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Suspect identified, investigation continues after 9 dead in Tumbler Ridge shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Police have identified an 18-year-old local resident as the person responsible for one of the deadliest school shootings in Canadian history. The shooter was among the nine people who ...
Pattison Media Feb 11, 2026
Overhaul coming for popular Nanaimo disc golf course
NANAIMO - Operating in its current form at Bowen Park since the early 1990's, the City of Nanaimo's lone disc golf course will be revived. The free-to-play, 18-bucket treed course will be reconfigured...
Pattison Media Feb 11, 2026
Investigation continues into shootings that left 10 dead at Tumbler Ridge school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE - Canadians woke up Wednesday to grief and horror following one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history, as police continued to investigate two attacks that left 10 ...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 11, 2026
Large search launched after person goes missing aboard Nanaimo-bound ferry
NANAIMO - A man remains missing after apparently boarding a BC Ferries vessel in Tsawwassen, but not arriving at Duke Point. Police in Nanaimo are assuming control of the investigation after the adult...
Pattison Media Feb 10, 2026
Qualicum Beach budget projecting tax increases between 6.5 & 8.1 per cent
QUALICUM BEACH - Ahead of a May 15 deadline to submit a five-year financial plan, Town councillors are mulling property tax increases. Staff have outlined three potential scenarios, featuring tax incr...
Pattison Media Feb 10, 2026
Nanaimo oil spiller identified, no additional sheening reported
NANAIMO - A notable oil spill flowing from a culvert into the ocean at Duke Point has been traced to the company Environmental 360 Solutions. The Maughan Rd. based firm was identified as the party res...
Pattison Media Feb 10, 2026
Nanaimo man ‘running in the pitch black’ attempts 140 kilometre run to Campbell River
NANAIMO - “I was going to go from being a couch potato to an ultra runner with 100 days of training.” It was a simple, albeit ambitious goal from Nanaimo resident and business owner Kennet...
Pattison Media Feb 09, 2026
Restaurant dispute results in third arrest of man accused of barricading himself on Nanaimo tugboat
NANAIMO - He was arrested, released, re-arrested, released and arrested again. Marcel Alvin Fontaine, 44, is back in provincial court custody for allegedly breaching his release conditions on the even...
Pattison Media Feb 09, 2026
Nanaimo Eddie Bauer store closing by spring as company battles financial struggles
NANAIMO - Another local retail staple is shutting its doors. The Eddie Bauer location at Woodgrove Centre in Nanaimo, one of three on Vancouver Island and six in B.C., is expected to close by around t...
Pattison Media Feb 09, 2026
Arrivals of cruise ships increasing in Nanaimo this year
NANAIMO - For the third consecutive year, the number of cruise ships visiting the Harbour City will notably increase from the year previous. Three unique vessels are scheduled to make a total of eight...
Pattison Media Feb 09, 2026