Nanaimo news

• Shuji Tabata

  21-10-2026 18:14 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  Shuji Tabata passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, after a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Born in Wakayama, Japan, he moved to Kamloops at age eleven, where he discovered Judo—a passion that shaped his entire life. He competed nationally and later became a dedicated sensei and referee, deeply involved with the Nanaimo Judo Club. He worked throughout BC as a welder and pipe fitter before teaching for 30 years at Malaspina College/VIU, helping t
  
  Read more

• David Eby steps down as B.C. NDP leader after party loses election

  25-10-2026 07:38 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  David Eby has conceded the 2026 B.C. election and stepped down as B.C. NDP leader.
  “This is obviously something I do with a heavy heart,” he told supporters gathered in downtown Vancouver on Saturday night. “But it is time for new leadership within our party.”
  Eby called the snap election on Sept. 22 as the opposition Conservative Party appeared to be in disarray. Former Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findaly had stepped down just two days earlier amid a caucus uprising, and the party a
  
  Read more

• Nanaimo provincial election ridings remain NDP, province goes Conservative

  25-10-2026 07:19 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  While the B.C. NDP has reclaimed both the Nanaimo-Lantzville and Nanaimo-Gabriola Island ridings, its candidates will serve under a different political environment.
  Based on preliminary numbers for Nanaimo-Lantzville, George Anderson will reclaim his seat at the B.C. legislature garnering 11,563 votes over the B.C. Conservatives’ Kelsey Pringle who received 10,697 – 866 more votes.
  For Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, Sheila Malcolmson was re-elected, garnering 11,077 votes over the B.C. Conservativ
  
  Read more

• Langley-Walnut Grove stays Conservative in B.C. election

  25-10-2026 07:18 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Incumbent Conservative MLA Misty Van Popta held her riding again, and will now be heading to Victoria as part of the governing party.
  With all the election day ballots reporting and three of four advance ballot boxes counted, Van Popta was ahead with 7,552 votes, or 55.44 per cent of the total cast. Holly Isaac of the NDP received 4,362 votes, or 32.02 per cent.
  Green Party’s Sam Meyer received 1,107 votes for 8.13 per cent, and Kyle Stevenson of CentreBC took 586 votes, or 4.3 per cent.
  The p
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Conservatives win in Langley-Willowbrook

  25-10-2026 07:13 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Conservative incumbent Jody Toor held her position as MLA for Langley-Willowbrook on Saturday, as her party took enough seats to easily form a majority government.
  The incumbent MLA held off Andrew Mercier, who had held the seat from 2020 to 2024 for the NDP.
  “I’m feeling fantastic,” Toor said after it became clear that she was well ahead, as was her party.
  “This is overwhelming,” Toor said. “People are ready for a change.”
  She said her priority, one she’s worked towards whi
  
  Read more

• ‘This is a big blue wave’: Conservative Gavin Dew re-elected in Kelowna-Mission riding

  25-10-2026 07:02 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Incumbent MLA Gavin Dew has been re-elected in Kelowna-Mission, representing the Conservative Party in the 2026 B.C. Provincial Election.
  ​It was a landslide victory for the Conservative Party on Saturday, Oct. 24, over one million British Columbians went to the polls and ultimately voted for the Conservatives after nine years of an NDP government.
  ​Dew, who was initially voted in as an MLA for Kelowna-Mission in 2024, tells Black Press Media he is ready to advocate for change with a majorit
  
  Read more

• ‘It is an honour to serve you’: McCall re-elected in West Kelowna-Peachland

  25-10-2026 06:59 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Macklin McCall has been re-elected in West Kelowna-Peachland in a landslide vote.
  With just two ballot boxes left to be counted, McCall has more than 62 per cent of the vote, according to the preliminary numbers.
  “What a humbling and exciting night, I am honoured to be re-elected as your MLA and grateful for the trust our community has placed in me once again,” McCall said in an emailed statement to Black Press Media. “This is an opportunity to get results on the priorities that matter mos
  
  Read more

• Doerkson set to become B.C. premier after projected Conservative majority win

  25-10-2026 06:58 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Lorne Doerkson is poised to become British Columbia’s next premier after leading the Conservative Party to a projected majority government Saturday, Oct. 24, barely five weeks after taking over a party struggling with internal divisions.
  A projected Conservative majority was solidified shortly after 9 p.m., prompting loud cheers and sustained applause from supporters gathered at the party’s election-night headquarters at Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver.
  An estimated 500 to 600 people
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• B.C. Votes 2026: BC Conservative Pavneet Singh wins Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding

  25-10-2026 06:49 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream has a new MLA, as the BC Conservatives’ Pavneet Singh has been elected.
  Singh beat out BC NDP candidate Binny Boparai, Green candidate Carter Mochinski and OneBC candidate Alexandra Wright to win the riding.
  In a brief interview with media, Singh thanked volunteers and supporters.
  Media, including Black Press, were barred by the Conservative campaign managers on scene from listening to Singh’s victory speech at the Fairfield Inn on Powick Road on election nigh
  
  Read more

• CentreBC headquarters, Sturko remain positive despite election night results

  25-10-2026 06:35 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  With a Conservative Party of BC majority government forecast, and with Conservative candidate Megan Knight projected to win the riding of Surrey South, CentreBC leader and Surrey South candidate Elenore Sturko was a little emotional as she spoke to her team at CentreBC headquarters Saturday night.The CentreBC office was filed with positive energy throughout election night, despite the party not being projected to win any seats in the provincial legislature.“I’m a bit emotional as I deliver t
  
  Read more

• VIDEO: Harman Bhangu wins his second campaign for Langley-Abbotsford

  25-10-2026 06:15 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Langley-Abbotsford incumbent Harman Bhangu was celebrating.
  “I’m just really thankful to my constituents, the people in Langley-Abbotsford that put their faith in me for the second time to represent them,” he told the Langley Advance Times just before he headed to Vancouver where the Conservatives were rejoicing with their new leader and premier-elect Lorne Doerkson.
  Bhangu said what appeared to be a larger margin of victory was the result of learning from his first win.
  “I come from a s
  
  Read more

• B.C. Votes 2026: Conservative Kevin Acton elected as Vernon-Lumby MLA

  25-10-2026 06:06 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Kevin Acton has been elected as Vernon-Lumby’s MLA in Saturday’s provincial snap election.The B.C. Conservative candidate has secured his first term in the B.C. Legislature, while the Conservatives have won a projected majority government.Acton celebrated the victory with friends, family and supporters at Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery in Vernon.“I’m pretty excited, as anybody would be. It’s a massive effort that was put out by myself and my team. I don’t think anybody on my team
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: Eby steps down as B.C. NDP leader, concedes to Conservatives

  25-10-2026 05:38 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  9:37 p.m.
  David Eby has stepped down as the leader of the B.C. NDP as the party concedes to the B.C. Conservatives.
  Eby is currently leading his Vancouver-Point Grey riding with 6,902 votes at 42 per cent, while Alex McMillann of the Conservative Party is trailing behind at 40 per cent.
  The now former NDP leader succeeded John Horgan on October 21, 2022.
  Eby called the snap election on Sept. 22, which has now led to a historic moment for B.C. Conservatives are projected to form a majority gover
  
  Read more

• Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson wins re-election for third time in a row, becomes premier-elect

  25-10-2026 05:18 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Lorne Doerkson has been sent back to Victoria for the third time by the voters of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, this time as premier of the entire province.Based on preliminary polls Doerkson, the incumbent MLA for the Conservative Party of B.C., has won 76.9 per cent of the vote as of 10:30 p.m., with 75 of 89 ballot boxes counted. His rivals, Kathryn Askew of the BC NDP, secured roughly 17.1 per cent of the vote, while Douglas Gook of the Green Party of B.C. brought home six per cent of the vote.As o
  
  Read more

• Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson on track to win re-election for third time in a row

  25-10-2026 05:18 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Lorne Doerkson has been sent back to Victoria for the third time by the voters of the Cariboo Chilcotin.Based on preliminary polls Doerkson, the incumbent MLA for the Conservative Party of B.C., has won 79 per cent of the vote as of 9 p.m., with 18 of 89 ballot boxes counted. His rivals, Kathryn Askew of the BC NDP, secured roughly 14.4 per cent of the vote, while Douglas Gook of the Green Party of B.C. brought home 5.9 per cent of the vote.Doerkson was first elected in the snap election called
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: B.C. Conservatives projected to win a majority government

  25-10-2026 05:03 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  9:02 p.m.
  Black Press Media is projecting a B.C. Conservative majority government in the 2026 election with 23 per cent of ballot boxes reporting.The Conservatives are leading in 63 of 93 ridings for 49 per cent of the vote.
  9 p.m.
  Another round of prolonged cheering and applause swept through Conservative headquarters Saturday evening as the party held leads across much of the province.
  The Conservatives were leading in 63 of 93 ridings as of 9 p.m. for 49 per cent of the vote, compared with 2
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: BC Conservatives take early lead in 2026 election

  25-10-2026 04:54 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  8:39 p.m.The Conservative Party of B.C. has jumped out to an early lead in the provincial election, with supporters at party headquarters watching the numbers climb on three screens located throughout the room.According to Elections BC’s 8:37 p.m. update, the Conservatives were leading in 67 of the province’s 93 ridings, compared with 24 for the NDP. The Greens and OneBC each lead in one riding.The Conservatives had received 51.48 per cent of votes counted so far, although just 4.27 per cen
  
  Read more

• LIVE – Nanaimo provincial election

  25-10-2026 04:38 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Welcome to the Nanaimo News Bulletin live results for the Nanaimo provincial election. All updates will be posted here as they appear.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Karl Yu (@karlyubulletin)
  I am live at Mark MacDonald’s and Kelsey Pringle’s campaign parties at Jingle Pot Pub. #bcpoli https://t.co/HDX8hbkplX
  — Misha Mustaqeem (@MishaMustaqeem) October 25, 2026
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: BC Conservatives take early lead in 2026 B.C. election

  25-10-2026 04:36 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  8:35 p.m.
  Cheers erupt at Conservative headquarters as early results arrive.
  Loud cheers and applause broke out at Rocky Mountaineer station as the first election results began appearing on screens.
  Early results showed the Conservatives leading in Richmond-Steveston, a riding won by the NDP in 2024. As of 8:10 p.m., the NDP led in two ridings and the Conservatives in one, with only four of the province’s 93 constituencies reporting any votes.Supporters continued watching the screens as count
  
  Read more

• Polls now closed in B.C. election, counting underway

  25-10-2026 04:16 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  UPDATE: 8 p.m.
  Polls have closed across B.C., and counting has started except in Grassy Plains, on the Southside of Francois Lake in the Nechako Lakes riding of Northwest B.C., where the polling station will remain open until 10 p.m.
  Elections B.C. confirmed that voters on the Southside would have the extra two hours tonight after the polls opened late this morning, after 10 a.m.
  ________
  Today, Oct. 24, is the final day to vote in the provincial election.
  British Columbians are heading to the p
  
  Read more

• Polls now closed in B.C. election, counting beings

  25-10-2026 04:12 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  UPDATE: 8 p.m.
  Polls have closed across B.C. and counting has started except inGrassy Plains, on the Southside of Francois Lake in the Nechako Lakes riding of Northwest B.C., where the polling station will remain open until 10 p.m.
  Elections B.C. confirmed that voters on the Southside would have the extra two hours tonight after the polls opened late this morning after 10 a.m.
  ________
  Today, Oct. 24, is the final day to vote in the provincial election.
  British Columbians are heading to the poll
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: B.C. Conservatives leading in election results

  25-10-2026 03:59 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  8:20 p.m.
  The B.C. Conservatives are leading in 53 of 93 electoral districts with 52.56 per cent of the vote.
  B.C. NDP are leading in 14 at 8.57 per cent and B.C. Greens in four at 6.09 per cent.8:10 p.m.
  CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko has arrived at her party headquarters in South Surrey.
  “I’m excited. I feel positive. We’re a brand-new party. It’s historic for CentreBC — the first time we’ve ever fielded any candidates in any election,” she said.
  “For me to have gotten the pri
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG:

  25-10-2026 03:59 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  8:10 p.m.
  CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko has arrived at her party headquarters in South Surrey.
  “I’m excited. I feel positive. We’re a brand-new party. It’s historic for CentreBC — the first time we’ve ever fielded any candidates in any election,” she said.
  “For me to have gotten the privilege of being their leader through this time has been really exciting, rewarding, and I’m incredibly proud of the work that we’ve done as a team: 35 amazing candidates, and a fully costed pl
  
  Read more

• LIVE BLOG: Inside party headquarters for B.C.’s 44th election

  25-10-2026 03:23 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Voters in B.C. will soon learn the result of casting their ballots across the province, from who will represent their community to who will lead the province.
  The final voting day is Saturday, Oct. 24. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., local time.The race pits the New Democrats, led by David Eby, against Lorne Doerkson’s B.C. Conservatives and Emily Lowan’s B.C. Greens. Provincial party newcomers, CentreBC, led by Elenore Sturko, and OneBC, led by Dallas Brodie, also have dozens of c
  
  Read more

• PHOTOS: Firefighters battle major blaze at former Travellers Inn in Victoria

  25-10-2026 00:38 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  A major fire tore through the former Travellers Inn in Victoria early Saturday, forcing firefighters to switch to a defensive operation as flames spread through the building.
  Victoria Fire Department crews were called to the building at Blanshard Street and Queens Avenue at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 24 after receiving reports of alarm bells, followed by multiple 911 calls reporting a fire.
  Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames extending up the exterior of the building, said Deputy Fire Chief Ajay
  
  Read more

• ‘I have your bike’: Victoria woman gets stolen e-bike back

  25-10-2026 00:30 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  Angela Gabaldon had all but given up hope of ever seeing her bright red e-bike again. Then her phone rang.
  “I have your bike,” a Victoria police officer told her on Monday (Oct. 19), nearly two months after it was stolen from her downtown condo building.
  “You do not,” Gabaldon replied. “It’s been two months.”
  But the officer was right. Her Pedego e-bike, dubbed Bella, had been returned to the Victoria Police Department with its leather panniers intact.
  Gabaldon said she was in disb
  
  Read more

• Conservation officials ask for public’s help after deer shot, killed in Nanaimo

  24-10-2026 23:25 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  B.C. Conservation Officer Service has initiated an investigation after it says a deer was illegally shot and killed with a rifle in Nanaimo early yesterday
  In a social media post, the service said it is asking the public to provide any information related to the incident which occurred at Wildlife Place and Bird Sanctuary Drive, near Buttertubs Marsh, between 3:30 and 4 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23.
  Using guns in residential areas is extremely dangerous, it said, and according to a City of Nanaimo by
  
  Read more

• Nearly 1,300 workers at Teck Highland Valley mine near Kamloops on strike

  24-10-2026 23:15 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  The 1,277 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7619 at Teck Highland Valley Copper (HVC) near Kamloops went on strike as of Saturday (Oct. 24).
  The collective agreement between USW Local 7619 and HVC expired on Sept. 30. Negotiations regarding terms and conditions for a new collective agreement began on June 9, with meetings continuing throughout July, August, and September.
  On Oct. 8, the union broke off talks with HVC to seek a strike mandate, and union members took part in a two-day str
  
  Read more

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cedar experiences the brunt

  24-10-2026 20:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  To the editor,
  The re-election of Leonard Krog as Mayor of Nanaimo may not be the good news some think it is, especially for the residents of Electoral Area A.
  While Mayor Krog focuses on Nanaimo’s urban core, his apparent support for rezoning land adjacent to Cable Bay to heavy industrial use poses a direct threat to our neighbouring community’s environment and quality of life.
  Cable Bay is a cherished natural ecological jewel. It serves as a vital recreational corridor, wildlife habitat, a
  
  Read more

• Royal Canadian Legion branches in Nanaimo and area to begin poppy fundraiser

  24-10-2026 18:00 via Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
  With Remembrance Day approaching, Royal Canadian Legion volunteers will be setting up across the Nanaimo area to take donations for the poppy fundraising campaign.
  The flower has come to symbolize the sacrifice members of the Canadian Armed Forces have made. The campaign officially begins Saturday, Oct. 24, according to Lynn Redekopp, Legion Branch 10 (Harewood) poppy chairperson.
  Poppies can be worn until Nov. 11, Remembrance Day at around noon, she said, and then put on the cenotaph at Dallas
  
  Read more

Follow @news_nanaimo on Twitter!