded to a boat fire at Van Isle Marina early Sunday morning, with three large vessels destroyed in the blaze.
  Fire crews were called at 7:31 a.m. on Feb. 1 after reports of a fire near the fuel dock.
  As additional calls came in, dispatchers quickly reclassified the incident as a vessel fire.
  “When we arrived, you could tell from the distance based on the size and colour of the smoke cloud that it was a large, fuel-rich fire,” said Sidney Fire Chief Bre
  
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• B.C. First Nations organization cancels U.S. trip amid travel concerns

  02-02-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly has decided not to proceed with a planned trip to the Celebrating Salish Conference in Spokane, Washington, citing “consideration for safety concerns.”
  It joins other First Nations Bands and organizations that have warned its members about travel to the United States in the current climate. On Jan. 23 the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), a national advocacy organization working on behalf of First Nations people and communities across Cana
  
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• Vancouver Island Violet sees her shadow

  02-02-2026 09:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver Island Violet has made her prediction that there will be six more weeks of winter after waking to her shadow.
  On Monday, Feb. 2, the endangered marmot saw her shadow after being awoken by staff at the Tony Barrett Mount Washington Marmot Recovery Centre for her regular health-check.
  Adam Taylor, Marmot Recovery Foundation executive director, said he wasn’t too surprised, given she makes her annual prediction in a sub-alpine to alpine ecosystem in early February and has always gue
  
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• Trump comments called ‘unacceptable’ by Royal Canadian Legion

  01-02-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  An association that speaks for all Canadian Legion branches has taken issue with the U.S. president for downplaying the role Canada and other NATO allies played in Afghanistan.
  A Jan. 30 letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney from the leadership of The Royal Canadian Legion praised his “inspiring” remarks at an international meeting of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, and condemned Donald Trump’s comments at the same venue as “completely unacceptable” and “h
  
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• Lake Cowichan musican hopes to inspire through new music videos

  01-02-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The true beauty of music is that it connects people.
  It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and Lake Cowichan musician Natasa Jovanovic will be sharing her song lyrics through three original music videos shot in the area, and on the island.
  Jovanovic will soon be celebrating a decade of island life, as she moved to Victoria from Serbia in 2016 to study music at Camosun College. Her musical journey first began at the tender age of three upon enrolling in classical piano at a l
  
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• City of Nanaimo unveils Wind Phone art installation in Bowen Road Cemetery

  01-02-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Visitors to Bowen Road Cemetery can now communicate their grief through a permanent art installation by the City of Nanaimo.
  Waves, a Wind Phone created by Nanaimo-based artist Mauro Dalla Costa, offers a quiet, symbolic space for reflection, remembrance and connection for people experiencing grief and loss.
  Wind Phones are symbolic, non-working telephones placed in natural or communal public spaces as a way to process grief and honour deceased loved ones. Waves invites visitors to speak words t
  
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• QUIZ: A time to dream of summer’s heat

  01-02-2026 14:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In late January, Environment Canada issued weather alerts in many parts of the country during some of the coldest days of the winter.
  These included severe weather alerts for much of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, as well as warnings about hazardous weather in eastern Alberta and through much of Ontario and southern Quebec.
  Still, temperatures are warming and Canadian summers, when they arrive, are characterized by long, hot, sunny days in much of the country.
  If you are ready
  
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• Clippers sweep weekend with home victory over Express - NanaimoNewsNOW

  01-02-2026 09:00 via news.google.com
  Clippers sweep weekend with home victory over Express  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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