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‘A very uncertain situation:’ gas prices expected to rise through Nanaimo
NANAIMO - An emerging Middle Eastern conflict, coupled with seasonal changes in supply and capacity, are forcing prices to go higher at the gas pump. While they have yet to adjust locally, experts who...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
RDN secures Hamilton Marsh purchase
NANAIMO - A large swath of environmentally valued land is now officially in the hands of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN). The purchase of the forested area west of Qualicum Beach known as Hamil...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
RDN secures Hamilton Marsh purchase
NANAIMO - A large swath of environmentally valued land is now officially in the hands of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN). The purchase of the forested area west of Qualicum Beach known as Hamil...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
Coroners Inquest to investigate Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
VICTORIA - B.C.’s chief coroner has ordered a full inquest into one of the deadliest school shootings in Canadian history. Nine people, including the shooter, were killed on Feb. 10 in Tumbler R...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
Nanaimo-area exiting one of the warmest winters on record
NANAIMO - This winter was one of the warmest on record in the region, keeping pace with weather experts’ predictions we’ll see some of the hottest years on record between now and 2030. Wit...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
‘Balances the needs of people, nature and progress:’ new housing pitched for Parksville property
PARKSVILLE - Longtime owners of an expansive and largely forested south-end property are returning with a new vision of housing. Waterfront Properties Corp. are looking for Council and public support ...
Pattison Media Mar 03, 2026
Man sentenced for Port Alberni homemade bomb explosion
PORT ALBERNI - Known to the offender for several years, an employee at Port Alberni’s overdose prevention site (OPS) temporarily lost vision in their eye after a man ignited a homemade bomb outs...
Pattison Media Mar 02, 2026
Sunday ‘spring forward’ will be B.C.’s final time change
VICTORIA - B.C. is planning to adopt daylight savings time year-round, effective Sunday. After decades of campaigning against the twice-annual adjustment of the clocks, Premier David Eby announced Mon...
Pattison Media Mar 02, 2026
Sunday’s spring forward to be B.C.’s last, daylight time adopted year-round
VICTORIA - B.C. is planning to adopt daylight savings time year-round, effective Sunday. After decades of campaigning against the twice-annual adjustment of the clocks, Premier David Eby announced Mon...
Pattison Media Mar 02, 2026
Warrant issued for Nanaimo woman out on probation for store robbery
NANAIMO - A woman well known to police, as well as the courts over recent months, is wanted by local Mounties. Tamara Leigh Prince, 42, is facing a charge of theft under $5,000 in connection to a Dece...
Pattison Media Mar 02, 2026