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• Jimmy Soon

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  January 1, 1926 – February 14, 2026
  It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Jimmie Soon. Predeceased by the love of his life, Alice and his son Kenny. Survived by daughters Lily Radelja (John), Sandra Soon-Flahr (Rod), Cindy Akenclose and Cheryl Tait (Jeff). The constant joys of his life were his grandchildren, Sheena, Amber, Tyler, Whitney (Matt), Garrett (Kaitlyn), Maxine and great grandchildren Raya, Nolan and Milo. We would like to thank the wonderful 2nd floor staff at Kiw
  
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• Tentative deals reached for B.C. community care and health sciences workers

  24-02-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Health Employers Association of B.C. has reached tentative agreements with associations representing community health-care workers and health-sciences workers.
  The Finance Ministry says that negotiations for both deals were made under the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate to “support government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in B.C.’s public sector, to maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and to support the Province’s e
  
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• ‘Tough’ B.C. budget will see Chemainus affordable-housing project shelved

  24-02-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Plans for a 58-unit affordable housing development at the former elementary school site in Chemainus will likely have to be put on hold.
  North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas said at the council meeting on Feb. 18 that, as part of the provincial budget presented the day before, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey advised that the BC Community Housing Fund, the province’s flagship affordable-housing program, won’t be accepting any new applications for the time being.
  “It could happen agai
  
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• Business leaders give B.C. budget unprecedented ‘D’ grade, blast PST change

  24-02-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s business leaders gathered in Vancouver on Tuesday morning to sound the alarm on B.C.’s most recent budget, saying the province is hampering economic growth with new taxes, particularly the expansion of the provincial sales tax (PST).
  “It’s clear this government and the business community are not on the same page,” said Bridgitte Anderson, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
  The Board of Trade, which hosted the Tuesday (Feb. 24) event and held a tense
  
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• B.C.’s Olympic silver medallist Jenn Gardiner back home

  24-02-2026 18:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Surrey, B.C.’s Olympic silver medallist Jenn Gardiner is back home on Canadian soil.
  Gardiner, along with some of her Team Canada and Vancouver Goldeneyes teammates, and luge athletes Embyr-Lee Susko and Trinity Ellis, landed late at Vancouver International Airport Monday night (Feb. 23). They were welcomed by members of the Musqueam First Nations and a small group of supporters.Welcome home @TeamCanada !
  We're proud to join @Musqueam in welcoming members of the Women's Hockey & Luge t
  
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• 1 man suspected dead in massive Fraser Lake Shopping Centre fire

  24-02-2026 18:57 via nanaimobulletin.com
  One man is suspected to have died in a blaze that tore through the Fraser Lake Shopping Centre last weekend.
  According to RCMP, officers were called to a structure fire at the Fraser Lake Inn at about 3 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 22.
  “Upon arrival, police discovered that a person had re-entered the Inn and was still outstanding. Officers attempted to search the building but were pushed back by heavy smoke,” said Staff Sgt. Kris Clark.
  The Fraser Lake Fire Department, alongside nearby communi
  
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• Acute care tower and the expansion of cardiac services advancing at Nanaimo hospital

  24-02-2026 18:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The B.C. government has begun steps to build a new patient tower and cardiac catheterization lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
  On Feb. 17, the provincial government passed its annual budget, stating that “additional efforts are being undertaken to ensure the province is advancing the development of new acute care projects, including the launch of initial planning for expansion at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.”
  In a statement, the Ministry of Infrastructure confirmed to t
  
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• UVic to host UBC with Canada West basketball title on the line

  24-02-2026 18:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The stage is set at CARSA.
  The UVic Vikes will host the UBC Thunderbirds on Feb. 27 with the Canada West championship on the line.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by UVic Vikes (@uvicvikes)Victoria punched its ticket to the final with a commanding 97-74 semifinal win over the University of Alberta Golden Bears on Feb. 20.
  UBC advanced in dramatic fashion, edging the University of Winnipeg Wesmen 92-89 in overtime on Feb. 21.
  The Vikes had three players score in double figures against Al
  
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• Ronald Arthur Neil

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  November 2nd, 1937 – December 9th, 2025
  Ron passed away peacefully in Courtenay BC, in the wonderful care of Comox Valley Seniors Village, December 9th, 2025. Born in North Crosby, Ontario, Ron was a talented carpenter by trade and spent many years working overseas. He retired on Vancouver Island where he met the love of his life, Eleen, and spent 15 fun filled years together taking great adventures all over the world. He loved to plan trips in great detail and always found amazing and int
  
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• Joyce & Ernest Greenaway

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Joyce Greenaway
  Aug 16, 1929 – Mar 7, 2018
  Ernest Greenaway
  May 30, 1929 – Apr 10, 2017
  Together forever, because real love stories never have endings.
  Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles:
  Thoughts of happy scenes long past
  The years roll by but memories last.
  With love, from the Greenaway Family
  
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• Irene Dugdale

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Irene Dugdale of Nanaimo BC 1931-2026 Passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 94 on January 31st 2026 at Selkirk Senior‘s Manor in Victoria BC.
  She is predeceased by husbands Howard Dobson, Doug Dugdale. Brothers Robert Riche, and Donald Riche.
  She is survived by daughter April Vogel, son, Colin Vogel, daughter-in-law, Jeannine Vogel. Grandmother of Jennifer Campbell, Mike McDonald, Adam Johnstone and Taylor Vogel. Great grandmother of Willow Campbell and Hailie Campbell.
  Irene w
  
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• Eleen Elizabeth Burkhard

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  March 16th, 1940 – January 17th, 2026
  Eleen passed away peacefully with family at her side January 17, 2026. Born and raised in Victoria, BC, she was the oldest of 4, with 3 younger brother’s, Alfred (Beverly), Clifford, Vincent (Julie) and a step sister, Doreen (predeceased) (Ken). At 16 she met the love of her life, Albert and went on to marry him and have 4 children of her own. Chuck (Laurie), Karina (Mike), Sharon and Donna (Derek). She and Albert raised their 4 children in Victo
  
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• Doreen Mae Allen (nee Reiber)

  24-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In loving memory ~
  Doreen Mae Allen (nee Reiber) passed peacefully surrounded by family on February 9, 2026.
  Born in Saskatchewan, Doreen carried her prairie roots with her throughout her life. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Education in Home Economics. In 1965, she moved to Nanaimo to teach at NDSS until retiring in 1999, where valued colleagues became lifelong friends. Over her many years in the classroom, Doreen influenced generations of students with her
  
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• Older brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter arrested in Alberta community

  24-02-2026 17:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The older brother of the Tumbler Ridge shooter, Jacob Van Rootselaar, was arrested in Sylvan Lake on Feb. 19.
  RCMP officers from the RCMP Central Alberta Crime Reduction Unit arrested Van Rootselaar on his outstanding Canada-wide arrest warrant from a 2024 Fort McMurray attempted murder investigation.
  Van Rootselaar has additionally been charged with:
  – Weapon offences (x2)
  – Fail to comply with release conditions (x5)
  Van Rootselaar has been taken before a Justice of the Peace and h
  
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• Under renovation: Bird boxes disappear from Saanich Peninsula waterway

  24-02-2026 14:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Boxes perched on poles adjacent to open water are such a common sight on the Island that when they disappeared in Tod Inlet, folks noticed.The sea of empty posts spurred a spiralling online conversation that, from John Creviston’s perspective, happily brought the purple martin back into the spotlight.Traditionally the largest swallow in North America nests in a colony in groups of standing snags – brush killed by flood or fire – along the shore.
  “Over time … people
  
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• Under renovation: Bird boxes disappear from B.C. waterway

  24-02-2026 14:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Boxes perched on poles adjacent to open water are such a common sight on the Island that when they disappeared in Tod Inlet, folks noticed.The sea of empty posts spurred a spiralling online conversation that, from John Creviston’s perspective, happily brought the purple martin back into the spotlight.Traditionally the largest swallow in North America nests in a colony in groups of standing snags – brush killed by flood or fire – along the shore.
  “Over time … people
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP warns public to be alert to ongoing gift card scams

  24-02-2026 14:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police in Nanaimo are warning the public to stay alert following a gift card scam in which a local resident was tricked into buying several hundred dollars’ worth of Amazon e‑gift cards.
  According to Nanaimo RCMP, a Nanaimo resident reported Thursday, Feb. 19, they’d received an email that appeared to be from a close family friend in the United States. The message asked for help to purchase $350 worth of Amazon e‑gift cards as a birthday gift for another acquaintance. Bel
  
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• Osoyoos man who drove away with woman guilty of sexual assault

  24-02-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  WARNING: This article contains details about a criminal sexual assault trial 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.
  An Osoyoos man who drove off with a young woman and tried to ply her with vodka before sexually assaulting her was found guilty following a trial that stretched out over six months in a recently published decision.
  The decision by Ju
  
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• ‘Largest gift in history.’: Record setting $10M donated to Okanagan College

  24-02-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A historical announcement was made at Okanagan College’s (OC) Kelowna campus on Feb. 23.
  The Hall Family Foundation is donating $10-million to OC’s school of business to ignite the spark in future entreprenuers.
  OC President Neil Fassina made the announcement during a reception at the campus’ Centre for Learning.
  “This is the largest gift in OC’s history,” Fassina stated. “And, it is the largest gift to any college in British Columbia.”A $10M donat
  
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• Three youths charged for assaults in downtown Nanaimo shopping mall - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  24-02-2026 04:02 via news.google.com
  Three youths charged for assaults in downtown Nanaimo shopping mall  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Three youths charged for assaults in downtown Nanaimo shopping mall

  24-02-2026 04:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police are investigating two alleged assault incidents at Port Place Shopping Centre in downtown Nanaimo.
  Nanaimo RCMP say the incidents happened about at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, when police were called to the bus loop near the mall on Front Street for a report of an assault involving a weapon. Upon arrival, officers found a man with significant injuries.
  Investigators learned that the victim was waiting at the bus stop when he was approached by a group of youths, who then allegedly struck hi
  
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• BC Lions to call Kelowna home for week of football festivities - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  24-02-2026 02:52 via news.google.com
  BC Lions to call Kelowna home for week of football festivities  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• BC Lions to call Kelowna home for week of football festivities

  24-02-2026 02:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC Lions will be making Kelowna home for a week this summer as the city gears up to host a week-long football festival.
  Touchdown Kelowna will feature a fan party, family friendly events, Kelowna’s traditional Canada Day activities, and two Canadian Football League games.
  The BC Lions will host the Calgary Stampeders on June 27 and the Edmonton Elks on July 4 at the Apple Bowl to start and end the week of festivities.
  The official announcement for Touchdown Kelowna was made at a media
  
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• ‘Cold comfort’: Officials seek answers from OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge shooting - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  24-02-2026 02:26 via news.google.com
  ‘Cold comfort’: Officials seek answers from OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge shooting  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• ‘Cold comfort’: Officials seek answers from OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge shooting

  24-02-2026 02:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.
  In the days surrounding a mass shooting in a small northeastern B.C. community, an artificial intelligence company was meeti
  
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• RCMP warrant turns up drugs, guns and two suspects facing dozens of charges in Nanaimo

  24-02-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Two suspects are facing nearly 40 criminal charges in relation to a warrant carried out at a home in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter.
  According to a RCMP press release, charges were approved by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada Feb. 10 against Dylan Tanti, 53, and Charlotte Cargill of Nanaimo.
  The charges stem from Nov. 14 when Nanaimo RCMP’s Projects (Drug) Unit, Island District Emergency Response Team and front-line officers carried out a search warrant in a residence in the 200
  
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• Three youths charged after man seriously beaten at Nanaimo bus stop - Victoria Buzz

  24-02-2026 01:30 via news.google.com
  Three youths charged after man seriously beaten at Nanaimo bus stop  Victoria Buzz
  
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• Suspects facing multiple charges after drugs, guns seized in Nanaimo, B.C. - CTV News

  24-02-2026 00:35 via news.google.com
  Suspects facing multiple charges after drugs, guns seized in Nanaimo, B.C.  CTV News
  
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• 100 Mile House couple found deceased under ice on Charlotte Lake - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  24-02-2026 00:31 via news.google.com
  100 Mile House couple found deceased under ice on Charlotte Lake  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• 100 Mile House couple found deceased under ice on Charlotte Lake

  24-02-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A snowmobile accident on Charlotte Lake has claimed the lives of a 100 Mile House couple.
  On Friday, Feb. 20, members of the Anahim Lake RCMP received a report that two snowmobilers had not been seen since Feb. 17. While police were enroute to the scene, neighbours conducted a search and located the couple deceased beneath the ice on Charlotte Lake.
  RCMP believe the couple had gone snowmobiling on Feb. 17 when they broke through the ice. Due to the delay in them being reported missing, the break
  
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