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• Warehouseman’s Lien Act – AA Mini Storage

  12-04-2023 17:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  
  Under the terms of the Warehouse Lien Act, Goods and Personal Property of these persons listed below, deposited at AA Mini Storage, 2399 Cienar Drive, Nanaimo B.C. Have been sized and will be sold on or after date: May 12, 2023 to recover the cost for unpaid storage rent.
  
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• Roslovic, Kapanen net 2 apiece as Edmonton Oilers blank Canucks 6-0

  18-01-2026 06:35 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Jack Roslovic and Kasperi Kapanen had two goals apiece, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena.
  Zach Hyman and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers (24-17-8), with Burnaby’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins adding two assists. Surrey-born Tristan Jarry earned the win in goal, making 31 saves for his second shutout of the season and 23rd of his career.
  Nikita Tolopilo took the loss in net for Vancouver (16-26-5), stopping 29 of 3
  
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• Sarah Nurse returns with a bang, but Vancouver falls to Toronto in OT

  18-01-2026 02:07 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Vancouver star forward Sarah Nurse scored 29 seconds after Toronto scored the first goal of the game; despite the equalizer, the Goldeneyes ultimately lost to the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in overtime.
  This was Nurse’s first game back since she was injured during Vancouver’s home opener on Nov. 21, and it was extra special as she faced off against her former team.
  The Sceptres hosted Vancouver for its third annual Battle of Bay Street at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto in front of 17,856 peop
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. man has a comfortable grip on the lost art of golf club making

  18-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Laird White crouches over a workbench, a mid-size grip in one hand, a digital scale in the other, and a look that tells you he takes this very seriously.
  “If we can pull 26 grams out of the club, suddenly it travels faster, and the player feels the club head better,” he says, eyes scanning the numbers. “It’s a small adjustment, but it’s huge.”
  For a man whose work has touched some of the world’s best golfers, from Tommy Fleetwood to Justin Rose and Bernh
  
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• Sustainable travel and tourism global leaders to flock to Vancouver Island

  17-01-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A group of sustainable travel and tourism global leaders are set to arrive in Victoria for the 2026 IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Summit.
  Considered as one of Canada’s leading forums with a focus on sustainable and regenerative tourism, the conference will be hosted at the Victoria Conference Centre from Jan. 25 to 28.
  The annual summit brings together destination marketing organizations, tourism operators, government representatives, Indigenous leaders, and academic experts t
  
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• RDN board rejects bridge funding call for Vancouver Island North Film Commission

  17-01-2026 21:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Regional District of Nanaimo board has reaffirmed it will not provide the Vancouver Island Film Commission (INfilm) funding of $50,000 for 2026.
  The subject was broached again at the RDN board’s special meeting on Jan. 15, when Nanaimo director Paul Manly made a motion that the City of Nanaimo, City of Parksville and Town of Qualicum Beach provide bridge funding of $50,000 to INfilm through the RDN community grants program.
  Manly based his motion on the correspondence from Joan Miller,
  
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• Population growth slowing down in Central Okanagan: Statistics Canada

  17-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Central Okanagan saw its lowest population growth this decade in 2025.
  According to the latest population numbers from Statistics Canada, as of July 1, 2025, the greater Kelowna population — which includes West Kelowna, Peachland, and Lake Country — rose by 1.2 per cent to 254,605 people in 2025 compared to 251,648 in 2024.
  The growth of just under 3,000 people is the lowest the region has seen in the 2020s as nearly 8,000 new people arrived in 2022, just over 6,100 in 2023, and
  
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• Affordability, respite shortfall, making life difficult for B.C. seniors: advocate

  17-01-2026 17:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The lack of respite beds — particular in one of B.C. oldest communities — is a major concern for seniors and caregivers, says B.C. Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt.
  “They’re desperate for respite care — some relief to take the pressure off so they can recharge, fill their bucket up and then be able to be present and care for their loved one,” said Levitt, who spoke at The Gardens in the Vancouver Island community of Qualicum Beach on Jan. 12.
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• Anything but ordinary: B.C. blueliner following unconventional path to the NHL

  17-01-2026 16:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Timofei Runtso says it simply, almost casually, but the road that brought the 18-year-old defenceman to the Victoria Royals has been anything but ordinary.
  In his first season in the Western Hockey League, Runtso has not only adjusted to major junior hockey, he has taken control of it.
  Through 37 games, the 6’2”, 187-pound rookie is pacing the Royals’ blue-line with 31 points – 7 goals and 24 assists – tying him for ninth among all WHL defencemen and ninth among roo
  
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• Proposed medical office buildings will grow Nanaimo Regional General Hospital campus

  17-01-2026 14:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Proposed office buildings will house two medical centres near Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
  Plans for two five-storey structures, proposed for 1135 Dufferin Cr., and 1136, 1146, 1158 and 1166 Seafield Cr., were brought before the city’s Design Advisory Committee Jan. 8, by applicant R.W. (Bob) Wall Ltd., O.C.A. Architecture Inc., and landscape architect MacDonald Gray Consulting Inc., on behalf of owner Canadian Cache Development Corporation.
  “What we have been actively working
  
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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Forest minister spinning Nanaimo’s industrial zoning motion

  17-01-2026 14:05 via nanaimobulletin.com
  To the editor,
  Re: Forest minister slams council motion related to zoning for heavy industry, Dec. 24.
  With all the delicacy of yet another ancient tree crashing to the forest floor, B.C. Forest Minister Ravi Parmar has staged a manufactured ‘panic attack’ of his own making. He could have avoided this entirely by not disingenuously reframing Nanaimo’s zoning motion as an existential threat to Nanaimo’s Harmac pulp mill – when it clearly is not.
  True to form, the min
  
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• South Cariboo resident finds joy in sharing doodles

  17-01-2026 14:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A 108 Mile Ranch resident has turned a lifelong love of doodling into a series of colouring books.
  Sally Bartsch is the mind and pen behind Mojo Doodles and Designs, a company that’s begun making its mark with a series of abstract colouring books for all ages. Bartsch said she has never really considered herself an artist but has always loved to doodle.
  “My books are a bit of a different style. There are no rules to it. Some people might say I don’t know where to start, and it&
  
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• VIDEO: Aviation enthusiasts treated to Mosquito engine run in Kelowna

  17-01-2026 02:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The public was invited to hear the engine run of a great piece of Canadian history on Jan. 16.
  At the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, a Mosquito bomber plane has been restored and her engines turned on to wow aviation enthusiasts in attendance.
  The plane is one of more than 7,000 built to fight in the Second World War, but is one of an estiamted five worldwide that is still airworthy.@kf_aerospace Centre for Excellence held a live engine run of a Mosquito plane on Jan. 16. The plane is just
  
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• Court says feds’ use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’ as Ottawa loses appeal

  17-01-2026 01:23 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Federal Court of Appeal says former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government “did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a national emergency existed” when it invoked the Emergencies Act during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
  The decision upholds a 2024 ruling by the federal courts in which Justice Richard Mosley found that the reasons provided to declare a public order emergency did not satisfy the requirements of the Emergencies Act, and that some temporary measures infri
  
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• Experts point to climate change as root cause of Victoria’s January blossoms

  17-01-2026 00:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Its early blooming season has long been something Victoria has long liked to flaunt before its neighbours in less mild climates across the province and the country.
  But avid walkers in and around B.C.’s capital region have noticed spring blossoms showing up this year in volumes that are considered untimely even below the 49th parallel.
  And the pictures of early flowers that have been circulating on social media since late December might not be something people should necessarily be boastin
  
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• B.C.’s sport fishing industry balks at salmon re-allocation that could put it last

  17-01-2026 00:00 via nanaimobulletin.com
  B.C.’s recreational and sportfishing community is up in arms over a potential change to how the province allocates Pacific salmon stock, which proposes eliminating the principle that salmon are a public resource.
  British Columbia’s salmon allocation policy (SAP) was created in 1999 to guide the allocation and priority of allowable Pacific salmon harvest among First Nations, as well as commercial and recreational harvest groups.
  However, in 2018, the B.C. Supreme Court determined that
  
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• Political commentator Caroline Elliott enters B.C. Conservative leadership contest

  16-01-2026 23:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Caroline Elliott, a conservative commentator and former vice-president of the B.C. United Party, officially declared her candidacy for B.C. Conservative leadership in a social media video on Friday (Jan. 16).
  She criticized the current government’s “radical reconciliation” agenda and attacked “race-based hiring policies.”
  “For years, I’ve stood up for our natural resources, called out the denigration of our history, and pushed back against ideology in ou
  
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• Four sex assault charges laid against Maple Ridge city councillor

  16-01-2026 23:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Maple Ridge city councillor Ahmed Yousef now faces four charges of sex assault, added to charges of common assault and firearms offences announced last year.
  On Jan. 15, in Port Coquitlam provincial court, the new charges were sworn against Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed. Three of the charges involve one complainant, and one charge is in relation to a different complainant.
  His first appearance on these matters is scheduled for Feb. 12, in Port Coquitlam provincial court.
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• 300,000 records being auctioned off from iconic B.C. store in vinyl free-for-all

  16-01-2026 23:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Record collectors came to Langley for a chance to buy some of the approximately 300,000 records from the closed Krazy Bob’s Emporium record store.
  Bob consigned the stock from his Langley City store for sale with Able Auctions which held an auction at its Murrayville location on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
  “We had people that spent all day in here looking at all the records, because there were so many,” said Able manager Sam Garandza.
  The auction wasn’t for the sale of individual r
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to 3 child sexual abuse charges in Abbotsford

  16-01-2026 22:01 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A woman who had been facing 13 charges in Abbotsford – including for sexual offences against a child and the possession of child sexual abuse material – recently pleaded guilty to three of those offences.
  Siobhan Kirby, 35, pleaded guilty in December to making, publishing or possessing child sexual abuse material; sexual exploitation; and telecommunication to lure a child under the age of 18.
  The other 10 charges, which are expected to be stayed at sentencing, included sexual assault
  
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• Surrey Union of Drug Users slams B.C. government’s decision to end decriminalization

  16-01-2026 21:51 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) is “disappointed but not surprised” by Wednesday’s announcement from the B.C. Ministry of Health to end the decriminalization pilot.
  “We shame the government for choosing to further isolate drug users and increase the likelihood of drug poisoning in the community,” SUDU said in a press release Friday (Jan. 16).
  Decriminalization began in January of 2023, allowing people to possess small amounts of illicit drugs in certain places
  
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• ‘Policy kills’: Drug users advocacy group slams B.C. government reversal

  16-01-2026 21:51 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) is “disappointed but not surprised” by Wednesday’s announcement from the B.C. Ministry of Health to end the decriminalization pilot.
  “We shame the government for choosing to further isolate drug users and increase the likelihood of drug poisoning in the community,” SUDU said in a press release Friday (Jan. 16).
  Decriminalization began in January of 2023, allowing people to possess small amounts of illicit drugs in certain places
  
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• Abbotsford keeps title of B.C.’s cheapest city to rent in

  16-01-2026 21:15 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Abbotsford finished 2025 in the same way it started – being the cheapest city to rent an apartment in all of B.C.
  The latest report from Rentals.ca determined that the average asking price in Abbotsford was $1,847 in December, remaining almost identical to the number reported in November.
  This was enough to keep the title of the most affordable city in the province, which is an accolade Abbotsford successfully held for the entirety of 2025.
  However, unlike the increasingly dropping housing
  
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• Shawnigan RCMP seeks help identifying break-in suspect

  16-01-2026 20:54 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Shawnigan Lake RCMP are seeking public help to identify a residential break-and-enter suspect.
  Police were called to a home on Peterbrook Road on Jan. 13 after a report that it had been broken into.
  “Upon review of video surveillance, the suspect was seen entering the property at approximately 12:20 p.m. on the same day,” said BC RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Alex Bérubé.
  The suspect is described as a 30- to 40-year-old man with a brown beard and a medium build, standing a
  
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• Maple Ridge teen dies in fall from chairlift

  16-01-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A teen from Maple Ridge died after falling from a chairlift while skiing.
  West Vancouver Police report they “saddened to confirm that a fatality occurred on Cypress Mountain Resort yesterday evening.”
  Emergency Services were called at approximately 7:27 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, after reports of someone in medical distress after a fall from a chairlift. The 18-year-old man from Maple Ridge was pronounced dead at the scene.
  “All available evidence points to this being a tragic
  
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• Maple Ridge teen dead after fall from chairlift on B.C. ski hill

  16-01-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  A teen from Maple Ridge died after falling from a chairlift while skiing.
  West Vancouver Police report they “saddened to confirm that a fatality occurred on Cypress Mountain Resort yesterday evening.”
  Emergency Services were called at approximately 7:27 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, after reports of someone in medical distress after a fall from a chairlift. The 18-year-old man from Maple Ridge was pronounced dead at the scene.
  “All available evidence points to this being a tragic
  
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• Headline History: Plans failed to fly for a 120-room hotel at Nanaimo Airport

  16-01-2026 20:45 via nanaimobulletin.com
  It’s hard to imagine a hotel could be built for $10 million today, but 27 years ago that was the estimate for a hotel planned at Nanaimo Airport.
  In an article from the March 18, 1999, edition of the News Bulletin, construction of a $10 million, full-facility hotel looked like it was a pretty sure thing with shovels expected to turn the sod in the spring of 2000 and the airport confirming plans for a “100-plus room development, to be managed by a ‘known,’ but as-yet unnam
  
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• ‘Overwhelming, Heartbreaking’: Okanagan Humane Society overburdened by dog surrenders

  16-01-2026 20:30 via nanaimobulletin.com
  The Okanagan Humane Society (OHS) is facing an ‘unprecedented crisis’ two weeks into the new year, stretching its resources very thin.
  Just 15 days into the new year, OHS has taken in 42 dogs and puppies so far on top of their steady intake of kittens and cats.
  “We’ve started the year off with a bang,” said OHS executive director Romany Runnalls. “The need is immediate, overwhelming, and heartbreaking.”
  OHS has seen some of the most distressing cases in
  
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• Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar makes bid for B.C. Conservative leadership

  16-01-2026 19:02 via nanaimobulletin.com
  Peter Milobar, the former Kamloops mayor and current MLA for Kamloops Centre, is entering the race to be the next leader of the B.C. Conservative Party.
  Milobar was first elected in 2017 for the B.C. Liberal Party. After that party changed its name to B.C. United, then withdrew from the 2024 provincial election, Milobar switched sides and joined the Conservatives.
  He currently serves as the party’s finance critic, a role he held for United as well. He has also held the position of oppositi
  
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• Mayor pleads for federal extension of EI program for displaced Crofton mill workers

  16-01-2026 18:41 via nanaimobulletin.com
  North Cowichan’s mayor wants the federal government to extend its temporary Employment Insurance program to include workers at the Crofton pulp mill who will be working until mid-April.
  In letters to Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu and Jeff Kibble, MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, Rob Douglas said the temporary EI measures that Ottawa introduced last summer in response to major economic conditions across the country, including mill closures, are set to expire on April 11.
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