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• Southbound B.C.-Washington border crossings fall 49%

  10-09-2026 04:39 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Southbound trips from B.C. into Washington State took another sharp drop during the Labour Day weekend, new figures show, with half as many on this side of the Canada-U.S. border making the trip.
  Numbers for the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas ports of entry show a 49 per cent decline in the number of southbound vehicles with B.C. plates visiting Washington State during Labour Day this year, compared to 2025, and that becomes a drop of 67 per cent when compared to Labour Day 2024.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks, Seattle Kraken reveal rosters for Prospects Showcase in Abbotsford

  11-09-2026 07:44 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Some of the top prospects for the Seattle Kraken and the Vancouver Canucks are invading Abbotsford’s Rogers Forum this weekend and the teams have recently shared who is making the trip.
  The pair of games run on Saturday (Sept. 12) at 4 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 13) at 1 p.m. The Canucks also host a practice at Rogers Forum on Friday (Sept. 11) at 11 a.m.
  Abbotsford Canucks fans will be familiar with several of the players hitting the ice including: forwards Vilmer Alriksson, Austin Brimmer, T
  
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• ICBC to replace all 140 intersection cameras with updated technology

  11-09-2026 01:53 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The 140 aging intersection cameras across B.C. are set for replacement.
  The Ministry of the Attorney General announced Thursday (Sept. 10) that the intersection cameras at some of B.C.’s highest-risk intersections will be getting the upgraded technology.
  ICBC has selected Jenoptik Canada through a competitive procurement to supply and install the new cameras and to maintain them for as long as 10 years, the ministry said. The cost comes in at $67 million over the life of the contract.
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• ‘People are scared’: B.C. politicians push for safer Highway 1 after string of fatal collisions

  11-09-2026 01:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The provincial and federal politicians for Revelstoke are pushing B.C.’s transport minister to take swift action to improve safety along the Trans-Canada Highway, in the wake of recent tragedies.
  Four vehicle collisions on Highway 1 within 68 hours between Sicamous and Revelstoke resulted in at least six injuries and three fatalities, Black Press Media reported last week.
  This string of crashes and hours-long closures has peaked fear among residents and travellers who rely on the highway.
  
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• Proposed WorkSafeBC changes would require employers to consider ‘psychosocial hazards’

  11-09-2026 01:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  WorkSafeBC is proposing rule changes that would require employers to limit “psychosocial hazards” in the workplace, revisions that would label many normal parts of a job or jobsite as a potential source of harm.
  Industry advocates say this would create an impossible standard, allowing employees to challenge everything from how hard they are asked to work to crew size to the way a boss speaks to them.
  “Essentially, they’re saying every part of a job is a hazard, whether it
  
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• Kootenay family asks for support after aggressive Stage 4 cancer diagnosis

  10-09-2026 23:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A family in Gray Creek have started a GoFundMe page to help with travel and living expenses while a member of the family battles cancer.
  At only 38 years-old, John Tallman, has been diagnosed with aggressive grade 4 astrocytoma, which is a type of Stage 4 brain cancer.
  This is not Tallman’s first battle with cancer. About four years ago, he fought and beat the cancer twice; however, in July 2026, the cancer returned.Tallman received brain surgery at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the beg
  
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• Major development proposed for Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre

  10-09-2026 23:32 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  An Asian grocery store, night market, second food court, family entertainment centre and terrace space have all been announced as part of a redevelopment proposed for the former Hudson’s Bay space at Woodgrove Centre.
  Announced through a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 10, Weihong (Ruby) Liu, chairperson of Central Walk, which owns Woodgrove Centre, was joined with representatives of TM Wander, a marketplace company, and H Mart, an Asian grocery store, which both expressed plans to ope
  
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• Barry Kenneth Mullen

  10-09-2026 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FRIEND
  March 23, 1960 – July 31 2026
  Barry Kenneth Mullen, of Vancouver, BC, passed away on the morning of July 31 2026, at the age of 66. He was born on March 23, 1960, in Nanaimo, BC, to Ken and Evelyn Mullen. Barry attended Fairview Elementary, John Barsby Junior Secondary and Nanaimo District Secondary schools before graduating in 1978. Barry went to Malaspina College and the University of Victoria for his post secondary studies, where he explo
  
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• UBCM to take province to task for secrecy, funding cuts at annual conference

  10-09-2026 23:25 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Local government leaders gathering in Vancouver next week plan to press the province on its ever-increasing “climate of secrecy,” as well as the withdrawal of key local funding streams.
  Three special resolutions are being introduced at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference to advocate for renewed FireSmart funding, the reinstatement of $775 million in axed payouts from the Community Housing Fund, and for the provincial government to stop the “misuse” o
  
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• Former northwest B.C. teacher banned following sexual relationship with former student

  10-09-2026 23:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  WARNING: This article contains details about a sexual assault 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.
  A former teacher with School District 82 has agreed to a lifetime ban on teaching in any position requiring a provincial qualification certificate after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a former student.
  Ted Ewald, who has taught at C
  
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• Duncan’s crime numbers need context, RCMP tells council

  10-09-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Duncan’s high Crime Severity Index doesn’t necessarily mean the city is among the most dangerous communities in B.C., Staff Sgt. Ken Beard told council during his quarterly report on Aug. 24.
  When Councillor Tom Duncan asked about the city recently being described as “the worst community in the province,” Beard said the statistics can be misleading when applied to a community of roughly 5,700 people.
  The City of Duncan’s 2025 CSI was 336, compared with 140 when the
  
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• Reflecting on 10 years of community forest investment: FESBC

  10-09-2026 22:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) marked its 10th anniversary by reflecting on community forests across the province.The reflection came in a Sept. 9 press release, titled “A Decade of Impact: Investing in Community Forests for the Long-Term,” and speaks of the investments that have supported community forest projects across B.C.“From wildfire risk reduction and ecosystem restoration to better fibre utilization and local employment, these investments have helped comm
  
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• Ongoing property damage at Nanaimo’s St. Andrew’s United Church taking toll

  10-09-2026 22:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The workers and volunteers at St. Andrew’s United Church, located in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter, are becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned about the ongoing fires, vandalism and property damage taking place on the property.
  Angie Jones, the church’s event coordinator, producer and administrator, said she arrived to work on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 10, to find the vacant house, situated next to St. Andrew’s on church property, had suffered significant damage
  
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• Time running out for municipal election candidates, school trustees in B.C.

  10-09-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Anyone interested in running for municipal politics is now facing the clock in terms of getting their names on the ballot.
  The deadline to submit nomination papers is Friday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. at the city hall or school board office of interest.
  To be eligible to run, candidates must be Canadian citizens, be 18 years or older on voting day, have lived in British Columbia for at least six months before filing nomination papers, and not disqualified.
  The general election is Oct. 17.
  
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• Montrose man charged in murder of estranged wife opts for judge-alone trial

  10-09-2026 21:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A Montrose man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife will no longer face a jury when his case goes to trial.
  Donald James Danchella re-elected Wednesday, Sept. 9, to be tried by a B.C. Supreme Court judge alone, the BC Prosecution Service confirmed.
  The change came during an appearance at Rossland Law Courts, where defence counsel also sought an adjournment of Danchella’s three-week trial, which had been scheduled to begin Nov. 9.
  The adjournment was granted.
  
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• Port Hardy boy donates long locks for cancer research

  10-09-2026 20:56 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Rory Hutchinson shrugged off the teasing from his peers as he let his thick ginger red hair grow past his shoulders.
  That’s because he had a singular focus of fundraising for cancer research.
  The 12-year-old Port Hardy boy recently had his long locks lopped off, while raising nearly $6,000 for Cops for Cancer.
  As a partnership between first responders and the Canadian Cancer Society, Cops for Cancer has raised millions of dollars to fund pediatric cancer research and support children with
  
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• Cowichan boy’s family marks 1st anniversary of his death with scholarships, safety push

  10-09-2026 20:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  It’s been just over a year since 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was struck and killed by a teenage driver while rollerblading with his family near their Cobble Hill home.
  On Aug. 25, family members, first responders, politicians and hundreds of friends and supporters gathered on Hillbank Road to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, pledge their support to others and call for a safer community in Xavier’s memory.
  Xavier’s family announced two scholarships in his name.
  
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• Young electric motorcyclist drives through stop sign, flees from B.C. police

  10-09-2026 19:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  B.C. Highway Patrol is looking for a young electric motorcycle driver who fled from police, releasing a video of the incident.
  An officer was attempting to stop the driver on Grand Boulevard in North Vancouver on Aug. 28 at 6:11 p.m., according to a news release from B.C. Highway Patrol Thursday (Sept. 10).
  However, instead of stopping, a video of the incident shows the rider going around a white Honda Civic at a stop sign, turning right and continuing on down the road as the officer attempted t
  
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• RCMP conclude search in Mt. Tzouhalem, Maple Bay area, though woman not found

  10-09-2026 19:27 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP have completed a search in the Mount Tzouhalem and Maple Bay areas that closed down trails in the vicinity on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
  RCMP asked people to avoid the area as they searched for a 36-year-old woman, who has still not been found.
  “At this time, there is no current safety risk to the public related to this investigation,” RCMP said in a press release. “As a result, members of the public may resume normal use of trails and recreational areas in
  
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• 2 dead after B.C.-bound flight crashes in Alberta mountainside

  10-09-2026 19:17 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says that given the terrain it will not be deploying to the site of a fatal plane crash in Alberta.
  “Given the terrain in the area, and the condition of the aircraft wreckage, TSB investigators will not be deploying to the site at this time,” a safety board media relation coordinator said in an emailed statement.
  “We are however coordinating in the recovery efforts, and we will be examining the wreckage once it has been retrieved from t
  
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• Natural born killer whales: B.C. man witnesses orca seal buffet hunt

  10-09-2026 19:11 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  On game night, it’s easy to pick a side to cheer for. When the stakes are life or death – and both sides are icons of Greater Victoria’s waters – choosing who to champion is not so easy.
  That was the decision facing Sooke resident Kevin Morgan when he got a front row seat to a spectacular display of the beauty and brutality of the natural world.
  After finishing work Aug. 31 near the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Patricia Bay, Morgan and his colleagues watched as a pod of
  
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• Salmon Arm fire chief with long lineage legacy retires on 9/11, after 40 years

  10-09-2026 18:04 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Even before there was a Salmon Arm Fire Department, the Shirley family was protecting the community from flames.
  George Shirley was a charter member of the Salmon Arm Fire Brigade in the early 1900s, before the city’s fire department was established in 1913.Frederick “Pat” Shirley followed in his father George’s footsteps, serving 40 years as master mechanic, assistant chief and then fire chief of Fire Hall #3. He served as career Deputy Chief/Fire Prevention Officer for
  
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• 4 arrested after stolen vehicle rams police cars in Quesnel

  10-09-2026 17:41 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Quesnel RCMP arrested four people after a stolen pickup rammed police vehicles while attempting to flee early Thursday morning.
  According to an RCMP news release, at approximately 5 a.m. on Sept. 10, Quesnel RCMP located a white Ford F350 that had been reported stolen earlier that morning from Hixon, B.C.
  Police approached the vehicle in the parking lot of the Quesnel Recreation Centre in an attempt to apprehend the occupants.
  Mounties said the driver rammed police vehicles while trying to flee.
  
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• Manning Park Resort outlines expansion plan, seeks public input

  10-09-2026 15:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Organizers behind a proposed expansion plan for Manning Park Resort are seeking input from the public.
  The resort is located along Highway 3, about 67 km east of Hope and 66 km west Princeton.
  The resort’s development plan calls for expanded support services, ski areas and lodge facilities, as well as a 60-hectare expansion of its controlled recreation area (CRA). That would increase the existing CRA by 22 per cent and, according to developers, account for less than 0.07 per cent of E.C. M
  
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• COLUMN; What happens to your pet if you’re no longer here?

  10-09-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  For many of us, our pets are far more than animals. They are family. They are part of our daily routines, our homes and our lives.
  But there is a difficult question every pet guardian should consider: What happens to my pets if something happens to me?
  It isn’t an easy thing to think about. It’s something most of us would rather avoid. But making a plan for your pet’s future is an important part of being a responsible guardian.
  A couple of years ago, I went through this exercis
  
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• Ample DNA, texts prove guilt of man in killing at Nanaimo fast-food joint, says Crown

  10-09-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The trial of the man charged with a killing at a Nanaimo fast-food restaurant draws to a close, and Crown counsel says there is overwhelming evidence pointing to the accused’s guilt.
  Yasin Khan was shot and died in the parking lot at the Wendy’s restaurant at Rock City Centre on May 20, 2021 and Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when charged with first-degree murder in 2024, has been on trial in relation at B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo since July 20, with Justice Douglas Thompson presiding
  
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• MLA candidates clash on affordability, budgets and future of Abbotsford-Mission

  10-09-2026 04:47 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  A mostly cordial debate ended with an exclamation mark when NDP candidate Pam Alexis implied that one of her opponents doesn’t know the Abbotsford-Mission community at all and is there to sow division and hate.She went on to state the aforementioned candidate is more concerned with party infighting, while she is working for a more collaborative and supportive community. Her closing statement target was Kerry-Lynne Findley of the Conservative Party of BC, who attacked Alexis earlier on taxa
  
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• RCMP asks public to avoid trails on Mount Tzouhalem, Maple Bay due to ongoing search

  10-09-2026 01:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP is asking the public to avoid all trails in the Mount Tzouhalem and Maple Bay areas while police conduct an ongoing search for a 36-year-old woman.
  Residents first noticed police activity in the area on Wednesday morning, Sept. 9.
  The woman search crews are looking for is described as Caucasian, 5 foot 4 inches and approximately 180 pounds, with long brown hair. She was last seen wearing black pants and a black or blue hoodie.
  “The RCMP believes this to be an
  
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• Family of 85-year-old killed by stray bullet in Burnaby makes plea for answers

  10-09-2026 01:04 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  The family of Chang Yong Cho, who was killed by a stray bullet into his Burnaby home, has made a heartfelt appeal to anyone with information.
  Cho was found suffering from a gunshot wound in his apartment following a call for a wellness check on Aug. 30 around 4 p.m. – hours after Burnaby RCMP were called to the area for a report of shots fired around 1:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team first issued a release on the fatal shooting Tuesday (Sept. 8),
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP seeking to identify Tim Hortons night-time trespasser

  10-09-2026 00:51 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Two Nanaimo Tim Hortons have been victims of a night time trespasser, and in one case, a burglary.
  Just after midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 8, a suspect allegedly gained entry to the Brooks Landing Mall location “by prying open the drive-thru window,” according to a Nanaimo RCMP press release.
  RCMP stated that nothing appears to have been taken, and security cameras showed a masked man wearing dark clothing, gloves and a hooded sweatshirt.
  The trespasser then left through the front door
  
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