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• Hundreds gathered in Bowen Park for Terry Fox Run

  23-09-2026 21:13 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Hundreds of people gathered in Bowen Park last weekend for the annual Terry Fox Run.The run took place on Sunday, Sept. 20, with participants running around two point two kilometre route, doing as many laps as they could.Mayor Leonard Krog spoke to attendees, reminiscing about the original race and the day the race ended for Fox, on June 28, 1981, due to bone cancer that had spread to his lungs.
  “I don’t think there was a Canadian who didn’t see the TV story in the evening news
  
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• Comox Valley resident celebrates 104th birthday

  24-09-2026 19:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Florence Robertson just might be the Comox Valley’s very own longevity guru.
  For Robertson — now 104 years young — her secret to a long and healthy life is found in the power of song.
  “When I turned 100, people kept asking, ‘What’s the secret of you living to be 100?’ And I had to think, because both of my parents died young,” she said. “But I came to two conclusions: I’ve had a rest after lunch for most of my adult life; and the second
  
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• Lake Cowichan councillor juggles election campaign with Canadian rugby call-up

  24-09-2026 19:06 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Lake Cowichan town councillor Aaron Frisby hopes to retain his seat in October’s election while adding to his rugby resume. With his political campaign just underway, Frisby was called to join the Canadian men’s rugby team as a skills coach for a series of test matches in Japan.The Pacific Nations Cup runs Sept. 5 to 19. Canada played USA on Sept. 19 for third place.
  “I was given three days’ notice to join the team in Japan,” he said.Originally from New Zealand, Fri
  
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• Mount Jack fire near Sooke grows to 276 hectares, ‘light rain’ forecast

  24-09-2026 19:02 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The “out of control” Mount Jack wildfire near Sooke continues to grow.
  An update from the BC Wildfire Service Thursday morning (Sept. 24) listed the human-caused fire as 276.19 hectares.
  The service said there has been “some modest growth” over the last 24 hours, mainly to the east, driven by prevailing winds, slope and dry fuels.
  “The east flank remains the most active portion of the fire,” they said.
  Recent fire behaviour, including this morning, is consider
  
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• Where do old boats on B.C.’s coast go to die?

  24-09-2026 18:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  People driving along the Old Island Highway through Fanny Bay have probably noticed a ferry idly listing a short distance from the shore.
  The ferry, the MV Rhododendron, was built in 1947 in Chesapeake Bay, USA, before moving to Washington State in 1951, shuttling passengers in Puget Sound until its retirement in 2012.
  The ferry was then auctioned off to Qualicum Beach business Island Scallops in 2013 and brought to where it is moored today in Fanny Bay.
  The Rhody, as it was affectionately calle
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP arrest two for theft from downtown liquor store

  24-09-2026 18:24 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Nanaimo RCMP have arrested two people on at least nine charges related to theft from the BCLiquor location at the Port Place Shopping Centre.
  Reserve Const. Gary O’Brien, the media relations officer for the Nanaimo RCMP, said the man and woman who were arrested were unhoused individuals, and they have been remanded in police custody until they appear in court, which is scheduled for Sept. 29.
  “It took awhile to piece it all together, but we finally had enough to make the arrest and l
  
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• Trio of Celtic musicians will be performing as part of Harbour City Concert series

  24-09-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A trio of Celtic musicians will be playing at the Unitarian Hall as part of the Harbour City Concert series, honouring one of its founders.Schryer, Enblom and Dobres, will be performing on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
  The band features Franco-Ontarian fiddler Pierre Schryer, North American folk dance specialist Danielle Enblom, as well as B.C. guitarist Adam Dobres.Schryer told the News Bulletin that the concert is going to be honouring Doug Creba, one of the founders of the Harbour City Conc
  
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• Big numbers, bigger hearts as Tour de Rock lands in Courtenay

  24-09-2026 15:14 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Often in life, something special loses its novelty quickly when it comes in heaps.
  Tour de Rock is not one of those things.
  Wednesday (Sept. 23), our team travelled from Campbell River to Courtenay, covering 73 kilometres and bringing the trip total to 413 km. Collectively, the team has helped raise more than $352,000 towards the goal of $1 million.
  Those numbers are quite large. But there are community heroes scattered across this Island who do more than their fair share of collecting.
  Today, f
  
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• Sheila Malcolmson ready for election campaign

  24-09-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The snap election that B.C. Premier David Eby called for Oct. 24 came as no surprise for Sheila Malcolmson.
  Malcolmson, the NDP MLA for Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, said the B.C. Conservatives, the province’s official opposition party, has been calling for an election for the past two years, and most recently called for one three weeks ago.
  She said that with just a one-seat majority in the Legislative Assembly, and with the recent death of Joan Philip, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Strathcona, ND
  
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• COLUMN; Trigger stacking: Understanding the build-up before the blow-up

  24-09-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Have you ever had one of those days when everything seems to pile up? You spill your coffee, run late for work, get cut off in traffic and then while sitting at your desk your pen runs out of ink. Suddenly, you’re frustrated enough to toss it across the room. It probably wasn’t the pen that caused the melt down. It was the accumulation of events leading up to it.Dogs can experience the same kind of emotional buildup. It’s called trigger stacking.
  Trigger stacking happens when m
  
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• Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad not seeking re-election

  24-09-2026 03:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad, who led the party to secure a record number of seats in 2024, will not be seeking re-election in next month.The Conservative Party of B.C. said it extends its “deepest thanks” to Rustad, who has decided not to seek re-election.
  “Under his leadership, our party grew from less than two percent of the vote to Official Opposition. The Conservative Party of BC would never have reached where it is today without his conviction, hard work an
  
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• 2 deaths confirmed in serious crash on Kelowna’s Bennett Bridge

  24-09-2026 02:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that two people died in a serious collision in Kelowna on Tuesday, Sept. 22.Around 4 a.m., two vehicles collided on the William R. Bennett Bridge connecting Kelowna and West Kelowna. The bridge was closed for approximately five hours.Emergency crews responded to the scene, and the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service was called in to investigate.It is unknown at this time what caused the collision.The identities of the two persons who died in the cr
  
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• Inaugural ‘Harvest Table’ brings island food and community to Cowichan’s Keating Farm

  24-09-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Food Day Canada and Keating Farm have come to the table to present ‘Harvest Table’ a new annual celebration of Vancouver Island food, farming, community and place at Cowichan Valley’s Keating Farm on Sept. 26.“Food is the invitation, but the relationships are the destination,” said Keating Farm co-owner and Harvest Table co-founder Rebecca Papadopoulos. “Harvest Table is our invitation to gather, share in the abundance of the season and get to know the people
  
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• Party leaders set for a five-way race to B.C. election day

  24-09-2026 01:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  As the dust settles on the snap election call that will send British Columbians to the polls on Oct. 24, the teams are shuffling players and the race has begun.
  Two out of the five parties with seats in the legislature have new leaders. Several prominent incumbent party cabinet members say they are bowing out of the race. And the B.C. Conservative Party seems to be quickly reassembling a formidable centre-right coalition.
  It is now shaping up to be a five-way race.
  Here are the major players and
  
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• Parties leaders set for a five-way race to B.C. election day

  24-09-2026 01:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  As the dust settles on the snap election call that will send British Columbians to the polls on Oct. 24, the teams are shuffling players and the race has begun.
  Two out of the five parties with seats in the legislature have new leaders. Several prominent incumbent party cabinet members say they are bowing out of the race. And the B.C. Conservative Party seems to be quickly reassembling a formidable centre-right coalition.
  It is now shaping up to be a five-way race.
  Here are the major players and
  
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• Eby focuses on U.S. health worker recruitment at Surrey border stop

  24-09-2026 01:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the pro-Trump camp, David Eby told those gathered at a campaign stop Wednesday.That was one of the BC NDP leader’s main themes at a press conference held at Peace Arch Park in South Surrey, on the Canada-U.S. border, Wednesday (Sept. 23), where he told media and supporters his focus, should he be re-elected, is to triple U.S. health-care worker recruitment with a $15-million campaign.
  After outlining several NDP achievements and investments while
  
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• Lorne Doerkson to remain as B.C. Conservative leader if elected premier

  24-09-2026 00:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  There is no plan to hold another leadership race if the B.C. Conservatives win the provincial election, the party’s board says.
  The party’s board of directors said Wednesday (Sept. 23) that if interim Leader Lorne Doerkson leads the party to a victory on Oct. 24, he will remain as party leader.
  The board says it will take the appropriate steps under the party’s constitution and bylaws and the Societies Act to make that change.
  To amend the constitution, the party board would ne
  
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• 22 Nanaimo council candidates address climate crisis

  23-09-2026 23:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Twenty-two Nanaimo councillor and mayoral candidates addressed how they will handle running the city in a worsening climate emergency at a recent election forum, hosted by Nanaimo Climate Action Hub.
  Kevin Lindsay, director with the hub, told the News Bulletin, he felt they received a “great representation of a lot of views and a lot of priorities” in addition to commitments on climate action in different ways.
  “We wanted to hold this forum because … climate change and h
  
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• Vancouver man experiences Okanagan wildfire season on cross-country coffee bike tour

  23-09-2026 22:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Most Lower Mainland residents are somewhat insulated from the dangers and anxieties of wildfire season that most Okanagan residents have come to accept as a reality.
  When Vlad Priadko decided to take the mobile aspect of his mobile Vancouver coffee shop to another level by trekking across the country and back with it, the journey included a first-hand reckoning with that reality.Priadko is the owner of Coffee Bike World, which he started in Vancouver and grew into an international mobile espress
  
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• Phased project, surveying to determine overall health of Okanagan Lake, shorelines

  23-09-2026 22:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Lakes are like people, they need check-ups too.
  Starting this month and taking place in phases over three years, Living Lakes Canada, the Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) and Westbank First Nation (WFN) will be working with many industry partners to survey all 290 kilometres of Okanagan Lake’s shoreline.
  The survey, which Living Lakes Canada coins as a “physical exam” will involve checking land use, shoreline condition, vegetation, streams, and human-made structures.
  “Human ac
  
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• Former B.C. finance minister Brenda Bailey not seeking re-election

  23-09-2026 21:07 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Former finance minister Brenda Bailey will not be running in the provincial election.
  Bailey, who was first elected in 2020, made the announcement in a social media post Wednesday (Sept. 23).
  More to come.
  
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• Bailey out: Another member of Eby’s cabinet not running in B.C. snap election

  23-09-2026 21:07 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Former finance minister Brenda Bailey will not be running in the provincial election.
  Bailey, who was first elected in 2020, made the announcement in a social media post Wednesday (Sept. 23).
  “I am proud of the work I have done in every portfolio I have been given, but I am especially proud of the work we did to create and protect good jobs and to build B.C.’s technology, innovation and life sciences sectors. We invested in talent. We worked to help B.C. companies grow here and creat
  
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• North Cowichan moves to require public hearing for potential data centres

  23-09-2026 20:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  North Cowichan council has unanimously backed a move to prohibit data centres as a permitted land use in the municipality, a decision intended to ensure any future proposal would have to come before council and the public.
  Coun. Chris Istace brought the motion forward at the Sept. 2 meeting, describing it as a proactive measure in response to the rapidly evolving data-centre industry, particularly facilities associated with cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
  “I think the resident
  
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• 328 kilograms of cocaine, worth $5.8M, seized from Vancouver shipping container

  23-09-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Vancouver police say it made its largest cocaine seizure ever after staff at a company found drugs.
  Police were called to a Vancouver-based company on July 21 after staff found 14 duffle bags of drugs hidden among boxes of T-shirts, according to a news release Wednesday (Sept. 23). Police added the shirts were a legitimate order to the company.
  “Obviously, the business was shocked by what it found. They called police right away and are in no way associated with the seized cocaine,” S
  
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• What’s On, Sept. 23

  23-09-2026 20:34 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  MUSIC
  All Ages Punk and Alternative Show will be happening at The Globe Live Studio on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at www.theglobelivestudio.com.AMPLIFY: Bear Grease The Musical will be playing at Port Theatre on Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.porttheatre.com.Celebrating John Coltrane turns 100 hosted by Hans Verhoeven and special guests will be playing at The Vault Cafe on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.
  The Andrew Michael Blues Band will be playing at The Queen
  
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• Patricia Mary Moseley (nee Clarke)

  23-09-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  September 29, 1941 – June 13, 2026
  Moseley, Patricia Mary (nee Clarke) born September 29, 1941, deceased June 13, 2026. Pat was loving wife to Peter, mom to Gordon (Jo), Tina (Michael), grandmother to Harrison (+Jamie) Horne, Emerald (+Karl) Bonnici and Marabel (+Evan) Jeske. Aunt to many nieces and nephews.
  Patsy was born in Victoria but raised in Hot Spring’s Cove. Later, she settled in Victoria and married Peter on October 3rd, 1964. She and Peter then moved to
  
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• Grace Elizabeth (Baumel) Mathews

  23-09-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  October 24, 1946 – August 04, 2026
  Grace passed away peacefully on August 4 at the young age of 79. Just a few months before her 80th Birthday.
  Grace was born and raised in Nanaimo, B.C., and graduated from N.D.S.S. in 1964.
  Grace went on to pursue a career in Banking, working for the Royal Bank for 37 years.
  As fate would have it, Larry also worked for the Royal Bank and that is where she met the love of her life. Along with Larry, Grace acquired 3 wonderful step daught
  
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• Edward William Gogo

  23-09-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  August 19, 1938 – September 4, 2026
  It is with profound sadness that we the Gogo family announce the passing of Edward William Gogo.
  Ed was known to be a hardworking man his entire life, as well as being a kind and generous person as well.
  Ed is predeceased by his former wife Yvonne Gogo-Coombs, his sister Marjorie, and his brothers Ken, and Ron.
  Ed is survived by sisters Laura and Marilyn, and brothers Dan and Mike. Ed is also survived by his children: Terra Gogo-Barton
  
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• B.C. Greens Leader Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands

  23-09-2026 20:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan will be running in the Saanich North and the Islands riding, while incumbent Rob Botterell is out.The seat has been held by Botterell since the 2024 provincial election.Lowan and Botterell were joined by incumbent MLA West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Jeremy Valeriote
  More to come.
  
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• Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day has rejoined Conservative Party as snap election looms

  23-09-2026 19:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Brennan Day, the incumbent MLA for Courtenay-Comox, has announced he is rejoining the Conservative Party of British Columbia as he launches his re-election campaign.
  “The last week has involved some hard conversations. I left because I believed the party had lost its way. My values have not changed. But the leadership and direction over the last few weeks have. Moderation has won out over division, and it is time to focus on the much bigger challenges facing British Columbia,” Day po
  
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