Nanaimo news

• UPDATE: Missing Strathcona Park hiker found

  18-08-2022 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Was believed to be hiking Flower Ridge of the Westmin Road
  
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• Three youths charged for assaults in downtown Nanaimo shopping mall

  24-02-2026 04:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Police are investigating two alleged assault incidents at Port Place Shopping Centre in downtown Nanaimo.
  Nanaimo RCMP say the incidents happened about at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, when police were called to the bus loop near the mall on Front Street for a report of an assault involving a weapon. Upon arrival, officers found a man with significant injuries.
  Investigators learned that the victim was waiting at the bus stop when he was approached by a group of youths, who then allegedly struck hi
  
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• BC Lions to call Kelowna home for week of football festivities

  24-02-2026 02:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The BC Lions will be making Kelowna home for a week this summer as the city gears up to host a week-long football festival.
  Touchdown Kelowna will feature a fan party, family friendly events, Kelowna’s traditional Canada Day activities, and two Canadian Football League games.
  The BC Lions will host the Calgary Stampeders on June 27 and the Edmonton Elks on July 4 at the Apple Bowl to start and end the week of festivities.
  The official announcement for Touchdown Kelowna was made at a media
  
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• ‘Cold comfort’: Officials seek answers from OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge shooting

  24-02-2026 02:22 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.
  In the days surrounding a mass shooting in a small northeastern B.C. community, an artificial intelligence company was meeti
  
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• RCMP warrant turns up drugs, guns and two suspects facing dozens of charges in Nanaimo

  24-02-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Two suspects are facing nearly 40 criminal charges in relation to a warrant carried out at a home in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter.
  According to a RCMP press release, charges were approved by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada Feb. 10 against Dylan Tanti, 53, and Charlotte Cargill of Nanaimo.
  The charges stem from Nov. 14 when Nanaimo RCMP’s Projects (Drug) Unit, Island District Emergency Response Team and front-line officers carried out a search warrant in a residence in the 200
  
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• 100 Mile House couple found deceased under ice on Charlotte Lake

  24-02-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A snowmobile accident on Charlotte Lake has claimed the lives of a 100 Mile House couple.
  On Friday, Feb. 20, members of the Anahim Lake RCMP received a report that two snowmobilers had not been seen since Feb. 17. While police were enroute to the scene, neighbours conducted a search and located the couple deceased beneath the ice on Charlotte Lake.
  RCMP believe the couple had gone snowmobiling on Feb. 17 when they broke through the ice. Due to the delay in them being reported missing, the break
  
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• Jim Robson mourned in Port Alberni, where he got his broadcasting start

  24-02-2026 00:26 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When the Vancouver Canucks announced that their longtime play-by-play announcer, Jim Robson, died on Feb. 10, many people in the Alberni Valley mourned his loss.
  While Robson was known as the “voice of the Canucks” for three decades, he was first known as a “voice of the Valley” in Port Alberni. Robson got his broadcasting start at CJAV Radio, now known as 93.3 the PEAK.
  Robson was 17 when he started working at CJAV in 1952. He was known for doing play-by-play for the sen
  
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• B.C. journalist’s new book teaches youth to ‘read past the headline’

  23-02-2026 22:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  As a Victoria-based journalist and a father of three teens, Gregor Craigie paid close attention to where his kids were getting their information and news. With social media taking a prominent spot, more and more he found himself asking them: “How do you know that that’s true?”
  Long sensing a growing sea of misinformation globally, it now felt like the right time for the well-known host of CBC Radio One’s On the Island to write a book. The purpose was to give young readers
  
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• Faith and fasting: B.C. Imam explains the roots of Ramadan

  23-02-2026 22:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s said that over 1,400 years ago, an Arabian man named Muhammad sat in the cave of Hira, near Mecca, deep in thought. During his meditation, an angel named Jibril visited him and revealed the first words of what would become the Qur’an.
  According to some scholars, this moment, known as Laylat al-Qadr, marked the beginning of Islam, laying the foundation of the faith. Over the following two decades, the religion would develop gradually through prophetic revelations, until the five
  
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• Volunteers document egg mortality as harbour cleanup continues in Sidney

  23-02-2026 21:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Cleanup efforts following the Feb. 1 fire at Van Isle Marina are showing signs of progress, but local environmental stewards say the incident has highlighted just how vulnerable Tsehum Harbour’s shoreline truly is.
  According to Peninsula Streams Society, Environment and Climate Change Canada conducted a preliminary shoreline assessment and identified oil sheen and debris along parts of Tryon Beach.
  “Following consultation with Peninsula Streams, First Nations representatives, and oth
  
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• Village on Island’s northeast coast projects 42% tax hike amid council turmoil

  23-02-2026 21:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A village on Vancouver Island’s northeast coast has projected a staggering 42 per cent property tax hike when the village administration approves its financial plan in April.
  During a committee meeting for the Village of Sayward on Feb. 17, CPA Jeannie Bradburne presented the draft of the financial plan for 2026 to 2030.
  She pointed out that over the last five years, the village has encountered annual expenditures that have exceeded its recurring revenues, relying on accumulated surpluses
  
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• Walk to be held in memory of Merritt man who disappeared 3 years ago

  23-02-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Feb. 27 will mark three years since Miguel Mack’s disappearance from Merritt.
  His family is hosting a community walk to commemorate his memory. The walk is on Feb. 27 at 4 p.m., starting at the 2000 block of Coutlee Avenue, continuing to Orme Street, and ending at the Civic Centre.
  The Mack family is encouraging members of the community to come out in support and in memory of Miguel.
  Merritt RCMP suspects foul play in his disappearance, and the Southeast District Major Crime Unit continues
  
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• B.C. resident in Mexico describes conditions during outbreak of violence

  23-02-2026 20:58 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A B.C. resident on vacation in Mexico said a car bomb went off Sunday near the bed and breakfast where she and her husband are staying as a wave of violence rolled through the country.
  Millie McKinnon, a Langley resident, said they were in a quiet residential area in Bucerias, a few kilometres north of Puerto Vallarta, when their host told them it wasn’t safe to go out.
  “We didn’t know of any issues until we returned from a trip to the markets about noon yesterday [Sunday] and
  
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• The City of Nanaimo wants public feedback on pre-zoning land for social housing

  23-02-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The City of Nanaimo is looking for input from the community on a proposal to pre-zone land within Urban Centre- and Corridor Future Land Use-designated areas to make it faster and easier to develop social housing.
  Social housing is housing that costs less than regular market housing and is for individuals and families who may not be able afford the current housing market rates in Nanaimo, according to a City of Nanaimo press release.
  Pre-zoning could remove a regulatory barrier to social housing
  
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• Need for speed nets novice B.C. driver some hefty penalties

  23-02-2026 19:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A 39-year-old novice driver who felt the need for speed faced some serious consequences when she was clocked doing 200 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 1 near Laidlaw, east of Chilliwack.
  The Class 7 novice driver, who was from Penticton, was stopped by BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. She was heading eastbound and driving a 2018 Ford Mustang that she had just purchased, and told the officer who stopped her that she just wanted to test the car’s engine.
  Cpl. Michael McLau
  
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• Massive fire destroys motel, supermarket, cannabis shop in Fraser Lake

  23-02-2026 18:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A massive blaze destroyed a 32-room hotel, a supermarket, a cannabis shop and an empty restaurant in Fraser Lake on Sunday, February. 22.
  The fire sparked about 3 a.m., prompting a warning from the Village of Fraser Lake to residents to “remain indoors and to stay clear of the affected area for safety reasons.”
  If travel was necessary on Sunday, residents were asked to avoid all roads surrounding the shopping centre, including Endako Avenue, Chowsunket Street, and Nulki Drive.
  Fire c
  
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• Massive blaze destroys multiple businesses in Fraser Lake

  23-02-2026 18:19 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A massive fire in Fraser Lake has destroyed multiple businesses.
  At 3 a.m. on Feb. 22, the Fraser Lake Volunteer Fire Department received a call that the Fraser Lake Supermarket and Fraser Lake Inn were among a number of businesses burning.
  The Mayor of Fraser Lake has started an online fundraiser for the Fraser Lake Volunteer Fire Department.
  Mayor Sarrah Storey said these volunteers do a lot for the community and protect in so many ways, as do all the first responders in the community.
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• THE MOJ: There’s no silver lining to Olympic loss, Canada just has to live with it

  23-02-2026 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The sun did come up today.
  Some Canadians would have doubted that early Sunday morning after the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal in hockey at Milano-Cortina 2026 in a game that will be remembered for generations.
  It was hockey at its best with two highly-skilled teams playing at warp speed, but in the end, it was a heartbreaking defeat for not only the Canadian team but for the entire nation.
  We had walked this tight rope before and always found a way to get to the other e
  
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• B.C. paramedics union, province reach agreement in principle in contract talks

  23-02-2026 16:50 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The B.C. paramedics union says it has reached an agreement in principle with the province after union members returned a strike vote last week.
  CUPE Local 873 members of the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. say 80 per cent of membership participated in the vote in mid-February after talks stalled earlier in January.
  Details of the agreement were not immediately available, but union officials expressed satisfaction with what they will be able to present to membership for ratification.
  “This is
  
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• Vancouver Island photographer showcases award winning work in Victoria

  23-02-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  While most people begin their mornings by putting on a suit to head to the office, Nanaimo based marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross has a different routine to get to his job.
  He wears a diving suit, oxygen tank and underwater camera gear to get ready for his job.Nanaimo’s Shane Gross is a multi-award winning photojournalist, featured at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year currently being exhibited at the Royal BC Museum. (Courtesy of Shane Gross Facebook)
  The work of Vancouv
  
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• City seeks public input to buoy sea level rise management plan

  23-02-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Nanaimo is at risk from rising sea levels and coastal flooding.
  To prepare for sea level rise that will impact coastal cities, the City of Nanaimo is launching Our Coastal City, a project to improve understanding and management of sea level risks.
  Sea level rise caused by climate change is increasing total ocean water levels, which, if combined with more intense winter storms, may result in coastal flooding.
  The study project will help develop a sea level rise management plan for the City of Nan
  
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• Snaw-Naw-As First Nation advances goal of food sovereignty

  23-02-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Snaw-Naw-As First Nation, through Nanoose Economic Development Master Limited Partnership, has purchased a 13.5-acre property to establish a community-led food security and farm hub that will serve as a long-term asset for its citizens and the region.
  The project will transform the site into a working demonstration and training farm integrating greenhouse and field production, orchard agriculture, food processing, and eco-tourism.
  Once established, the hub will support local food production, ski
  
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• Senior Skidegate Saints back on top at All Native Basketball Tournament

  23-02-2026 02:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When the Skidegate Saints and the Burnaby Saints square off in an All Native Basketball Tournament final, a fast, physical, and tight battle can be expected.
  This year’s senior championship game was no exception.
  For the Saints, it was an opportunity to even the score after Burnaby hoisted the trophy in 2024 and 2025. For Burnaby, it was a chance to rise into the rarified air of teams that have won three-in-a-row.
  The first quarter saw back-and-forth scoring that put Skidegate up 18 &ndash
  
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• Nanaimo seeks development proposals for former Jean Burns Building site

  23-02-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The City of Nanaimo is looking for any developer and long-term housing owner or operator willing to fill a hole at the corner of Commercial Street and Terminal Avenue.
  The 1,066 square metre site at 6 Commercial St., has been vacant since the Jean Burns Building that once occupied it burned down in 2016.
  In a call for proposals posted on B.C. Builds Homes – a housing program by B.C. Housing to speed up development of housing for middle-income people – Tuesday, Feb. 17, the city is sw
  
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• Nanaimo bursts onto the All Native basketball scene with the intermediate title

  23-02-2026 01:16 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Is the Nanaimo Tyde the new Burnaby Chiefs for the All Native Basketball Tournament?
  Like the Chiefs in 2022, Nanaimo made its first appearance at the venerable tournament in the Intermediate Division this year.
  Also, like Burnaby in 2022, the Tyde breezed through the competition undefeated in their first year en route to the title.
  Comprised primarily of Prince Rupert kids who now attend Victoria Island University in Nanaimo, time will tell whether the team will graduate to the Senior Division
  
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• Similkameen leaves no question of dynasty status with fourth straight All Native basketball title

  23-02-2026 00:12 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Sports pundits may debate the definition of a dynasty, but if there was ever any doubt about the Similkameen Starbirds, it was put to rest during the 2026 All Native Basketball Tournament women’s final on Feb. 21.
  Going into the tournament this year, the Starbirds were three-time champions, and it showed as they cruised through the winner’s bracket undefeated besting Gitwangak, Kitamaat, Bella Coola handily.
  Their championship opponent, the Hesquiaht Descendents, on the other hand, h
  
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• Prince Rupert repeats as All Native basketball women’s masters champions

  22-02-2026 22:10 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When the Kaien Island Sirens entered the 2026 All Native Basketball Tournament, they were the only team to have ever won the Women’s Masters Division, inaugurated last season.
  They still hold that distinction following a barn burner of a finale against the Gitxsan Mystics in the Russ Gamble Gymnasium at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre on Feb. 21.
  The final got off to a sluggish start, with neither team able to really get anything going despite multiple scoring opportunities.
  A couple of big p
  
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• Jack Hughes nets golden goal as U.S. men beat Canada 2-1 in OT thriller

  22-02-2026 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The moment was golden for the USA.
  Jack Hughes scored 1:41 into overtime, lifting the Americans to a thrilling 2-1 win over Canada in the men’s hockey gold-medal game Sunday at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
  Matt Boldy scored in regulation for the U.S., with Connor Hellebuyck stellar in goal, making 41 saves.
  Cale Makar had the lone goal for Canada. Jordan Binnington made 26 saves in a losing effort.
  The game began with tremendous pace, featuring several big hits – the
  
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• Walk on a cold Nanaimo evening raises funds and awareness to challenges of homelessness

  22-02-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The community is getting in step, with donations and participation, for Island Crisis Care Society as the calendar gets closer to the “Coldest Night of the Year”.
  The 2026 Island Crisis Care Society’s Coldest Night of the Year walk, which raises awareness about the difficulties faced by people living without adequate shelter, happens Saturday, Feb. 28, starting from John Barsby Secondary School at 550 Seventh St.
  “It’s our 15th year in Nanaimo, which we’re ver
  
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• QUIZ: In praise of communication

  22-02-2026 14:20 via nanaimobulletin.com
  International Mother Language Day on Feb. 21, is a United Nations initiative to promote the preservation and protection of all languages.
  There are thousands of languages spoken around the world. Some, including English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic, have hundreds of millions of speakers. Others, including many Indigenous languages, are considered endangered with few speakers remaining.
  In addition, the institutions known as residential schools in Canada have had a long-lasting effect on
  
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