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• Fluidity - Nanaimo Bulletin

  09-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Shanghai Dragons hire Quesnel’s Mitch Love as head coach

  21-01-2026 18:28 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Quesnel’s Mitch Love has been appointed as the new head coach of the Shanghai Dragons.
  According to an announcement on Monday, Jan. 19, Love has signed a contract through the end of the 2026-27 season and will take over immediately, with roughly one-third of the regular season remaining.
  The hiring follows the departure of Gerard Gallant and comes at a critical juncture for Shanghai, which remains firmly in the playoff race.
  “We’re still in the playoff race, and with a signific
  
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• KPMG sued in B.C. over alleged $11M fraud in NWT

  21-01-2026 18:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Northwest Territories-based First Nation has won a recent court battle with accounting firm KPMG and its Langley branch, part of a string of lawsuits linked to $11 million that was misappropriated from the Indigenous group’s businesses.
  In a Jan. 14 ruling, NWT Supreme Court Justice N.E. Devlin ruled that the Lutsel K’é Dene First Nation (LKDFN) can continue its court actions against KPMG, and does not have to settle issues through arbitration in British Columbia.
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• Chiefs hockey team remaining in Chilliwack for 2026-27 season

  21-01-2026 18:07 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Chilliwack Chiefs home rink will remain the Chilliwack Coliseum for the 2026-27 season.
  The BCHL club announced on Sunday (Jan. 18) that an agreement has been reached for the team to continue for one more year in the venue.The @Chiefs_Hockey have announced they will continue playing out of the Chilliwack Coliseum for 2026-27.They were originally expected to leave town after this season due to the arrival of @TheWHL. However that team isn't starting until 2027 (allegedly). pic.twitter.com/NSO
  
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• Surrey man sentenced for sexual interference in Campbell River

  21-01-2026 17:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Surrey man has been sentenced to sexual interference in Campbell River after pleading guilty.
  Surrey’s Dillon Caleb Partanen, 33, pleaded guilty to sexual interference, possession of child sexual exploitation and abuse material, and failing to comply with a probation order, and was sentenced to five years in jail last Tuesday (Jan. 13) in the Vancouver Island community.
  The sentencing, a result of an incident in Campbell River in April of 2024 involving a young person after Partanen enga
  
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• Frustrated B.C. landowner appeals to premier after years of tax assessment errors

  21-01-2026 16:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Youbou waterfront property owner has written to Premier David Eby after he has had to repeatedly appeal the assessments of his property by BC Assessment over several years.
  John Duggan owns a 1960s-era recreational cabin that has no power and running water on approximately 0.72 acres on a remote logging road, and he was frustrated when he saw BCA has assessed the property at $1,592,600 in 2026, which is 45 per cent above what it was assessed at last year.
  He is growing increasingly irritated o
  
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• Semi-truck driver hauling ‘flammable material’ dies in Alaska Highway ‘fireball’ crash

  21-01-2026 16:27 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The driver of a northbound semi-truck that was hauling “flammable material” has died following a single-vehicle crash along the Alaska Highway about an hour north of Fort Nelson, B.C.
  Northern B.C. RCMP said police responded to a report of a crash involving a propane tanker truck at 4:43 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
  Police said the truck was on fire and the highway was “completed blocked.” Witnesses to the scene told RCMP they saw a “fireball” and heard exploding
  
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• Preventable deaths in Alberta ERs and near misses leaked to the public

  21-01-2026 15:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Hospital overcrowding directly contributed to six people dying while waiting for emergency care in Alberta during a recent two-week period, according to a leaked report.
  About 20 other patients, who waited hours for care and could have died in emergency waiting rooms or hospital hallways, were also listed in the report posted online.
  Dr. Paul Parks, emergency department physician and president-elect of the section of emergency medicine with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), compiled but did
  
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• THE MOJ: Foote says this Canucks rebuild doesn’t have room for any passengers

  21-01-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote finally had enough after Monday night’s 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders at Rogers Arena.
  Despite his team being dead last in the NHL standings, Foote usually had a tendency to protect his team after a defeat but that wasn’t the case after the Canucks 11th straight loss.
  In his post-game media session, Foote called out his veteran players for their lack of composure when things start going sideways.
  “There’s a lot of positives. Th
  
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• Iranian-Canadians struggling to connect with relatives in their homeland

  21-01-2026 14:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  After weeks of worrying, local Iranian-Canadians are finally hearing from their families back in their country of origin, which cut most connections to the outside world in response to nationwide demonstrations against the Islamic Republic regime.Iranian Canadians are struggling to contact their families back home. pic.twitter.com/Yq3NfelTmA
  — Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) January 20, 2026
  Anoush Ebtekar, whose family moved from Tehran to Langley’s Brookswood neighbourhood ba
  
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• Community funds vital surgical equipment helping B.C. patients

  21-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Three vital tools, which were used in 2,600 surgeries last year, are getting replaced at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (VJH).
  The upgrade comes thanks to a wave of generousity sparked by the VJH Foundation’s 39th annual Light A Bulb campaign.
  The holiday appeal set out to fund urgently needed surgical equipment – and the community delivered.
  “We’re always so touched by how our community rallies each holiday season to ensure we all have access to exceptional care,” said Ka
  
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• Central B.C.’s ‘super hot extended summer’ of 2025 scorched with ‘very rare’ weather

  21-01-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  One of the most notable Canadian weather events of 2025 was the “super hot extended summer” in B.C., when Ashcroft set a new national record.
  That’s according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) meteorologist Bobby Sekhon.
  Sekhon notes Kamloops had its fourth-warmest year on record in 2025.
  “It was also the hottest September on record there, and August was the third-hottest August on record in Kamloops-Thompson,” he notes. “Skip forward to the star
  
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• Son of NHL coach joins Vernon Vipers - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 06:05 via news.google.com
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• Son of NHL coach joins Vernon Vipers

  21-01-2026 06:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vernon Vipers have signed forward Thomas Duhamel ahead of their next B.C. Hockey League contest.
  Duhamel, 18, is a forward in his second season of junior hockey and brings experience from multiple high-level programs.
  He joins the Vipers from his hometown Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and previously spent last season competing for the Utah Outliers in the United States Premier Hockey League’s National Collegiate Development Conference.
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• New West grand prize winner picks up new wheels in Vernon - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 04:05 via news.google.com
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• New West grand prize winner picks up new wheels in Vernon

  21-01-2026 04:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Santa Claus had a little trouble finding New Westminster resident Archie Calaguas at Christmas time.
  And, Jolly Ol’ St. Nick may have had an issue putting Calaguas’ present in his sleigh.
  Calaguas was the grand prize winner in the 2025 Knights of Columbus’ Charity Appeal raffle, collecting a new 2025 Ford Maverick XLT all-wheel drive pickup truck. He and co-ticket buyer, friend Andre Lim, flew from Vancouver to Kelowna Monday, Jan. 19, took an Uber ride to the Watkin Motors For
  
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• Nanaimo Clippers Sign Defenseman Maxime Lapointe - nanaimoclippers.com

  21-01-2026 02:14 via news.google.com
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• Crash closes northbound lanes of Trans-Canada Highway in Cowichan - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 01:45 via news.google.com
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• Northbound lanes of Trans-Canada Highway in Cowichan reopened following crash

  21-01-2026 01:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Update: All lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway had reopened by 10 p.m. and the power had been restored to the affected area.
  A section of the northbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Cowichan Valley has been closed due to a vehicle crash on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 20.
  DriveBC was reporting a 1.9 kilometre northbound section of highway between Bench Road and Cowichan Bay Road remained closed as of 4:15 p.m. as people begin making their way home from work.
  A detour is available al
  
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• Crash closes northbound lanes of Trans-Canada Highway in Cowichan

  21-01-2026 01:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A section of the northbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Cowichan Valley has been closed due to a vehicle crash on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 20.
  DriveBC was reporting a 1.9 kilometre northbound section of highway between Bench Road and Cowichan Bay Road remained closed as of 4:15 p.m. as people begin making their way home from work.
  A detour is available along Cowichan Bay Road.
  BC Hydro is reporting an outage affecting 244 customers in the same area, and lists a motor vehicle a
  
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• Community Safety Officer program in Nanaimo an alternative to police - The Discourse.

  21-01-2026 01:11 via news.google.com
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• B.C. court dismisses couple’s attempt to get out of $70,000 foreign buyers’ tax bill

  21-01-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A couple attempting to skirt the rules on the foreign buyers’ tax are now being made to pay up — in the form of a $70,000 bill.
  A B.C. Court of Appeal ruling on Jan. 14 in the couple’s case makes it clear: if a person holds an ownership stake in a property on behalf of a foreign entity — regardless of the size of the stake — the entire value of the property could be subject to the tax.
  The law was introduced by former premier Christy Clark as a 15 per cent tax appli
  
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• Nanaimo councillors green light funding for regional film commission - nanaimonewsnow.com

  21-01-2026 00:59 via news.google.com
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• Short-term rental expansion opinions sought in Okanagan - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 00:50 via news.google.com
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• First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails - nanaimonewsnow.com

  21-01-2026 00:37 via news.google.com
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• Short-term rental expansion opinions sought in Okanagan

  21-01-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Westside vacation home owners or those with space to offer can have their say on proposed changes that will open up opportunities for short-term rental regulations in the region.
  The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is hosting an open house at the Killiney Beach Community Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 5 to 6 p.m. and at the same time at the Wilson’s Landing Fire Hall.
  The event aims to inform residents of proposed changes to the regulations in Electoral Areas East and West, an
  
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• Nunavut politicians raise Greenland flag as Trump escalates annexation threat - nanaimonewsnow.com

  21-01-2026 00:26 via news.google.com
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• Missing: have you seen Cowichan’s Haley Trenerry? - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 00:05 via news.google.com
  Missing: have you seen Cowichan’s Haley Trenerry?  nanaimobulletin.com
  
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• B.C. freestyle skier named to Olympic team - nanaimobulletin.com

  21-01-2026 00:05 via news.google.com
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• B.C. freestyle skier named to Olympic team

  21-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Elena Gaskell will get a second crack at the Olympic Games.
  The Vernon skier has been officially named to Canada’s freestyle skiing slopestyle/big air team that will compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy Feb. 6 to 22.
  Freestyle Canada made the official announcement on social media Tuesday, Jan. 20.
  Joining Gaskell on the Olympic squad are Megan Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont.; Naomi Urness of Mont-Tremblant, Que.; Olivia Asselin from Lac Beauport, Que; Dylan Deschamps of Quebe
  
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