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• Vivienne Anne Magee

  06-02-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In Loving Memory ~
  August 16, 1946 – February 2, 2026
  Born in Bristol England
  Dearly missed by husband Brian. Loving mother to Son Ryan with Granddaughter Samantha (Micah) and their daughter Eve from Victoria and Son Richard (Nikki) with grandsons Everet and Wyatt from Nanaimo.
  Passed on to be with our Lord Jesus.
  Many thanks to Pastor Jason Horn, Rev. John and Cathy McKnight from the Church of Nazarene. Special thanks to Elaine, Sharon and Karen. Special thanks to good friends Connie &
  
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• RALPH RAYMOND WOOD

  07-02-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  March 13, 1939 – January 23, 2026
  We very sadly said goodbye to our dad on January 23, 2026. He passed peacefully with family at his side.
  Ralph’s eldest son, Doug, predeceased him in 2017. His surviving children Vernon (Connie), Lisa Makuk (John – deceased in 2022), and Deanna (Glen) will very much miss his life stories and great advice. Their children and grandchildren will also miss Grandpa Ralph.
  Ralph is further survived by his brother, Leroy, sister-in-law, Jean, and thei
  
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• Brenda B. Anderson

  07-02-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  May 6, 1945 – January 6, 2026
  It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Brenda B. Anderson. Brenda passed away, age 80, on January 6th, 2026 in Nanaimo, B.C.
  She was born on May 6, 1945 in Trail, B.C., daughter of the late Henry Eslinger and Elma Heikkila Eslinger, and is also preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
  As a young girl she dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling the Universe and going on many adventures. Throughout her 80 years, Brenda lived many place
  
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• April Dawn Shade

  07-02-2026 15:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  In memory ~
  April 5, 1962 – November 29, 2025
  April Dawn Shade, has joined the spirit world, at the age of 63 years on November 29, 2025, in Nanaimo. She had a peaceful journey and was surrounded by her family.
  April was born on April 5, 1962 to Fredrick Valentine Shade and Mabel Shade, nee Quocksister.
  She is loved and deeply missed by many… April Dawn Shade is survived by her beautiful daughter Anastasia Shade-Thomas and Ralph Thomas (dedicated father of Anastasia); her three brot
  
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• Mild weather leads to record-breaking temperature in Nanaimo

  07-02-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Unseasonably warm weather led to a record-breaking day in Nanaimo.
  The mercury hit 13 C at the Nanaimo Airport weather station on Thursday, Feb. 5 and Colin Fong, Environmental Canada meteorologist, said that surpassed a previous daily record of 12.4 C set in 2015.
  “There’s been a ridge of high pressure that took hold across a lot of B.C. and [it’s] associated with fair weather, sunny skies typically, and at the same time, it’s also pumping in some warmer air from the sou
  
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• FireSmart funding running dry has B.C. fire chiefs worried

  07-02-2026 14:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Surprised and devastated.
  That was West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund’s initial reaction to hearing about changes to the FireSmart program due to a lack of funding.
  The FireSmart Community Funding and Supports (FCFS) program closed its intake application on Jan. 30, according to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM).
  “To hear that the funding is abruptly not being replenished is really concerning for us,” said Brolund. “We know our community is no stranger to wildfire.
  
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• Courtenay-based author publishes first novel

  07-02-2026 10:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Michael Chouinard worked in newspapers for years generating thousands of stories on tight deadlines.
  When the Comox Valley resident started his first novel, he did not want to rush things, but it took longer than expected to publish The Thirty-Three and a Third Revolutions.
  The book was released just before Christmas. “I expected it might take me a decade,” he said. “It ended up taking 17 years, even longer if you consider the time spend making notes and devising an outline.&rd
  
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• Canadian authorities weighing extradition after Nathan Chasing Horse’s U.S. conviction

  07-02-2026 02:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Canadian charges against Dances With Wolves actor and self-described medicine man Nathan Chasing Horse remain unresolved despite his recent conviction in the United States.
  Chasing Horse, also known as Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, 49, was convicted by a jury in Nevada on Jan. 30 of 13 charges out of the 21 sworn against him in that state.
  The charges include multiple sexual assaults of multiple women, with some of the charges involving them when they were still minors.
  The conviction is not
  
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• Headline history: Biosolids from human waste never made it to Nanaimo area farm fields

  07-02-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Twenty-five years ago Regional District of Nanaimo directors and staff were butting heads over what to do with biosolids produced at the RDN’s wastewater treatment plants.
  According to a News Bulletin article “Biosolids plan pooh-poohed by RDN committee,” published Jan. 29, 2001, at the time about 3,100 tonnes of biosolids waste was produced annually by the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre and French Creek Pollution Control Centre near Parksville.
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• B.C. mayor discusses extortion crisis during ‘productive week’ in Ottawa

  07-02-2026 01:16 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke met with federal leaders in Ottawa this week to ensure the federal government understood “the severity of the extortion crisis in Surrey” – but there’s no word on the declaration of a national state of emergency.
  There have been 46 reports of extortion, 11 extortion-related shootings and 29 victims (17 of whom are repeat) in 2026 alone, Surrey Police said Monday (Feb. 2).
  “I am encouraged by the level of engagement and commitment I heard in
  
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• Former B.C. man convicted for trafficking that led to OD deaths of U.S. navy officers

  07-02-2026 01:06 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A former Vancouver man could be facing a minimum of 20 years in a U.S. jail after he was convicted for trafficking opioids on a dark-web platform that led to the overdose deaths of two U.S. Navy members.
  Paul Anthony Nicholls, a British national, was convicted on Jan. 29 in Georgia for one count of conspiracy to import controlled substances resulting in death and one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death after a four-day trial, according to a release from RCM
  
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• Summerland non-alcoholic winery receives $1M investment on Dragon’s Den - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  06-02-2026 23:55 via news.google.com
  Summerland non-alcoholic winery receives $1M investment on Dragon’s Den  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Summerland non-alcoholic winery receives $1M investment on Dragon’s Den

  06-02-2026 23:52 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A Summerland-based winery, producing dealcoholized wines, got a national spotlight and a million dollars infused into the business after appearing on the Dragon’s Den tv show.
  Chris Pagliocchini and Tyler Harlton of Ones winery offered an investment of $900,000 for a 10 per cent share of their business.
  Manjit Minhas, who is part of Canada’s beverage industry, countered the Ones proposal with a bid of $1 million for 15 per cent of the business, which they accepted.
  The epsiode aired
  
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• Federal investment will build new foodbank warehouse in Nanaimo to serve Vancouver Island - My Coast Now

  06-02-2026 23:00 via news.google.com
  Federal investment will build new foodbank warehouse in Nanaimo to serve Vancouver Island  My Coast Now
  
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• B.C. seeks leave from Supreme Court of Canada to appeal DRIPA decision

  06-02-2026 23:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C. has applied to the Supreme Court of Canada to review the December provincial appeals court decision that invalidated part of the Mineral Tenure Act for failing to align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
  The 2019 Declaration Act, commonly referred to as DRIPA, and the subsequent 2021 Interpretation Amendment Act, legislate that all B.C laws must be made consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a 2007 declaration
  
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• Feds announce $5M for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes food distribution facility - Vancouver Island Free Daily

  06-02-2026 22:56 via news.google.com
  Feds announce $5M for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes food distribution facility  Vancouver Island Free Daily
  
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• Nanaimo food bank gets $5M boost from Ottawa to build warehouse - CHEK News

  06-02-2026 22:26 via news.google.com
  Nanaimo food bank gets $5M boost from Ottawa to build warehouse  CHEK News
  
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• Feds announce $5M for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes food distribution facility

  06-02-2026 22:18 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank has a received federal government investment to complete its food distribution centre in Nanaimo.
  On Friday, Feb. 6, Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), announced an investment of $5 million in Loaves and Fishes.
  The Nanaimo-based organization is transforming the way food donations reach families and communities in need, according to the ministry press release.
  
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• Federal government announces $5 million for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes food distrubuition facility

  06-02-2026 22:18 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank has a received federal government investment to complete its food distribution centre in Nanaimo.
  On Friday, Feb. 6, Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), announced an investment of $5 million in Loaves and Fishes.
  The Nanaimo-based organization is transforming the way food donations reach families and communities in need, according to the ministry press release.
  
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• Wells local business named BC Hydro’s Clean Energy Champion - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  06-02-2026 21:40 via news.google.com
  Wells local business named BC Hydro’s Clean Energy Champion  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Aggravated assault charge dropped against Yukon’s Gavin McKenna - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  06-02-2026 21:40 via news.google.com
  Aggravated assault charge dropped against Yukon’s Gavin McKenna  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Federal funding finally arrives for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes warehouse project - NanaimoNewsNOW

  06-02-2026 21:37 via news.google.com
  Federal funding finally arrives for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes warehouse project  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Wells local business named BC Hydro’s Clean Energy Champion

  06-02-2026 21:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  After nearly 30 years in business, Frog on the Bog gift shop is being recognized for its groundbreaking adoption of clean energy.
  On Friday, Feb. 6, the company was named a BC Hydro Clean Energy Champion for becoming the first small business in the province to install a small-scale battery backup system while being in one of B.C.’s most remote towns.
  Owned by Dave Jorgenson and his wife Cheryl McCarthy, Frog on the Bog tested a commercial scale battery designed for small enterprises. The s
  
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• Aggravated assault charge dropped against Yukon’s Gavin McKenna

  06-02-2026 21:36 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The charge of aggravated assault against the projected no. 1 pick in this summer’s National Hockey League entry draft has been withdrawn.
  In a press release from the district attorney’s office in Center County, Pennsylvania released on Friday, Feb. 6, it stated that after a review of video surveillance from the incident, it has been determined that the charge of aggravated assault against Gavin McKenna of Whitehorse was not supported by the evidence.
  Both the district attorney and Pe
  
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• Toxic drains and Glock pistols: ruling reveals details of Abbotsford gun maker’s arrest

  06-02-2026 21:21 via nanaimobulletin.com
  When police raided an Abbotsford home in search of evidence linked to 3D gun printing and drug trafficking, they walked into a cloud of noxious of gas.
  Several details of the raid that would lead to the guilty plea and eight-year prison sentence for Tyson Santolla, 36, were revealed in a judge’s sentencing ruling published by the B.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 5.
  Santolla was arrested in May of 2021 during investigation by the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), an anti-gang
  
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• Record-breaking warm days usher in last bash of winter across Vancouver Island

  06-02-2026 21:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Meteorologists and marmots agree, winter may not be over, despite record-breaking warm days to start February in Victoria and across Vancouver Island.
  Shirtsleeves were on display in Victoria, among the communities that broke one-day temperature records Feb. 5.Victoria International Airport in North Saanich hit a new record of 13.9 C over the old record of 12.6 set in 1987; and Victoria’s Gonzales area eked out a new record at 13.4 C over the 13.3 set in 1963.Elsewhere on the Island, Campb
  
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• Discoloured water from downtown Nanaimo pipe flushing not toxic, says city - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  06-02-2026 21:05 via news.google.com
  Discoloured water from downtown Nanaimo pipe flushing not toxic, says city  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Discoloured water from downtown Nanaimo pipe flushing not toxic, says city

  06-02-2026 21:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Residents in downtown Nanaimo shouldn’t be concerned if they see discoloured water coming from their faucets this weekend.
  City of Nanaimo’s public works department said waterlines in the downtown core will be flushed Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 7-8, from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the water main flushing program, which will see “potable water at a high velocity (flushed) through the water mains to ensure that all piping is refreshed and minor sediment … removed,” the c
  
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• Felony assault charge against NHL prospect Gavin McKenna withdrawn - NanaimoNewsNOW

  06-02-2026 20:58 via news.google.com
  Felony assault charge against NHL prospect Gavin McKenna withdrawn  NanaimoNewsNOW
  
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• Tepid job growth shows continued weakness of B.C. economy as budget looms

  06-02-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s economic outlook remains stagnant as the province puts the finishing touches on an annual budget that both the premier and finance minister have acknowledged will include “tough” spending cuts.
  The latest jobs report shows B.C.’s unemployment rate has fallen slightly, down 0.2 percentage points to 6.1 per cent, but that’s partly because people are leaving the province and fewer people are participating in the labour force.
  Jobs and Economic Growth Minister Ra
  
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