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• Gary Donald McKay

  23-01-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  March 18, 1943 – December 24, 2025
  A long time Nanaimo Resident, Gary passed away peacefully at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
  Gary was an ardent Golfer and Sportsman
  He will be missed
  
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• ‘It’s like a puzzle’: B.C. chapters woven into the Great Canadian Hockey Jersey

  27-01-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When Cameron Lizotte put scissors to his own hockey jersey, he knew he was cutting into more than fabric.
  The 28-year-old former OHL defenceman turned fashion designer is the mind and hands behind The Great Canadian Hockey Jersey, unveiled this week by Rogers as part of its national This Is Our Game campaign.
  Handcrafted from hundreds of donated jerseys spanning every province and territory, the piece celebrates hockey’s ability to connect Canadians coast to coast, including a chapter that
  
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• ‘It’s like a puzzle’: B.C. chapters woven into Great Canadian Hockey Jersey

  27-01-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When Cameron Lizotte put scissors to his own hockey jersey, he knew he was cutting into more than fabric.
  The 28-year-old former OHL defenceman turned fashion designer is the mind and hands behind The Great Canadian Hockey Jersey, unveiled this week by Rogers as part of its national This Is Our Game campaign.
  Handcrafted from hundreds of donated jerseys spanning every province and territory, the piece celebrates hockey’s ability to connect Canadians coast to coast, including a chapter that
  
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• Mid Island Co-op announces purchase of Landlubber Liquor Store in Nanaimo

  27-01-2026 21:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Landlubber Liquor Store in Bowen Plaza will soon be in operation as part of a major Island co-operative.
  Mid Island Consumer Services Co-operative (Mid Island Co-op) has announced it entered into an agreement with the owners of Landlubber LRS Holdings to purchase the Landlubber Liquor Store located in Bowen Plaza at 2220 Bowen.
  Pending the completion of customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close Feb. 2, according to a Mid Island Co-op p
  
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• Injured puppy rescued from ditch in Cowichan

  27-01-2026 21:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  An eight-month-old bulldog mix puppy was found deserted and injured in a ditch on Lake Cowichan Road in Duncan on Jan. 10.
  An animal lover discovered the scared puppy, which was unable to move, and transported her to an emergency veterinary hospital, which then contacted the BC SPCA Cowichan.
  “The poor puppy couldn’t move because her front right leg was broken,” said BC SPCA Cowichan manager Colin Owen-Flood. “No one knows how long she had been in the ditch, but she was v
  
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• Australian rangers to euthanize dingoes thought to have attacked Canada’s Piper James

  27-01-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The pack of 10 dingoes that were found surrounding the body of Campbell River backpacker Piper James on an island in Australia are being humanely euthanized.
  James left Canada on a months-long backpacking trip in October 2025 with a friend. She had recently arrived and started working at a local business on K’gari Island, a world heritage island formerly known as Fraser Island off the Queensland coast, when her body was discovered on Jan. 19.
  Results of a preliminary autopsy released last
  
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• Darrell Jones makes bid for B.C. Conservative leadership

  27-01-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Former Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones is officially in the running for the B.C. Conservative leadership.
  Jones, who grew up in Cranbrook, is probably most well known in B.C. for his years of being the face of Save-On-Foods and its commercials. He’s worked in nearly two dozen Save-On-Foods across the province.
  “I remember so vividly that time and that experience,” he said. “It’s just incredible, bagging groceries for my customers, stocking shelves and learning
  
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• Marilyn Campbell

  27-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  1936 – 2026
  It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Marilyn June Campbell on the 16th of January 2026. She is survived by her son Kirk Campbell and daughter-in-law Linda Campbell, grandsons Brendan and Ryan Campbell, and her brother Gerry Aggett. Marilyn was born in 1936 and raised in Vancouver. She had a lengthy career with Pacific Western Airlines. She retired and moved to Nanaimo where she spent many hours volunteering at the Port Theatre and the Errington Therapeuti
  
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• B.C. issues Eskay Creek mine environmental certificate in deal with First Nation

  27-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. is issuing an environmental assessment certificate for the Eskay Creek Mine using, for the first time, a consent-based agreement with the local Tahltan First Nation.
  The province announced the granting of the certificate in Vancouver on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
  The mine is located southwest of Bob Quinn Lake off the Cassiar Highway in northwestern B.C. It was previously operated as an underground gold and silver mine from 1994 to 2008. This new project would turn it into an open-pit mine.
  The agre
  
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• Drug alert: Medetomidine linked to increasing overdose cases in B.C.

  27-01-2026 20:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC Centre for Disease Control issued a provincewide alert for opioids (down) as the number of overdoses in B.C. are rising and the sedative medetomidine is believed to be the cause.
  “Medetomidine can cause harmful effects and make an overdose worse by: lowering the heart rate, causing, prolonged sedation (not waking up for a long time) and changing blood pressure,” noted the BCCDC alert. The sedative can also cause “serious withdrawal symptoms,” which include severe v
  
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• Chilliwack angler’s anti-snagging petition hits the House of Commons

  27-01-2026 19:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Chilliwack angler Aidan Gunter is grateful for the hundreds who signed an e-petition calling for leader-length restrictions to reduce snagging and foul-hooking of salmon on one of the most popular sportfishing rivers in B.C. – the Chilliwack/Vedder River.
  “Just before Christmas, our MP, Mark Strahl, formally presented the petition in the House of Commons,” Gunter said in his online update.
  The petition e-6908 earned 674 signatures.
  Gunter said the pressure’s been building
  
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• Yukon signs deal with Canada’s west and north to ‘unlock’ critical minerals

  27-01-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Yukon government has signed onto a deal aligning western and northern Canadian regions in their push to “unlock” critical minerals in their jurisdictions, according to Ted Laking, the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.
  Copper for electrical wiring, tungsten for lightbulbs, and nickel for batteries are among the “wealth of resources” that make society tick and are needed for everyday life, per Laking.
  “​​We were blessed in Western Canada to have
  
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• Robot boat’s ill-fated voyage gathers intel for next Victoria school launch

  27-01-2026 19:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Somewhere out in the world, Captain Potato Cat is making the world a better place.
  At least that’s the hope of young fabric artist Oliver Angus, who crafted the stuffy to ride aboard an autonomous sailboat launched from the west coast of Vancouver Island last spring.The Sailbotix boat also had a capsule of notes and toys aboard, said CEO Colin Angus, dad to 11-year-old Oliver. The Victoria-based company partnered with the Central Middle School robotics club to launch the one-metre-long ves
  
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• Vancouver Canucks shut down goaltender Demko for season, slated for hip surgery

  27-01-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko has been shut down for the rest of the 2025-26 season, the team announced on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
  The 30-year-old will undergo hip surgery as a result of an injury suffered on Saturday, Jan. 10 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  “After consulting with our team doctors and outside specialists, Thatcher Demko will be shut down for the rest of the year,” said Canucks general manager Patrick Allvin in a press release. “Thatcher will undergo su
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes surge to fifth place with win over Seattle

  27-01-2026 17:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes have gone from the bottom of the league to tied for fifth after Sunday’s 3-1 win over Seattle.
  Vancouver faced off against the Seattle Torrent in the PWHL Takeover tour in Denver in front of a crowd of 11,612.
  Goldeneyes forward Jenn Gardiner opened up the scoring off the faceoff with only five seconds left in the first period. Izzy Daniel and Michelle Karvinen also scored for Vancouver, and goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer saved 33 out of 34 shots on net.Daniels spo
  
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• Surrey council wants feds to declare extortion ‘state of emergency’

  27-01-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Surrey council approved Mayor Brenda Locke’s motion to request the federal government to declare a state of emergency related to the extortion crisis plaguing South Asian businesses and residents.
  Council threw its unanimous support behind this Monday night after Locke delivered her lengthy catalogue of requests given that the threats, related shootings and coordinated intimidation tactics “exceed the capacity of municipal government and conventional policing responses.”
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• Virtual care cuts emissions, costs while expanding access across Vancouver Island

  27-01-2026 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Island Health’s expanded use of virtual care has reduced patient travel, lowered greenhouse gas emissions and improved access to care, particularly for people in rural and remote communities, the health authority said in a press release.
  From mid-February 2020 to mid-November 2025, virtual appointments helped patients avoid more than 23 million kilometres of travel, save over $4.4 million in travel-related costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2,600 tonnes – roughly
  
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• Vancouver Island freestyle skier heading to 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

  27-01-2026 16:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Comox Valley will be well represented in the 2026 Olympics.
  Dillan Glennie is heading to Italy with the Canadian Halfpipe ski team.
  “It is definitely a goal I’ve been working towards for a long time now, and it’s just really exciting to have it officially confirmed,” said Glennie.
  The 25-year-old skier first started her freestyle skiing journey when her family moved to Vancovuer Island in 2010 from North Vancouver. Her parents put her in the Jumps and Bumps freestyle
  
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• New copper-gold deposit discovered on mining feasibility site near Port Hardy

  27-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Northisle Copper and Gold Inc. recently released their exploration findings and 2026 execution plan.
  In the report, the Vancouver-based company shared updates on the mining operation located on the North Island west of Port Hardy. The company’s pre-feasibility study on the North Island Project is on track following their largest exploration program ever of 20,297 meters across 58 holes.
  There was also a new copper-gold discovery at the Cougar target between the existing Northwest Expo and
  
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• City of Nanaimo seeks input on tenant relocation and compensation requirements

  27-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The City of Nanaimo wants the community’s feedback to help shape tenant relocation and compensation requirements for tenants impacted by rental apartment building redevelopment.
  Nanaimo has about 108 purpose-built rental apartment buildings with 4,200 units, and many of those were built in the 1960s and ‘70s.
  Residents in older apartment buildings face vulnerability during redevelopment, with limited affordable alternatives. The Rental Tenant Relocation Assistance project will create
  
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• B.C. guarantees mineral exploration permit times, signs MOU on critical minerals

  27-01-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. is working to make clear its commitment to the mining industry as an annual gathering of the industry’s biggest provincial players gets underway in Vancouver this week.
  First, on Sunday (Jan. 25), the province signed an agreement to work with other provinces and territories on a new critical minerals strategy.
  Then on Monday, Premier David Eby announced in a speech to the annual Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) round-up in Vancouver that the province plans to guarantee fixed
  
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• ‘Don’t look away’: South Island rally highlights escalating crisis in Iran

  27-01-2026 01:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  “Iran no longer has a functioning government. The country is being held hostage by a terrorist structure that has full authority to attack, shoot, or arrest anyone, even inside their homes.”
  Those were the words of Kiana Zandi, emcee at a second rally held on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 25) at the B.C. Legislature, shedding light on the escalating crisis in Iran.
  “We’ve heard from people in Iran that, at night, streets become crime scenes to the point that they smell like bloo
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP personnel profiles take public “Behind the Badge”

  27-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nanaimo RCMP detachment is going to start showing its members beyond the badge with semi-regular profiles.
  To get to know a bit more about those officers and show their human side, the detachment has launched Behind the Badge, a series profiling the backgrounds and personalities of officers lives when they’re not in uniform.
  “The rationale behind it is we’ve had a lot of new members come to our office and they serve this community and the people only see one dimension of them;
  
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• Kelowna man guilty of 2nd degree murder for killing woman after first date

  27-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Friends and family of Brianna Jankauskas cried and hugged following the guilty verdict of second-degree murder for her attacker.
  Kelowna resident Brandon Davina was found guilty by Justice Fitzpatrick in Kelowna Supreme Court on Jan. 26.
  Fitzpatrick rejected much of Davina’s testimony that he had been provoked by the victim and had little memory of the events that occurred due to alcohol and marijuana consumption, ultimately rejecting the defence’s arguments that the charge should be
  
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• B.C. still failing to properly fill out documentation for involuntarily held patients

  27-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. is still failing to meet its obligations to properly fill out documentation for people held involuntarily under the Mental Health Act, five years after the province’s ombudsperson first identified issues.
  “This is a legal authority to detain somebody against their will, and it shouldn’t take place unless the authorities comply with all of the requirements in the act,” Ombudsperson Jay Chalke told Black Press Media after his latest progress report was released on Mond
  
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• Hockey Canada taps B.C. capital to pilot new player development hub

  26-01-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Victoria is set to become the testing ground for a new national vision in player development.
  Hockey Canada has announced that the first-ever Hockey Canada Development Hub will be based in Victoria, running out of the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre this spring and summer, in partnership with the Victoria Royals and BC Hockey.The first development hub will be piloted this spring, in partnership with @BCHockey_Source and the @VictoriaRoyals.
  Le premier centre sera mis à l’essai ce prin
  
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• Yukon government opposition won’t hold up federal gun buyback program: MP

  26-01-2026 22:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Yukon government’s opposition to the federal gun buyback program won’t hold up the program, according to Yukon MP Brendan Hanley.
  Territorial Justice Minister Laura Lang expressed in a statement that the Yukon government won’t participate in this “counterproductive program,” but didn’t outline the government’s next steps.
  The way the program works is that the RCMP will be in charge of collecting firearms under the program using federal funding that i
  
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• 2 seniors confirmed dead following RV fire near Salmon Arm - nanaimobulletin.com

  26-01-2026 20:56 via news.google.com
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• 2 seniors confirmed dead following RV fire near Salmon Arm

  26-01-2026 20:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Two people were killed in a fire that occurred Saturday night in Yankee Flats.
  The blaze broke out in a modified recreational vehicle around 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 24, claiming the lives of two senior residents, said the Columbia Shuswap Regional District in a news release.
  The blaze was reported by a resident outside the unit, who said the structure was in flames and “actively burning” within.
  “Despite a timely response by the Silver Creek Fire Department, the residence was complet
  
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• Horses allegedly assaulted at Vernon facility - nanaimobulletin.com

  26-01-2026 20:31 via news.google.com
  Horses allegedly assaulted at Vernon facility  nanaimobulletin.com
  
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