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• New Democrat MP says she is target of foreign interference by China

  30-05-2023 19:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Kwan said CSIS spent an hour with her laying out the intelligence it has
  
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• Vernon Vipers forming teams for BC Spring Hockey League

  07-01-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Vernon Vipers will get a great look at the next generation of potential players for the B.C. Hockey League club.
  The Vipers are forming a spring hockey team that will compete in the 2026 BC Spring Hockey League (BCSHL) season.
  The BCSHL is a cooperative league featuring BCHL-affiliated organizations and includes divisions at the U14, U15, U17, and U18 levels.
  During the 2024 spring season, the U15 division featured teams from Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Cowichan, Langley, Surrey, and West Kelowna
  
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• What’s On, Jan 7

  07-01-2026 21:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  MUSIC
  Glen Foster and Maggy play Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on Jan 8 from 6-8 p.m. No cover charge
  Zonnis and Dogwood Bloom play soulful folk-roots, healing sound and soothing rhythms at the Vault Café on Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. Admission $15.
  Mean Bikini, Quit It, Die Job, Red Lenses play an all-ages show at the Globe Live Studio on Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Tickets $20 at www.theglobelivestudio.com.
  Eagle Eyes Eagles tribute happening Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. A
  
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• Beefs & Bouquets, Jan. 7

  07-01-2026 20:59 via nanaimobulletin.com
  BOUQUET To all readers. Happy New Year! It’s a News Bulletin tradition to publish only bouquets for the first Beefs & Bouquets of the new year. Beefs will return next week.
  BOUQUET to Craig, Kelly and John at Island Medi-quip for donating a wheelchair to our dad who was transitioning from the hospital to a care home. Their customer service was second to none and they gave our family one less thing to worry about at a very stressful time.
  BOUQUET So much gratitude to the kind man who he
  
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• Happy New Year for Coombs couple after they score $500K ‘Extra’ prize

  07-01-2026 20:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Happy New Year, indeed.
  Nina F. and Frederick K. are having an extraordinary start to 2026, after learning that they won a $500,000 Extra prize from the Dec. 23, 2025 Lotto Max draw.
  “Fred scanned the ticket [on the BCLC Lotto! app] and at first I thought he was teasing me,” said Nina.
  “We checked the ticket and thought it was a free play at first!” said Fred.
  The Coombs residents first shared the news with their daughter and son-in-law, who immediately called to ask if i
  
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• Single-vehicle crash on Vancouver Island highway leaves 1 man dead

  07-01-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police report a driver died following a New Year’s Day crash on Highway 4.
  Emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle crash between Little Qualicum Falls Road and Chalet Road in Whiskey Creek at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, according to a Jan. 7 news release by Oceanside RCMP.
  A grey Acura travelling toward Port Alberni went off the road down an embankment and collided with multiple trees. No other vehicles were involved.
  “Unfortunately, the 29-year-old driver of the Acura
  
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• Island woman seeks living liver donor after incurable disease diagnosis

  07-01-2026 19:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Victoria woman diagnosed with a rare liver disease is appealing for a living liver donor after learning she is unlikely to receive a transplant from a deceased donor.
  Lori Roter was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) back in 2017. This condition affects the bile ducts that can lead to liver failure.
  PSC affects about one in 10,000 Canadians and currently has no cure and can cause bile to back up in the blood, leading to jaundice, extreme itchiness, cognitive issues, and eventu
  
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• UPDATE: Air ambulance mobilized as explosion injures 2 in North Thompson

  07-01-2026 19:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Update: 11:30 a.m.
  An explosion at a Barriere property sent two to hospital, at least one of whom was taken by air ambulance Tuesday afternoon.
  Barriere RCMP responded to a request for assistance from BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) around 2 p.m. Jan. 6, following the explosion, the RCMP said in a press release Wednesday.
  Early indications are that two people were opening a sealed sea can containing a propane tank when a buildup of leaking propane gas ignited upon opening, resulting in a fl
  
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• Person airlifted in critical condition from fire in North Thompson Valley

  07-01-2026 19:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A fire in Barriere resulted in two serious injuries, with one person transported by air ambulance in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.
  BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) said Wednesday morning it received a call about a fire in the 400 block of McLean Road just after 2 p.m. Jan. 6.
  One ambulance with emergency medical responders, a community paramedic response unit, an ambulance with advanced care paramedics and an ambulance with critical care paramedics responded.
  Paramedics provided emer
  
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• Crashes closures Cariboo highway

  07-01-2026 17:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A pair of crashes has caused closures to two Cariboo highways on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7.
  Around 6:45 a.m., a multi-vehicle incident took place on Highway 5 about eight kilometres south of Clearwater. As a result, the highway is closed from between Hummingbird Road and Pumping Station Road for a 13.5 kilometres stretch.
  A detour is in effect but the next update isn’t expected until 12:30 p.m.
  It’s unclear how the incident happened or if anyone is injured.
  A multi-vehicle crash also
  
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• Crash closes Cariboo highway

  07-01-2026 17:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A pair of crashes has caused closures to two Cariboo highways on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7.
  Around 6:45 a.m., a multi-vehicle incident took place on Highway 5 about eight kilometres south of Clearwater. As a result, the highway is closed from between Hummingbird Road and Pumping Station Road for a 13.5 kilometres stretch.
  A detour is in effect but the next update isn’t expected until 12:30 p.m.
  It’s unclear how the incident happened or if anyone is injured.
  A multi-vehicle crash also
  
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• Bankrupt B.C. bus and truck maker’s U.S. plant sold by receiver

  07-01-2026 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Three years after Aldergrove-based Vicinity Motor Corp opened a brand-new factory in Ferndale, Washington, the facility has been sold to regain some of the money the bankrupt firm owes creditors.
  A Dec. 19 order filed in B.C. Supreme Court approves the sale of the 62,000 sq. ft. plant and 148 all-electric VMC 1200 trucks for $10.5 million U.S. to C & Y Investment LLC, a California company.
  Vicinity had opened its new “Buy America compliant” vehicle assembly facility in 2023, inte
  
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• Woman who ignored traffic controls and killed road crew worker near Nanaimo awaits fate

  07-01-2026 14:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court justice will ponder whether a non-jail sentence is viable for a woman who killed a man helping to pave the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo over four years ago.
  B.C. Supreme Court justice Douglas Thompson previously found Christianne Marie Boufford, 53, guilty of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in the incident where Raymond Ferguson was killed. Nick Barber, Crown counsel, and Jerry Steele, defence counsel, made submissions at the Na
  
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• Snowmobiler died after collision with parked vehicle in B.C. park: RCMP

  07-01-2026 14:07 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police have confirmed a few more details surrounding the death of a snowmobiler in Silver Star Provincial Park.
  The B.C. Coroners Service said last week it was investigating a death that occurred on Sunday Dec. 28.
  Around 12:45 p.m. that day, Vernon North Okanagan RCMP officers responded to the parking lot at Aberdeen Summit Road and Sovereign Lake Road for a report of a collision between a snowmobile and a parked vehicle, an RCMP spokesperson told The Morning Star.
  The driver and lone occupant
  
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• Vancouver Island 2026 Property Assessments show small change in property values

  07-01-2026 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s property assessors are reporting a “fairly flat” market with the release of the 2026 property assessments.
  The assessments, released Friday, Jan. 2, reflect property market values as of July 1, and listed values for about 400,000 properties across the Vancouver Island region, and assessors are reporting little overall change in property values compared to figures from 2025.
  “It’s been a pretty flat year,” said Maurice Primeau, B.C. Assessments deputy as
  
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• Nanaimo has 12th most donors per capita in Canada for GoFundMe

  07-01-2026 05:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nanaimo had the 12th most donors per capita on GoFundMe in 2025 compared with other Canadian communities.
  In a GoFundMe press release issued last month, B.C. communities held the top three spots, Victoria holding the lead, with an average of one in five Victorians contributing to a GoFundMe campaign last year, followed by North Vancouver in second and Vancouver in third. Also ranking high was New Westminster in fifth, Kamloops in sixth, Port Coquitlam in ninth and Kelowna in 10th.
  GoFundMe is a
  
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• Buffalo Sabres fend off late comeback effort, dump Canucks 5-3

  07-01-2026 03:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Zach Metsa’s first career goal stood up as the winner, helping the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Tuesday at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
  Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod, Alex Tuch and Josh Doan also scored for the Sabres (22-15-4), while Bowen Byram had a pair of assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves to pick up the win in goal.
  Jake DeBrusk, forward Elias Pettersson and Liam Öhgren scored for the Canucks during a furious third-period
  
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• Yuri Fulmer seeking to lead B.C. Conservatives past old divisions

  07-01-2026 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Yuri Fulmer is running for the B.C. Conservative Party leadership because he wants to fix what he called a “province in crisis.”
  He says British Columbians face a broken healthcare system, unsafe streets, unaffordable living costs, and worries about private property rights due to recent Indigenous rights court decisions.
  “I share their concerns on all of these, and I’m running to make sure that there’s a government that can fix it,” Fulmer told Black Press Med
  
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• Dump truck rollover at Nanoose Flats backs up traffic

  07-01-2026 01:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Traffic on the highway, between Parksville and Nanaimo, has been affected by a motor vehicle incident.
  The accident is in the Nanoose flats area and according to Oceanside RCMP, there are few details currently, but members are on scene and portions of the highway are closed.
  As of 4:30 p.m., traffic appears to be backed up past Ware Road in Lantzville.
  According to Drive B.C., the northbound lane is closed and the southbound left lane is blocked – delays are expected.
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP looking for missing construction worker

  07-01-2026 01:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help find a 36-year-old man who came to the city for work, but has not been seen or heard from in over a week.
  Teddy Archibald, who was reported missing to the Nanaimo RCMP Dec. 29, was last seen in the vicinity of Carlos O’Bryans pub on Stewart Avenue. Investigators have learned that Archibald came to Nanaimo for a construction job and is not familiar with the area, so there is concern for his safety and overall well-being, a Nanaimo RCMP press releas
  
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• The Bad Apples bring Indigenous voices to comedy

  06-01-2026 23:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Bad Apples began as an Indigenous comedy duo formed by Nelson Mayer and Clayton Stewart.
  This Winnipeg-based team has been bringing raw, honest and deeply human stand-up comedy to audiences across Canada for several years. Their performances have graced renowned platforms like Disney+, HBO, Prime Video, Crave TV, APTN, CBC, Sirius XM, iTunes, and TUBI. They are bringing their most recent comedy tour to several communities throughout the Mainland and Vancouver Island from Jan. 13-27. But this
  
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• Jason McDaniel officially named ICBC CEO after interim term

  06-01-2026 23:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Jason McDaniel has been confirmed as ICBC’s president and CEO following an interim term.
  ICBC announced Tuesday (Jan. 6) that McDaniel is now officially in the role. He’d been serving as interim president and CEO since June 2025.
  McDaniel first joined ICBC in 2006 and has held several senior leadership roles, including vice-president of operations, chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
  ICBC board chair Catherine Holt said this was a unanimous decision by the board.
  “We h
  
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• Premier David Eby embarking on trade mission to India

  06-01-2026 23:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby is heading to India on Friday with the province’s jobs minister, saying trade tensions with the U.S. have created a “window of opportunity” to expand bilateral trade ties with other nations.
  “By expanding our trade with India, we’re able to provide support to communities across the country that have been particularly impacted by [U.S. President Donald] Trump’s tariffs, especially in the forestry sector, which is the big focus of this mis
  
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• Former Canucks defenceman’s son joins Vernon Vipers

  06-01-2026 22:55 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Look for the Vernon Vipers to potentially get a little air time on Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC).
  The Vipers have acquired forward Cole Bieksa – son of HNIC panelist, former Vancouver Canucks blueliner Kevin Bieksa – from the B.C. Hockey League’s Coquitlam Express for a player development fee.
  Bieksa, 18, from Vancouver, has recorded three goals and six assists with the Express this season. He also finished his high school career at Fairmont Prep in Anaheim, Cal., on a high not
  
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• Homicide investigation launched after man’s body found in Kamloops home

  06-01-2026 22:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Kamloops RCMP is investigating the sudden death of a man in the city’s West End, and police are treating the death as a homicide.
  Muhammad “Ash” Zafar was located in the West End neighbourhood on Monday, Jan. 6. Police responded to a home on Dalgleish Drive for a well-being call and located Zafar deceased inside the residence, according to Kamloops and District Crime Stoppers.
  The area remains secured while investigators continue to examine the scene.
  Police are treating th
  
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• Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre asks for tips to fight fraud during Crime Stoppers Month

  06-01-2026 21:40 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has kicked off Crime Stoppers Month 2026 by recognizing how that organization helps prevent and solve crime across Canada.
  January is Crime Stoppers Month and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and its partners nation-wide are marking the occasion by emphasizing how crucial reporting tips is in the fight against fraud networks that are often sophisticated, far-reaching and, while some operate internationally, many criminal groups have strong ties within Canada that rec
  
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• Yuri Fulmer’s B.C. Conservative leadership candidacy revealed by website

  06-01-2026 20:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  According to a website that went live this week, Capilano University chancellor Yuri Fulmer will bid to become the next B.C. Conservative Party leader.
  “I’m running to be the next Conservative Party of British Columbia Leader because our province deserves principled leadership that puts people first, protects our freedoms, and builds a prosperous future for all,” the website says.
  Beyond the website, which includes his bio and a donation button, Fulmer has yet to publicly decla
  
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• RCMP arrest suspect after masked man breaks into woman’s Courtenay home

  06-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  An arrest has been made in relation a break-and-enter at the residence of an 83-year-old woman in Courtenay.
  Comox Valley RCMP arrested Matthew Russell McCharles-Carter in connection with an incident that occurred in Courtenay on Dec. 28 at 7:30 a.m.
  “That morning, Comox Valley RCMP frontline members responded to a report of a break-and-enter at the residence. The woman was home at the time and described the suspect as a masked man wearing dark clothing and sunglasses,” said Const. M
  
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• Kelowna Rocket named World Juniors MVP, earns silver medal

  06-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The newest Kelowna Rocket made a name for himself over the holidays representing his country.
  Vojtech Cihar was named MVP of the 2026 World Junior Hockey Championships on Monday night (Jan. 5), after he and Czechia lost 4-2 to Sweden in the gold medal game.
  The Los Angeles Kings prospect dominated the tournament, scoring four goals and adding eight assists in seven games played, finishing fourth in points.
  He was also named to the World Junior All-Star team, which is voted on by the media.
  Cihar
  
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• ‘Record-breaking’ holiday season at Big White Ski Resort

  06-01-2026 20:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Big White has had its busiest holiday season on record.
  The 2025 record-breaking season surpassed accommodation numbers of the previous year – which was also record-breaking according to the ski resort.
  The resort’s accommodation sector reported a 9.5 per cent increase in total bookings during Dec. 20 to Jan. 4 compared to last year from the same time period. It attributed the successful season to the mountain’s good powder from consistent snowfall, leading to a high of an aver
  
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