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• Mary Rodgers

  06-06-2022 09:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~ It is with heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Mom, Mary, Granny and Great Granny. Mom was predeceased by our father Clive Rodgers in 2003. Mom is survived by her friend Al, her three children, Jonathan (Judy), Peter (Shannon) and Linda (David), 6 grandchildren Jenna, Kristyn, Nick, Zack, Katie andRead more...
  
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• Evicted Island mobile home seniors awarded $28K from forgotten city fund

  20-03-2026 19:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A sense of closure for displaced tenants of a Langford seniors mobile home park has come from a ‘forgotten’ source.
  Members of the Tri-Way Park Residents Association have been awarded a $28,000 grant by the city to cover legal costs incurred during a long-running dispute with Starlight Investments, which purchased the park for redevelopment.
  The grant has been made possible by the city’s manufactured home park redevelopment policy, which was amended in 2007 to include a reserve
  
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• Stabbing incident investigation closes road in south Nanaimo

  20-03-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Old Victoria Road between Milton and Selby streets was closed Friday morning, March 20, while Nanaimo RCMP investigated the scene of a stabbing.
  According to an RCMP press release, the incident happened at about 10 a.m. at the intersection of Prideaux Street and Old Victoria Road. The intersection and surrounding streets were closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic while officers assessed the scene and gathered evidence.
  One adult man was treated for injuries in front of a business 156 Old Vict
  
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• Norman (Norm) Ivor Edward Hygh

  20-03-2026 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  With heavy hearts we announce Norman (Norm) Ivor Edward Hygh of Nanaimo BC passed away peacefully on March 6, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones.
  Norm was born in Nanaimo on July 15, 1936, to William (Bill) and Violet Hygh. Norm lived his whole life in Nanaimo. Norm’s early career started at Tanneck’s Metal Fabrication. He then worked for Canada Post for 5 years before being hired at Harmac pulp mill in 1968, starting in production. Later, he became an apprentice pipefitter receiving
  
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• North Island MLA slams U.S. healthcare worker hires, saying ‘system failure’ is the issue

  20-03-2026 19:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC Conservative health critic is taking aim at Premier David Eby’s recruitment of more than 400 U.S.-based healthcare workers, criticizing the move as failing to address the system’s growing structural failures.
  “They are not bringing in enough providers, and they are not increasing patient attachment,” said North Island MLA Anna Kindy in a statement on March 17. “British Columbians still can’t find a family doctor.”
  The B.C. NDP party announced Tues
  
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• World-renowned pianist performing in Nanaimo

  20-03-2026 18:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  World-renowned pianist Carter Johnson will be performing in Nanaimo, courtesy Nanaimo Conservatory of Music.
  Johnson will play a concert on Friday, March 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews United Church.
  “Musically speaking, they can expect a good bit of variety,” he told the News Bulletin. “I’m going to be talking about the music also, I think they can expect maybe to be drawn into this music … more emotionally and personally than maybe at a lot of other concerts.”
  
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• City of Nelson pushes for federal ‘duty of care’ law for digital platforms

  20-03-2026 17:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Is it a municipal government’s job to confront online companies such as Open AI, X, and Roblox about the online harms they cause?
  Nelson city councillor Keith Page thinks it is.
  He says society expects a car manufacturer or a food producer to be held accountable for the quality of their products and to face consequences if that product proves to be harmful. Online platforms, he says, should be held to the same duty of care.
  At council’s Feb. 3 meeting, Page proposed that Nelson counc
  
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• New Zach Galifianakis show filmed on Vancouver Island

  20-03-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A new Netflix series was filmed partially in the Comox Valley, and the trailer shows a few familiar faces.
  The show is called “This is a Gardening Show” and is starring comedian Zach Galifianakis. Eagle-eyed viewers of the trailer will see scenes from Mount Washington, Comox’s Brooklyn Elementary School and more. In one clip, lasting only a second or two, Galifianakis is shown scratching his back with a gardening tool standing next to local farmer Arzeena Hamir.
  “If I wer
  
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• 3 B.C. Interior cities break temperature records on last day of winter

  20-03-2026 16:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The warm weather on the last day of winter broke more temperature records across the Okanagan.
  On Thursday, Mar. 19, three temperatures records were broken in B.C., all in the Interior region.
  Kamloops was the warmest place in the province on Thursday, topping out at 21.2 C. This broke a 79-year record as it was 21.1 C on Mar. 19, 1947.
  Summerland broke a 98-year record for Mar. 19 as temperatures reached 19.5 C on Thursday. This broke the record of 18.3 C, set in 1928.
  And Vernon broke a two-ye
  
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• University of Victoria students rope in climbers for rising business venture

  20-03-2026 13:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Faced with gruelling class schedules and potential for mounting debt, a pair of UVic students opted for the flexibility of creating their own business.
  Kathryn Meers and Dylan Gyr embarked on a dog brand – but it didn’t sit right.
  “It was kind of lame, we weren’t proud of what we were doing,” said Meers, an environmental studies student. “It didn’t make me feel very happy creating something that would end up in the landfill.”
  Then Gyr saw a video o
  
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• Crimson Coast Dance Society hosts hip hop-Indigenous culture workshop in Nanaimo

  20-03-2026 13:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Crimson Coast Dance Society is inviting youths to take part in a week-long workshop, culminating with a performance at the OV Arts Centre next weekend.
  The society is inviting people aged 12 to 19 years to the 20th Body Talk HiP HoP PoW Wow spring break workshop beginning Monday, March 23 and running till Sunday, March 29, when the OV theatre performance takes place. According to a press release, it “offers an inter-generational youth experience where participants support each other while
  
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• QUIZ: A celebration of spring

  20-03-2026 13:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It is time to welcome spring, the season of rejuvenation and renewal.
  In 2026, the first day of spring is March 20.
  There are plenty of spring-themed traditions and celebrations, as well as historical events that occurred during past springs.
  And there are also places and objects with the word “spring” in their names.
  If you are ready to spring into spring, put your trivia knowledge to the test with these 10 questions.
  Good luck.READ MORE: QUIZ: Exploring visions of the future
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• Pain turns into anger: Family still mourns 16 years after Langford teen’s murder

  20-03-2026 06:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Warning: This story contains details of violence and sexual assault.
  It was 16 years ago that a Langford murder changed a community forever.
  On March 18, 2010, 18-year-old Kimberly Proctor was lured into a home by 17-year-old Cameron Moffat and 16-year-old Kruse Wellwood, where the two men sexually assaulted and brutalized her over a period of several hours. Proctor was strangled and suffocated there until she died. The following day, Moffat and Wellwood carried her remains in a duffel bag on a
  
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• Princeton mill celebrates approval of tenure transfer to Gorman Group’s Similkameen Forest Products

  20-03-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Princeton’s mill celebrated not just new owners but a new name as well with the handover of forestry tenures from Weyerhaeuser to West Kelowna-based Gorman Bros on March 19.
  The provincial government’s approval of tenure transfer was the last step in a process that began with Gorman’s purchase of the mill and tenures in 2025, which will now operate as Similkameen Forest Products.
  The transfer of the timber tenures has happened quickly since being announced in September 2025, as
  
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• Kelowna MP Fuhr details $339M plan to modernize Armed Forces

  20-03-2026 01:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Canada is launching two multimillion-dollar procurement projects to strengthen the Canadian Armed Forces.
  Secretary of State and Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr made the announcements at separate events on Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, outlining plans to support the country’s space surveillance and bring modern equipment to the military.
  The investments, which combined total $339 million, are part of a larger plan to revitalize the CAF.
  Fuhr’s Defence Investment Agency (DIA) facil
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP searching for woman for allegedly beating robbery victim with metal pipe

  20-03-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help them find Fallan Fowler, a 43-year-old woman wanted for robbery and assault with a weapon.
  According to police, on the evening of Nov. 14 Fowler was involved in an altercation with another woman. During the altercation, Fowler allegedly struck the woman with a metal pipe and then stole her purse. The victim required medical attention for injuries sustained during the incident.
  Officers located Fowler a short distance away and arrested her. The 43-year-o
  
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• Time travel: B.C. councillor says time switch puts students at risk

  20-03-2026 00:13 via nanaimobulletin.com
  While folks across B.C. look forward to longer summer days ahead, Langford Coun. Kimberley Guiry already has winter on her mind.
  With the jump now made to permanent daylight saving time, Guiry has flagged concerns about longer dark fall and winter mornings and the impact on children’s safety.
  From early November until the end of February, she warns that kids who begin their commute around 8 a.m. will be walking to school in the dark.
  Of particular concern for Guiry are the older Langford n
  
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• B.C.’s credit rating downgrade blamed on ‘deterioration’ of fiscal management

  19-03-2026 23:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded B.C. a notch, blaming “entrenched deficits” and a “deterioration in long-term fiscal management.”
  The Thursday (March 19) decision is the agency’s second downgrade for the province in two years, lowering B.C. to Aa2, or two notches below the top Aaa status. These credit rating decisions signal to investors that the province is a riskier place to lend money to, which, in turn, may cause B.C.’s borrowing costs to
  
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• B.C.’s credit rating downgrade blamed on ’deterioration’ of fiscal management

  19-03-2026 23:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded B.C. a notch, blaming “entrenched deficits” and a “deterioration in long-term fiscal management.”
  The Thursday (March 19) decision is the agency’s second downgrade for the province in two years, lowering B.C. to Aa2, or two notches below the top Aaa status. These credit rating decisions signal to investors that the province is a riskier place to lend money to, which, in turn, may cause B.C.’s borrowing costs to
  
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• Spill containment and cleanup underway after train derailment near Prince Rupert

  19-03-2026 23:33 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A mudslide triggered by heavy rain derailed a freight train near Prince Rupert earlier this week, disrupting service along the key northern corridor to the city’s port—and later revealing a significant diesel spill.
  On March 16, 27 CN Rail cars derailed approximately 20 kilometres south of Prince Rupert, near Mile 80 on Highway 16.
  Initial reports indicated that no spills had occurred, but subsequent assessments confirmed that at least one car was leaking, according to the Ministry o
  
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• Finance minister visits Nanaimo, looks to B.C.’s economic future

  19-03-2026 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Economic opportunities for British Columbia that can lead to economic growth is a focus of the message delivered by Brenda Bailey, Minister of Finance and MLA for Vancouver-South Granville.
  Bailey, who grew up on Protection Island and in Wellington, spoke at an International Women’s Day-inspired Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday, March 18.
  At the luncheon Bailey spoke about her background and her “leadership journey,” before turning to the B.C. economy and
  
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• Cowichan Bay triathlete Ridenour defends Oceania Cup title

  19-03-2026 21:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  There was only one Canadian racer on the start list of the Oceania Triathlon Cup and Sprint Championships in Napier, New Zealand, on March 1, and there could only be one winner.
  Competing in her first triathlon of the 2026 season, Cowichan Bay’s Desirae Ridenour filled both roles.
  For the second year in a row, Ridenour won the event.
  Upon crossing the finish line, Ridenour fell to the ground, to catch her breath and consider her accomplishment.
  “[It was] mostly relief,” she adm
  
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• Sexism or playful parody? B.C. car commercial sparks debate

  19-03-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Some people aren’t happy with a Vernon Kia parody car commercial that pokes fun at female stereotypes.
  And while the car dealership’s commercial has sparked a degree of online backlash, one of the saleswomen that stars in the video suggests some people are missing the point.
  “You can absolutely trust us to sell you a car, maybe just don’t let us drive it,” says saleswoman Nicole Zbitnoff in the video titled Vernon Kia Girls Parody Commercial next to her female sales
  
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• B.C. partnering with Whitecaps, viaSport to build mini soccer pitches

  19-03-2026 20:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  To celebrate the 2026 FIFA World Cup and ensure the tournament leaves a lasting provincial impact, the B.C. government is partnering with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and sports improvement organization viaSport to fund 20 mini soccer pitches to be built in all regions of the province.
  “We want to make sure that British Columbians from all over British Columbia are able to benefit from this legacy project,” said Anne Kang, tourism, art, culture and sport minister, in a Thursday announc
  
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• South Cariboo woman helps document the 2025 Canadian 1,052 UFO sightings

  19-03-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  For decades, a team of Canadians has documented reports of unidentified flying objects, commonly known as UFOs.
  Every year since 1989, Ufology Research has released the Canadian UFO Survey, a summary of all major sightings of UFOs reported in Canada. For the last two years, South Cariboo’s Leanne Sallenback has been helping write the report as Ufology Research’s communications specialist.
  “It’s a fascinating time, because there is a renewed interest in this topic, especia
  
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• South Cariboo woman helps document 2025’s 1,052 Canadian UFO sightings

  19-03-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  For decades, a team of Canadians has documented reports of unidentified flying objects, commonly known as UFOs.
  Every year since 1989, Ufology Research has released the Canadian UFO Survey, a summary of all major sightings of UFOs reported in Canada. For the last two years, South Cariboo’s Leanne Sallenback has been helping write the report as Ufology Research’s communications specialist.
  “It’s a fascinating time, because there is a renewed interest in this topic, especia
  
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• Kelowna pastor, businesses face $70K civil suit due to unpaid rent

  19-03-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Kelowna pastor and entrepreneur John Perks, along with his businesses, is being sued for more than $70,000.
  A civil suit was filed by Impact Upstream Ventures Inc. in Kelowna on Mar. 13 against Perks, 1486327 B.C. LTD, Western Canada Food Tours Inc., and JQA Enterprises Inc. after Impact owner Al Hildebrandt claims rent had gone unpaid for two months at its property 2041 Harvey Avenue.
  Perks was renting the building from Hildedbrandt’s company and operated several businesses through the ve
  
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• Report released on Chilliwack drunk-driving arrest that led to woman’s broken jaw

  19-03-2026 19:51 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A public report has now been released that details an incident between Chilliwack RCMP officers and a woman they arrested for attempted to drive drunk.
  The incident took place outside a bar in the early morning hours on Nov. 23, 2024. It began with an intoxicated women “apparently intending to drive home” and ended with her having a broken jaw and being arrested.
  The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. took over the incident, and the report was concluded on Oct. 14, 2025
  
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• RCMP arrest pair suspected of Vancouver Island fake gold jewelry scam

  19-03-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  West Shore RCMP has arrested two people suspected of being involved in gold jewelry scams.
  A 45-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, both residents of Ontario, were arrested March 7 after an extensive investigation conducted by West Shore RCMP Crime Reduction Unit.
  The pair is currently being held in custody for an unrelated investigation, while the RCMP’s fraud investigation remains ongoing.
  Police first warned the public in February about scammers approaching shoppers with fake gold and
  
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• B.C. man dies in Belize due to ‘fall from height’

  19-03-2026 18:56 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A Kelowna man who was found dead in Belize on March 11 likely died from a lengthy fall, said Central American authorities.
  On Wednesday, March 11, a Canadian senior, later identified as 72-year-old Thomas David Harman was found dead on his drifting catamaran around 96 kilometres off the Belize shore, said Greater Belize Media.
  A cruise ship close by reported a distress call by a woman, who said her husband suffered cardiac arrest. The woman was rescued by the cruise ship but when Belize’s
  
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