early detection
'Mammograms save lives:' mobile screening clinic coming to Oceanside
QUALICUM BEACH - Mobile breast cancer screen is set to be available in Oceanside over the next two weeks. BC Cancer's mobile screening mammogram vehicle will be stationed in Qualicum Beach, at the Civic Centre, between Monday, Dec. 8 to Friday, Dec. 12, then again the following week from Dec. 15 to 18. The initiative i...
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Clippers overrun by first place Capitals
NANAIMO - It was a long night for the Clippers in a 6-2 home loss to Cowichan Valley.Nanaimo got down 2-0 early on first period goals by Ryan Harvey and Jack McAra.Will Subject's first goal of the season got the Clippers back into the game in the final minute of the first period but the contest was all but decided by t...
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homes and businesses
Partial road closure in mind for planned Parksville mixed-use development
PARKSVILLE - Another mixed-use multi-storey building is being envisioned heading into Parksville off the Inland Island Hwy. A zoning and development bylaw amendment application for the lot at 423 Alberni Hwy. was presented to Council on Monday, Dec. 1, to eventually build a four-storey building with commercial space on...
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'Mammograms save lives:' mobile screening clinic coming to Oceanside
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Clippers overrun by first place Capitals
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LUCK OF THE DRAW
Canadian men to face Switzerland, Qatar and possibly Italy at 2026 World Cup
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada's draw for next summer's World Cup started well but finished with a twist of the tail. The Canadian men, ranked 27th in the world, drew No. 17 Switzerland, the fifth-ranked team in Pot 2 and then No. 51 Qatar, the 10th-ranked side in Pot 3. But Pot 4 threw up a yet-to-be determined European te...
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Local school kids & families the focus of Nanaimo 'Cram the Cruiser' events
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are putting their cruisers to a different use over the next week. Instead of being used to respond to calls or apprehending those falling foul of the law, Nanaimo RCMP will park one of their vehicles outside the Save-on-Foods location in north Nanaimo on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....
Dec 05, 2025
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annual fly-in
Santa 'Clark' marking 16th year of Christmas memories for Nanaimo children
NANAIMO - Before his big trip around the world later this month, Santa is set to make his annual stop in the Harbour City. The annual Harbour Air Fly-In happens Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Nanaimo waterfront, with Santa sharing a seaplane ride with a number of children registered through the Make-A-Wish foundation, before...
Dec 05, 2025
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arrive alive
Nanaimo police campaign cracking down on impaired holiday season drivers
NANAIMO - Peace officers of all stripes will be out on B.C. highways this weekend in full force to crack down on impaired drivers. National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day is Saturday, Dec. 6, with the BC Highway Patrol and RCMP launching the Light Up the Province enforcement campaign, looking for impaired and dangero...
Dec 05, 2025
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Scoring Help
Clippers add veteran forward in trade with Chilliwack
NANAIMO - The Clippers have bolstered their lineup with the addition of former Chilliwack Chief Jordan Geike. To acquire the 19-year-old winger the Clippers gave up the rights to goaltender Kyan Labbe who played in Nanaimo briefly in the 2024-25 campaign. Geike is looking forward to this next chapter in his junior hock...
Dec 04, 2025
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Affordable Housing
South Nanaimo family-geared affordable housing complex approved
NANAIMO - A Chase River affordable housing project is advancing after City Council approved a development permit for a 42-unit complex. The unanimous endorsement from Council was made during the Monday, Dec. 1, meeting, for a project in the conceptual stage for several years. To be located at 1435 Cranberry Ave., the s...
Dec 04, 2025
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British Columbia
Police in Surrey B.C. say early Saturday morning fight on party bus injures four
VICTORIA - Police in British Columbia say four people suffered injuries, when fighting erupted on a party bus early Saturday morning. A statement from Surrey Police Service says that the driver of the bus reported several people fighting on the vehicl...
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Nine-year-old in life-threatening condition after being hit by vehicle in B.C.
SURREY - A nine-year-old child was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition after being hit by a vehicle in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood. A statement from police says they were called to the crash near 134th Street and 81st Avenue in Newton on ...
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Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that left four with severe injuries. A statement from the ...
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Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY - First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent." The appeal ruling says the prov...
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Man arrested, charged in B.C. after yearlong child exploitation investigation
SURREY - A 41-year-old man has been arrested in a yearlong child exploitation investigation by police in Surrey, B.C. Police say Kevin Belcourt was arrested on Thursday and is now facing multiple charges, including possession and distributing child ex...
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Watchdog clears officers after man shot with beanbags in Vancouver and dies
The civilian director of British Columbia's police watchdog says she doesn't believe Vancouver officers committed an offence when they shot a naked man with multiple beanbags and he died. Jessica Berglund's report says police were called in August 202...
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Local Sports
Best in BC
John Barsby varsity football dominates provincial championship game
NANAIMO - The journey started in September and wrapped with a provincial title over the weekend for the John Barsby junior varsity football team. In the championship game on Saturday, Nov. 29 at Langley's McLeod Athletic Park the Bulldogs played Argyle out of North Vancouver and recorded a decisive 34-3 victory. Steven...
Dec 01, 2025
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title games
Mixed results after strong seasons for Nanaimo high school volleyball teams
NANAIMO - The end of November also means the conclusion of the high school volleyball season.Four senior teams from the central island made provincial tournaments highlighted by two teams from Dover Bay Secondary and squads from Nanaimo Christian School and Parksville's Ballenas Secondary.Dover Bay's girls team compete...
Nov 30, 2025
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Gunning for the FInal
John Barsby junior varsity football team to host provincial semi final
NANAIMO - The always-strong John Barsby high school football program is in line for another provincial title. The junior varsity squad is coming off a 32-0 win in the B.C. quarter finals against Parksville's Ballenas Secondary, and will next host Mount Douglas in the semi finals on Wednesday, Nov. 19. JV head coach Rob...
Nov 18, 2025
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Leading the North
Generals and Buccaneers battle for North Division lead in the VIJHL
NANAIMO - The two mid-island teams in the VIJHL are leading the pack in the North Division as the season enters the second half.The first-place Oceanside Generals have a 16-9-1 record while the second-place Nanaimo Buccaneers are 15-9-1.General's coach Garret Dunlop said he saw a group of players willing to buy into a ...
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Capped Off
Clippers overrun by first place Capitals
NANAIMO - It was a long night for the Clippers in a 6-2 home loss to Cowichan Valley.Nanaimo got down 2-0 early on first period goals by Ryan Harvey and Jack McAra.Will Subject's first goal of the season got the Clippers back into the game in the final minute of the first period but the contest was all but decided by t...
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Scoring Help
Clippers add veteran forward in trade with Chilliwack
NANAIMO - The Clippers have bolstered their lineup with the addition of former Chilliwack Chief Jordan Geike. To acquire the 19-year-old winger the Clippers gave up the rights to goaltender Kyan Labbe who played in Nanaimo briefly in the 2024-25 campaign. Geike is looking forward to this next chapter in his junior hock...
Dec 04, 2025
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Canada
Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989
MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute on Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack. During a windswept morning ceremony at the Montreal...
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Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today
OTTAWA - First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal's airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection. "I give my love and respect to the late Pope (Francis) and the new Pop...
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Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
OTTAWA - Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers who tried to claim asylum in the U.S. and now face deportation and imprisonment in Russia. The activists told The Canadian Press 30 Russian nationals bei...
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Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that left four with severe injuries. A statement from the ...
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First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed
OTTAWA - The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency. The large military procurements include Canada's next fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early wa...
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Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government
OTTAWA - Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria since the ouster of dictator Bashar Assad one year ago. Syria is no longer listed as a state supporter of terrorism, while the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is n...
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World
Mass shooting at a South African bar leaves 11 dead, including 3 children
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16...
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Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989
MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute on Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack. During a windswept morning ceremony at the Montreal...
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The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporari...
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The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance brought Island Good to life in 2018. Since then, Island Good has become the leader in helping Island residents find locally grown, made and produced products. Now, more than ever, that consumer sentiment to support local is growing. Let Island Good help you find the way to island ...
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Canadian Tire Grand Opening - Renovations Complete
The hum of excitement is unmistakable at the newly renovated Canadian Tire store in Nanaimo, where local owner David McClenahan is ushering in a new era for one of Canada's most iconic brands. With expanded departments, modern layouts, and a renewed commitment to customer service, the store is quickly becoming a destin...
Apr 28, 2025
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