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• Menu planning when it’s time to empty the freezer

  18-07-2023 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Turning a kitchen’s forgotten food into meals takes improvising
  
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 05:15 via news.google.com
  ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border

  02-01-2026 05:03 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Several earthquakes that struck near the Yukon-Alaska border late on New Year’s Eve are part of an ongoing series of aftershocks following one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in Canada.
  The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck on Dec. 6, 2025 was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the country since seismologists started tracking these kinds of events about 100 years ago, according to Nick Ackerley, a seismologist with the Canadian Hazards Information Service of Natural Res
  
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• New book explores Nanaimo’s unknown history - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 03:53 via news.google.com
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• New book explores Nanaimo’s unknown history

  02-01-2026 03:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  More than 100 stories about Nanaimo’s history are at the heart of T.W. Paterson’s new non-fiction book Unknown Nanaimo.
  For sale online and at Windowseat Books, the 270 pages contain numerous true anecdotes from 1853-1900, including downtown hangings and how 1884 was considered a relatively good year as only 31 people died in city mines.
  Paterson said he had to set parameters for the book, otherwise it could have been “the size of a catalogue.”
  “What is today’
  
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• A message from 93.3 The PEAK - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 03:26 via news.google.com
  A message from 93.3 The PEAK  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  02-01-2026 01:45 via news.google.com
  Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Greater Victoria welcomes the Island’s first baby of 2026

  02-01-2026 01:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Greater Victoria welcomed Vancouver Island’s first newborn in the early hours of Jan. 1.
  Sahit Pratap was born at 3:48 a.m. at Victoria General Hospital, weighing three pounds, one ounce, according to a Facebook post from Island Health.In B.C., Kelowna welcomed the province’s first baby of the year. The infant, whose name and gender have not yet been released, was born at Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m., weighing six pounds, eight ounces, according to a post on X from the B.C.
  
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• Downed power line in northern Manitoba repaired, electricity being restored - NanaimoNewsNOW

  02-01-2026 01:22 via news.google.com
  Downed power line in northern Manitoba repaired, electricity being restored  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• ‘A little blessing’: Interior Health’s 2nd baby of 2026 born in Kamloops

  01-01-2026 23:38 via nanaimobulletin.com
  After a week’s worth of patiently waiting, a Kamloops couple has their good luck charm.
  Crystelle Jose Areuano, 23, and Paul Ibizugbe, 29, are overjoyed upon the arrival of their first child, a baby girl, who was born at 4:54 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1 at Royal Inland Hospital, making her the second 2026 baby born in the entire Interior Health region.
  Baby Eliana weighs in at six pounds and just under two ounces.
  Areuano said Thursday afternoon that the name means “God has answered,&rdquo
  
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• It’s a boy! Northern Health announces first Quesnel baby of 2026 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 22:35 via news.google.com
  It’s a boy! Northern Health announces first Quesnel baby of 2026  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s most-memorable animal stories of 2025 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 22:30 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s most-memorable animal stories of 2025

  01-01-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  10. New data shows which bee species buzzing around Vancouver Island farms, March 22
  ​New data indicated 60 bee species and morpho-species can be found on Vancouver Island farms, including the threatened Western bumble bee and the non-native Eastern bumble bee.
  The study, conducted by Bonnie Zand, involved collecting samples of bees from 19 different farm sites across the Island between 2021-22. Areas included Cowichan Valley, Comox Valley, Victoria, Nanaimo and Qualicum Beach. More than 7
  
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• It’s a boy! Northern Health announces first Quesnel baby of 2026

  01-01-2026 20:42 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Quesnel’s first baby of 2026 has been born, and it’s a boy.
  Northern Health announced Quesnel’s first baby of the new year just after 11 a.m. on Jan. 1.
  Baby Ezren was born at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital at 5:47 a.m. on Jan. 1 to parents Kendra and Reighven, of Quesnel.
  Ezren weighs in at six pounds and three ounces.
  Congratulations to the family!
  
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• B.C.’s 1st baby of 2026 born in Kelowna - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 17:55 via news.google.com
  B.C.’s 1st baby of 2026 born in Kelowna  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• B.C.’s 1st baby of 2026 born in Kelowna

  01-01-2026 17:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Kelowna has welcomed B.C.’s first baby of 2026.
  The baby, whose name and gender has not yet been revealed, was born at Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m., weighing six pounds and eight ounces, according to a post to X from the B.C. government.
  The Health Ministry said in a previous media advisory that the New Year’s baby “symbolizes the start of the new year and represents the first of approximately 40,000 babies who are expected to be born in British Columbia in 2026.&rdqu
  
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• Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in Rocky Mountains in northeastern B.C. - NanaimoNewsNOW

  01-01-2026 17:32 via news.google.com
  Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in Rocky Mountains in northeastern B.C.  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Frigid waters await Parksville polar bear plungers - NanaimoNewsNOW

  01-01-2026 14:36 via news.google.com
  Frigid waters await Parksville polar bear plungers  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s photos of the year 2025 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 14:06 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s photos of the year 2025

  01-01-2026 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Nanaimo News Bulletin’s favourite photos of the year were taken by staff members Chris Bush, Jessica Durling, Tyler Hay, Mandy Moraes, Greg Sakaki and Karl Yu during 2025.
  
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• BC Hydro survey looks to the zodiac for signs of 2026 energy habits

  01-01-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A new survey conducted on behalf of BC Hydro shows 83 per cent of British Columbians plan to make a New Year’s resolution.
  Some of those respondents – about one-in-five – believe their zodiac signs could influence those plans, including how they will manage energy use in the new year, BC Hydro said Wednesday (Dec. 31) in an info bulletin. The most common resolutions focus on health and wellness at 37 per cent, reducing stress and prioritizing mental health at 19 per cent, and i
  
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• QUIZ: Reviewing the news of 2025 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 13:55 via news.google.com
  QUIZ: Reviewing the news of 2025  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• QUIZ: Reviewing the news of 2025

  01-01-2026 13:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A lot happened in Canada over the past year.
  In addition to a federal election, sports events, entertainment and business news, there were also some events in Canada that drew international attention in 2025.
  How much do you know about the news over the past 12 months?
  Put your knowledge to the test with these 12 questions.
  Good luck.READ MORE: QUIZ: The quest for information
  READ MORE: QUIZ: A celebration of bears
  READ MORE: QUIZ: Time to enjoy a delicious pizza
  
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• Residents of fire-ravaged Nanaimo motel considering options as donations pour in - Times Colonist

  01-01-2026 13:45 via news.google.com
  Residents of fire-ravaged Nanaimo motel considering options as donations pour in  Times Colonist
  
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• Backlund, Flames eyeing more with playoff spot within reach - NanaimoNewsNOW

  01-01-2026 12:17 via news.google.com
  Backlund, Flames eyeing more with playoff spot within reach  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Beefs of the Year 2025 - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  01-01-2026 02:08 via news.google.com
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• Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Beefs of the Year 2025

  01-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Nanaimo News Bulletin continues a tradition with its annual Beefs of the Year on New Year’s Eve. Here are 10 of the most outrageous beefs submitted by readers during 2025.
  To start sending in beefs and bouquets for publication in 2026, e-mail [email protected].
  Happy New Year to all readers.
  10.
  To the person who wanted to act a fool at the fest.9.
  I was crossing Townsite and you blasted me with your car’s horn. I am 82 and unwell.8.
  I think it’s possible someone j
  
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• Two groups accepting donations for Nanaimo residents displaced in motel fire - CHEK News

  01-01-2026 01:00 via news.google.com
  Two groups accepting donations for Nanaimo residents displaced in motel fire  CHEK News
  
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• From Ottawa to ostriches, Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP reflects on 2025

  01-01-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  This past year as the Member of Parliament for Vernon–Lake Country–Monashee has felt like a decade packed into 12 months: exhausting, eye-opening, and one of the greatest honours of my life.
  I’ve spent it bouncing between Ottawa and the grounded, everyday reality of people back home in the riding who don’t care about the political circus—they just want someone to fix problems and tell them the truth.
  First and foremost, I have to give kudos to a rockstar staff. Jasm
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP seek public’s help to locate missing man - CHEK News

  31-12-2025 23:51 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo RCMP seek public’s help to locate missing man  CHEK News
  
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