Nanaimo news

• Floating RV on B.C. river sparks social media speculation

  11-09-2026 19:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A homemade “houseboat” on a South Surrey river has stirred up some attention on local social media community groups.
  Comprised of an RV sitting on a raft made of barrels, what appear to be aluminum or steel beams, and strips of plywood attached together with some kind of straps, the floating vessel is moored on the Nicomekl River in Surrey, near Nicomekl Portage Park and the old Elgin Road bridge behind the Crescent Road Esso.
  On social media, photos of the project started circulatin
  
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• B.C. Cattlemen partner with Alberta Beef Producers to provide feed to local ranchers in need

  11-09-2026 21:38 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA) is teaming up with the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) to support ranchers and livestock producers impacted by the 2026 wildfire season.On Friday, Sept. 11, the BCCA put out a release announcing the partnership. By working with the ABP, the BCCA aims to connect B.C. livestock producers facing feed shortages and/or wildfire impacts with Alberta livestock producers who have extra feed, pasture, or other cattle-feeding capacity.“This has been an incr
  
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• Lantzville Road to be closed for three weeks for culvert replacement

  11-09-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Lantzville Road is set to be closed for three weeks for a culvert replacement.In a release issued on Sept. 8, the District of Lantzville stated that the road will be closed from Sept. 10 to an estimated date of Oct. 1, due to the replacement of the Blood’s Creek culvert.The district stated that no one can pass through the work area including residents. People can reach their property, but it can only be done through their side of the closure.
  Those living east of the creek are asked to com
  
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• Former B.C. Conservative Teresa Wat joining Peter Milobar’s new party

  11-09-2026 20:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Richmond-Bridgeport MLA Teresa Wat announced Friday that she is joining the new political party — as yet unnamed — currently led on an interim basis by Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar.
  “After careful consideration, I have decided to join Peter and the growing team of sitting MLAs to help build this new party,” Wat said in a news release announcing her decision. “I believe that this party can bring people together from across our province and replace the NDP as Bri
  
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• Island city deal secures parkland for future generations, water-loving pooches

  11-09-2026 19:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  News of a “significant community announcement” at Langford Lake had some folks worried U.S. President Donald Trump was about to strike again.
  But there was no cause for alarm.
  “Before I go further, I do just want to be clear that this event has nothing to do with renaming Langford Lake,” joked Kyle Taylor from Westhills Land Corp. “Strange times that we live in and just in case anyone was nervous about that: not happening.”
  The news proved much more meaningful
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP warns public of cell phone scam

  11-09-2026 19:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo RCMP is warning residents about a scam targeting people who have recently received new cell phones through legitimate service providers.
  Police have received several reports of victims obtaining a new phone through a carrier promotion, only to be contacted days later by someone claiming to represent the provider.
  The caller advises that the wrong device was shipped and asks the customer to return it using a prepaid shipping label provided by email.
  Believing they are dealing with their s
  
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• Seniors glory in the cards at 55+ BC Games in Kamloops

  11-09-2026 19:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  You know who has it rough at the 55+ BC Games in Kamloops this week?
  Cribbage players.
  I don’t say that – well, yes, I suppose I do – because I’m a participant in the gruelling card game that has fractured familial relationships.
  At least, in my family.
  Take my late, great Uncle Norm, for example, who once infuriated his brother – my father, Bill – with, as my dad so elequently put it, “such *&^&^%$#@! luck” in a cribbage game that Bill rip
  
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• Little Oysters in Fanny Bay celebrates expansion of 44 new child care spaces

  11-09-2026 18:56 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Beachcombers Academy & Little Oysters Child Care announced the opening of 44 new licensed child care spaces with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Sept. 10.
  Beachcombers Academy is a B.C. independent school and child care facility that offers care for children aged 30 months to school age and academics for students in kindergarten to grade 7. The academy is a registered non-profit operated by the Beachcombers Education Society.
  The ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund supports the new child care spaces,
  
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• Parksville council considers temporary modular winter shelter

  11-09-2026 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Parksville council is considering a temporary 10-mat seasonal shelter on an empty lot on Pioneer Crescent.
  Council heard a presentation by Shayla Day, CEO of DayHomes, who said if approved the pilot project would see pre-booked guests stay for a seasonal term of up to seven months.
  “It would operate 24 hours a day with a minimum of two trained staff on site,” Day said during a presentation to council’s Sept. 9 meeting. “Overnight it provides safety. During the day it prov
  
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• 9/11: A solemn reflection by a Lower Mainland fire chief

  11-09-2026 17:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In the days leading up to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, social media exploded with videos of the terrifying moments in New York City after two airplanes plowed into both towers of the World Trade Center.
  A few days ago, Maple Ridge fire chief Dave Samson was watching one such video of New York firefighters racing into one of the towers when he caught the name on the firefighter’s turnout coat.It read “Burnside.”
  Samson recognized it immediately. Turns out that back in 2001, day
  
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• Josh Waltman says he’s ready for 2026 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock

  11-09-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  After seven months of intense and continuous training, Nanaimo RCMP’s Josh Waltman feels he’s ready to participate in the 2026 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, which begins Sept. 17.
  He said the training curriculum that all the Tour de Rock riders take part in as they prepare for the gruelling 14-day, 1,200-km charity cycling journey is set up to help ensure they succeed.
  “I was told that if I follow the curriculum, then I’ll be ready, and I feel ready,” Waltman said a
  
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• Vancouver Canucks, Seattle Kraken reveal rosters for Prospects Showcase in Abbotsford

  11-09-2026 07:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Some of the top prospects for the Seattle Kraken and the Vancouver Canucks are invading Abbotsford’s Rogers Forum this weekend and the teams have recently shared who is making the trip.
  The pair of games run on Saturday (Sept. 12) at 4 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 13) at 1 p.m. The Canucks also host a practice at Rogers Forum on Friday (Sept. 11) at 11 a.m.
  Abbotsford Canucks fans will be familiar with several of the players hitting the ice including: forwards Vilmer Alriksson, Austin Brimmer, T
  
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• ICBC to replace all 140 intersection cameras with updated technology

  11-09-2026 01:53 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The 140 aging intersection cameras across B.C. are set for replacement.
  The Ministry of the Attorney General announced Thursday (Sept. 10) that the intersection cameras at some of B.C.’s highest-risk intersections will be getting the upgraded technology.
  ICBC has selected Jenoptik Canada through a competitive procurement to supply and install the new cameras and to maintain them for as long as 10 years, the ministry said. The cost comes in at $67 million over the life of the contract.
  With
  
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• ‘People are scared’: B.C. politicians push for safer Highway 1 after string of fatal collisions

  11-09-2026 01:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The provincial and federal politicians for Revelstoke are pushing B.C.’s transport minister to take swift action to improve safety along the Trans-Canada Highway, in the wake of recent tragedies.
  Four vehicle collisions on Highway 1 within 68 hours between Sicamous and Revelstoke resulted in at least six injuries and three fatalities, Black Press Media reported last week.
  This string of crashes and hours-long closures has peaked fear among residents and travellers who rely on the highway.
  
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• Proposed WorkSafeBC changes would require employers to consider ‘psychosocial hazards’

  11-09-2026 01:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  WorkSafeBC is proposing rule changes that would require employers to limit “psychosocial hazards” in the workplace, revisions that would label many normal parts of a job or jobsite as a potential source of harm.
  Industry advocates say this would create an impossible standard, allowing employees to challenge everything from how hard they are asked to work to crew size to the way a boss speaks to them.
  “Essentially, they’re saying every part of a job is a hazard, whether it
  
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• Kootenay family asks for support after aggressive Stage 4 cancer diagnosis

  10-09-2026 23:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A family in Gray Creek have started a GoFundMe page to help with travel and living expenses while a member of the family battles cancer.
  At only 38 years-old, John Tallman, has been diagnosed with aggressive grade 4 astrocytoma, which is a type of Stage 4 brain cancer.
  This is not Tallman’s first battle with cancer. About four years ago, he fought and beat the cancer twice; however, in July 2026, the cancer returned.Tallman received brain surgery at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the beg
  
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• Major development proposed for Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre

  10-09-2026 23:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  An Asian grocery store, night market, second food court, family entertainment centre and terrace space have all been announced as part of a redevelopment proposed for the former Hudson’s Bay space at Woodgrove Centre.
  Announced through a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 10, Weihong (Ruby) Liu, chairperson of Central Walk, which owns Woodgrove Centre, was joined with representatives of TM Wander, a marketplace company, and H Mart, an Asian grocery store, which both expressed plans to ope
  
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• Barry Kenneth Mullen

  10-09-2026 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FRIEND
  March 23, 1960 – July 31 2026
  Barry Kenneth Mullen, of Vancouver, BC, passed away on the morning of July 31 2026, at the age of 66. He was born on March 23, 1960, in Nanaimo, BC, to Ken and Evelyn Mullen. Barry attended Fairview Elementary, John Barsby Junior Secondary and Nanaimo District Secondary schools before graduating in 1978. Barry went to Malaspina College and the University of Victoria for his post secondary studies, where he explo
  
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• UBCM to take province to task for secrecy, funding cuts at annual conference

  10-09-2026 23:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Local government leaders gathering in Vancouver next week plan to press the province on its ever-increasing “climate of secrecy,” as well as the withdrawal of key local funding streams.
  Three special resolutions are being introduced at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference to advocate for renewed FireSmart funding, the reinstatement of $775 million in axed payouts from the Community Housing Fund, and for the provincial government to stop the “misuse” o
  
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• Former northwest B.C. teacher banned following sexual relationship with former student

  10-09-2026 23:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  WARNING: This article contains details about a sexual assault and may be disturbing to some readers. If you or someone you know has been impacted by sexual violence, contact the 24-hour Sexual Assault Support Crisis line at 1-877-954-6242 or the RCMP.
  A former teacher with School District 82 has agreed to a lifetime ban on teaching in any position requiring a provincial qualification certificate after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a former student.
  Ted Ewald, who has taught at C
  
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• Duncan’s crime numbers need context, RCMP tells council

  10-09-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Duncan’s high Crime Severity Index doesn’t necessarily mean the city is among the most dangerous communities in B.C., Staff Sgt. Ken Beard told council during his quarterly report on Aug. 24.
  When Councillor Tom Duncan asked about the city recently being described as “the worst community in the province,” Beard said the statistics can be misleading when applied to a community of roughly 5,700 people.
  The City of Duncan’s 2025 CSI was 336, compared with 140 when the
  
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• Reflecting on 10 years of community forest investment: FESBC

  10-09-2026 22:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) marked its 10th anniversary by reflecting on community forests across the province.The reflection came in a Sept. 9 press release, titled “A Decade of Impact: Investing in Community Forests for the Long-Term,” and speaks of the investments that have supported community forest projects across B.C.“From wildfire risk reduction and ecosystem restoration to better fibre utilization and local employment, these investments have helped comm
  
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• Ongoing property damage at Nanaimo’s St. Andrew’s United Church taking toll

  10-09-2026 22:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The workers and volunteers at St. Andrew’s United Church, located in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter, are becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned about the ongoing fires, vandalism and property damage taking place on the property.
  Angie Jones, the church’s event coordinator, producer and administrator, said she arrived to work on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 10, to find the vacant house, situated next to St. Andrew’s on church property, had suffered significant damage
  
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• Time running out for municipal election candidates, school trustees in B.C.

  10-09-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Anyone interested in running for municipal politics is now facing the clock in terms of getting their names on the ballot.
  The deadline to submit nomination papers is Friday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. at the city hall or school board office of interest.
  To be eligible to run, candidates must be Canadian citizens, be 18 years or older on voting day, have lived in British Columbia for at least six months before filing nomination papers, and not disqualified.
  The general election is Oct. 17.
  
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• Montrose man charged in murder of estranged wife opts for judge-alone trial

  10-09-2026 21:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A Montrose man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife will no longer face a jury when his case goes to trial.
  Donald James Danchella re-elected Wednesday, Sept. 9, to be tried by a B.C. Supreme Court judge alone, the BC Prosecution Service confirmed.
  The change came during an appearance at Rossland Law Courts, where defence counsel also sought an adjournment of Danchella’s three-week trial, which had been scheduled to begin Nov. 9.
  The adjournment was granted.
  
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• Port Hardy boy donates long locks for cancer research

  10-09-2026 20:56 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Rory Hutchinson shrugged off the teasing from his peers as he let his thick ginger red hair grow past his shoulders.
  That’s because he had a singular focus of fundraising for cancer research.
  The 12-year-old Port Hardy boy recently had his long locks lopped off, while raising nearly $6,000 for Cops for Cancer.
  As a partnership between first responders and the Canadian Cancer Society, Cops for Cancer has raised millions of dollars to fund pediatric cancer research and support children with
  
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• Cowichan boy’s family marks 1st anniversary of his death with scholarships, safety push

  10-09-2026 20:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  It’s been just over a year since 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was struck and killed by a teenage driver while rollerblading with his family near their Cobble Hill home.
  On Aug. 25, family members, first responders, politicians and hundreds of friends and supporters gathered on Hillbank Road to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, pledge their support to others and call for a safer community in Xavier’s memory.
  Xavier’s family announced two scholarships in his name.
  
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• Young electric motorcyclist drives through stop sign, flees from B.C. police

  10-09-2026 19:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Highway Patrol is looking for a young electric motorcycle driver who fled from police, releasing a video of the incident.
  An officer was attempting to stop the driver on Grand Boulevard in North Vancouver on Aug. 28 at 6:11 p.m., according to a news release from B.C. Highway Patrol Thursday (Sept. 10).
  However, instead of stopping, a video of the incident shows the rider going around a white Honda Civic at a stop sign, turning right and continuing on down the road as the officer attempted t
  
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• RCMP conclude search in Mt. Tzouhalem, Maple Bay area, though woman not found

  10-09-2026 19:27 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP have completed a search in the Mount Tzouhalem and Maple Bay areas that closed down trails in the vicinity on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
  RCMP asked people to avoid the area as they searched for a 36-year-old woman, who has still not been found.
  “At this time, there is no current safety risk to the public related to this investigation,” RCMP said in a press release. “As a result, members of the public may resume normal use of trails and recreational areas in
  
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• 2 dead after B.C.-bound flight crashes in Alberta mountainside

  10-09-2026 19:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says that given the terrain it will not be deploying to the site of a fatal plane crash in Alberta.
  “Given the terrain in the area, and the condition of the aircraft wreckage, TSB investigators will not be deploying to the site at this time,” a safety board media relation coordinator said in an emailed statement.
  “We are however coordinating in the recovery efforts, and we will be examining the wreckage once it has been retrieved from t
  
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