The Senior Women’s Timbermen will start their their third season on April 18 with an exhibition game and fundraiser versus the Victoria Shamrocks.

There will be 14 regular season games and a July season ending tournament for the women’s Timbermen.

Player and team co-organizer Sarah Ferguson said a lot of female players previously had to stop playing after junior but now they have an opportunity to continue on in the sport as adults.

“This sport brings women together to make life long friendships,” Ferguson said. “It empowers women in sport to try new things and develop skills they never knew they had. It gives an outlet to have fun on the floor, support mental health and get exercise. This league is all about having fun and bringing women together.”

This season the squad will consist of 22 players and three goalies.

There are also four new players from the 2025 junior Timbermen.

Ferguson said they have a good relationship with the junior female program and like to call up graduating players who may want to transition into the senior ranks.

The Timbermen have some volunteer coaches who help with practices and will help at games but the women’s team is largely self run.

“We practice once a week and we do workouts and dryland training together. We’re learning new things with new rules and different ways to play. We’re meeting new teammates and becoming more of a community. Our volunteer coaches give us some structure to run a practice and they’ll be at as many games as they can. It’s really hard to get a full time coach for a volunteer position.”

Ferguson herself is living her love for the game as both a player and a coach.

“I am currently playing for the Senior Women’s Timbermen, the Arena Lacrosse League in Vancouver and I’m actually going to the Shebox tournament in Prague to play for the Edinbru Scotland Women’s travel team soon. I am also developing my Island Style Lacrosse program for youth female players to try to expose them to high level coaching and tournaments without having to travel to the mainland all the time.”

The women’s season kicks off on April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

There will be prizes, a raffle and a food truck and admission to the game is free.

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The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team arrived at the Canadian Forces Base Comox (CFB Comox) on Friday, April 17th, to start their spring training ahead of a summer slate of shows across North America.

Captain Phil Rochon says this year marks a milestone for the squadron.

“It is our 55th show season, so we’re super excited to really highlight that, and we’re going to be highlighting a bit of the history of the team. Since 1971, we’ve been flying to inspire Canadians, so we’re really happy to be able to that again this year.”

A photo from 1971 showing the early years of the Snowbirds, using seven CT-114 Tutor jets made up the flying team. (L-R, tarmac) Capt. Fred McCague, Lt. Chester Glendenning, Capt. Laurie Illingworth, Lt. George Hawey, Capt. Mike Marynowski, Capt. Lloyd Waterer, Capt. Tom Gernack, Capt. Bob Sharpe, and Lt Doug Zebedee stood on the tarmac. In the cockpit, Capt. Gord Wallis and the Team Lead, Ma. Glen Younghusband. (Image Credit: Submitted/Canadian Forces Snowbirds on Facebook.)

Training will start on Saturday, with their first show of the year scheduled for May 24 in Montreal.

Only two B.C. dates are on the schedule in August for White Rock and Abbotsford, with the Snowbirds performing above Nanaimo’s waterfront last year for the first time since 2019.

Rochon said their time practicing in Comox is when they bring all the elements of their show together, far from their home base at 15 Wing in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

“It’s our time in Comox to really, as a team, to gel together. Everyone get used to operating out of our trailer instead of operating from our home station here, where we have all the luxuries of everything here.”

The Snowbirds will also perform multiple shows south of the border, including in New York City on July 4, with their final two shows taking place in California in October.

More details can be found here on their website.

The 2026 schedule for the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. (Image Credit: Canadian Forces Snowbirds on Facebook.)

— with files from Jon de Roo, 97.3 The Eagle.

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Nanaimo never trailed and skated away with a 3-2 road victory in Game 1.

Eliot Seguin-Lescarbeau was sharp throughout and made 24 saves in earning first star honours.

After a scoreless first period Jack Rimmer got the Clippers in front with a blast from the left wing on a partial breakaway in the opening minute of the second.

With under two minutes to play in the middle frame Charles Beland charged in alone on Capitals netminder Rhett Stoesser to score his team leading fifth goal of the playoffs on a beautiful deke.

A seeing eye shot by Curtis Freeman closed the gap to 2-1 early in the third period before Sam Boisvert cashed in on a rebound to put Nanaimo back up by two goals.

Trace Frieden again brought the Capitals back with in a goal but the Clippers held on for the 3-2 series opening win.

The final shots were 26-25 for Cowichan Valley with Nanaimo going 0/4 on the man advantage and then killing off the Caps only power play.

Nanaimo did have an extended five on three power play in the second period but failed to score.

Game 2 of the best of seven series will take place on April 18 at the Cowichan Valley Community Centre before the series shifts to Nanaimo for a pair of games on April 21 and 22.

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The first ever Kidovate market day in Nanaimo is Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nanaimo North Town Centre, with around 80 tables registered for the event, which has grown considerably in Victoria over the last six years.

Co-organizer Brock Smith said expansion of the program was designed to allow more youth to participate, which is being reflected in registrations from students in Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan, Courtenay, Campbell River, Port Alberni, and more.

“We started off by offering them a graphic novel workbook, it’s about 25 pages long, and it helps them think through some of the key business decisions that they would need to make with their micro business. If they have further questions, we connect them with a UVic business student to be a mentor, so somebody who was in their shoes a few years ago but now has some business courses under their belt.”

All entrepreneurs are in grades six to 12 and will be offering a wide array of goods for sale on Saturday.

While some booths will have electronic payment methods, cash is recommended, with participants keeping all the money they make.

Registration in Kidovate for participants was free.

Co-organizer Claudia Smith said the program has grown exponentially over the years, and the opportunity to bring it to Nanaimo and connect with youth up Island was too good to pass up.

“Our real expansion hopes for Kidovate…was to make that opportunity available mid-Island, and we’re just thrilled to see the interest, participation, and work that these young entrepreneurs have put into being ready for Saturday’s market day.”

Nanaimo’s market day comes one week after the annual Victoria event, which drew around 230 youth across 150 different tables to the Bay Centre on Saturday, April 11.

Brock said they had more customers than any year previous.

He added getting young business owners off to the right start is imperative to their long term success.

“We realized through our own research that if we want to create more entrepreneurs as adults, we need to plant the seed early and give young entrepreneurs a positive early entrepreneurial experience. We really encourage people to come out and support these young entrepreneurs, even if they don’t end up buying anything, talking to them, asking them about what they did, and their thinking process and engaging them goes a long way to help them feel like they’ve had a successful experience.”

Financial support for the program comes from Community Futures Alberni-Clayoquot, who selected Nanaimo as a central location for all Island students north of the Malahat.

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It happened on Wednesday, April 15, at 2:30 p.m. in the marked, light-activated crosswalk on Hammond Bay at Williamson Rd., where a Frank J. Ney Elementary School student was walking home. 

Speaking to NanaimoNewsNOW, the boy’s mother Bri Anderson, said a firsthand account from another motorist detailed what occurred. 

“After he pushed the button and saw the cars were stopping, there was a car that was honking at him that got his attention.” 

The Frank Ney student was crossing from this point after initiating the pedestrian light. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

The honking motorist, Anderson said, prompted her son to scamper back from the fast-approaching path of the westbound white sedan.

Anderson said one of the car’s tires went over her son’s toes, while the side mirror clipped his stomach. 

“If that lady hadn’t honked his horn and he hadn’t have jumped back, she would have taken him out.” 

Anderson said the witness, who happens to be a nurse who checked over the boy on scene before he walked home, reported what occurred to Frank Ney Elementary School staff. 

The witness relayed the driver, estimated to be between 60 and 70 years old, noticed the boy at the last second, braced for impact, but didn’t stop and proceeded travelling at roughly 70 kilometres an hour in the 50 kilometre per hour zone.

Witnesses were unable to provide police a license plate number of the offending vehicle, while Anderson said she reached out to the neighbouring church to see if it potentially has footage of the incident.

Anderson, a 10-year resident of the local area, said unsafe driving is nothing new for the area of Hammond Bay Rd.  

“We were here before we had the lit crosswalk there, which has helped out a lot now, but even still clearly we see drivers speeding all the time, not yielding at the crosswalk, it happens very frequently there.” 

Anderson hopes spreading awareness of her son’s potentially life-threatening ordeal creates conversations for motorists to not treat driving as an afterthought or race to get to their destinations. 

She theorizes perhaps extensive construction work on Hammond Bay Rd. has motorists more impatient than usual. 

“If you hit anybody, and especially a child, to just keep driving that’s shocking and extremely disappointing.” 

Hammond Bay Rd. has a long history of poor driving leading to serious injuries and deaths. 

In March 2019, a 17-year-old Dover Bay Secondary School student was killed by a careless driver using a marked crosswalk on Hammond Bay Rd. and Venture Pl.

In September 2024, an Ecole Hammond Bay parent was pinned under a turning van in a marked crosswalk at Morningside Dr.

Most recently, an uninsured motorist sped over a Hammond Bay Rd. sidewalk in early March, crashing through the backyard of a Leslie Cres. property.

The City of Nanaimo is currently reconfiguring the Hammond Bay at Rutherford and Turner Rd. intersections as part of more broad surface-level changes to create safer conditions for non-vehicular road users, as well as underground utility work.

A roundabout will also be constructed in the near future on Hammond Bay at Brickyard Rd. to better control and reduce vehicle speeds, as well as provide safer options for non-vehicular users.

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The study co-authored by researchers in British Columbia and Alberta suggests the number of fire-friendly hours has surged across North America in the past 50 years, and especially in Western Canada’s wildfire hotspots.

The study, published Friday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, suggests much of Western Canada has seen an additional four to five hours of fire-conducive conditions each wildfire season for the past half-century.

In British Columbia and Alberta, that translates to about 200 to 250 more hours of fire-fuelling conditions in current seasons compared to those in the 1970s, cutting into once-quieter overnight hours and periods in the spring and fall.

By mid-century, co-author Kaiwei Luo says Canada’s record-breaking 2023 fire season could be “rapidly normalized.”

“Extreme fire seasons will be rapidly normalized if these day and night fire constraints continue to shrink or continue to weaken,” said Luo, who conducted the research during his PhD at the University of Alberta.

“So that means once the fire ignites, there’s no nighttime conditions to hinder it or to stop it.”

Nights and mornings — when, typically, temperatures are lower, humidity is higher and winds are calmer — can help to slow wildfire spread and give firefighters a crucial reprieve. Even the most active areas in Canada only support about nine hours of fire-friendly conditions on an average day during the fire season, the study says.

But the researchers say climate change, which is largely driven by fossil-fuel emissions, is fuelling a surge in the number of days that can support more than 12 hours or burning, or even a full 24 hours of fire-friendly conditions.

“Addressing these challenges will require innovative approaches in fire science and management that account for the changing temporal dynamics of wildfires at hourly scales,” says the study, co-authored by researchers at the University of Alberta, Thomson Rivers University and Natural Resources Canada.

Days with the potential for round-the-clock fire-friendly conditions, once rare in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, have jumped by 232 per cent since the 1970s in those parts of the boreal tundra woodland, the study says. Days with more than 12 hours of fire-friendly conditions have increased by 80 per cent.

Similar increases were noted in temperate mountain forests, including in the B.C. Interior and the U.S. Pacific northwest.

Alberta and B.C. have both expanded their nighttime aerial firefighting in recent seasons, equipping more helicopter pilots with night-vision goggles.

Canada is warming about twice as fast as the global average and even faster in northern parts of the country, in part due to the loss of snow and sea ice cover that acts as a shield to reflect the sun’s radiation.

Other studies have looked at changes to the length and severity of wildfire seasons, but fewer have looked at burn activity over a 24-hour cycle. The same researchers behind Friday’s study published a 2024 paper linking extreme overnight fire activity to drought.

For this study, the researchers analyzed hourly satellite data from 2017 to 2023 for nearly 9,000 wildfires across North America. They found 60 per cent of those fires hit their peak intensity in less than 24 hours, and 14 per cent peaked at night.

The research team then trained a machine-learning model on those recent hourly observations to estimate wildfire activity from 1975 to 2024 based on historical weather conditions.

The study suggests that, across the continent, annual potential burning hours increased by 36 per cent over those 50 years.

Summer — peak wildfire season — saw the largest absolute gains in potential burning hours, but the typically quiet spring and fall seasons saw steeper relative gains with 57 and 48 per cent increases, respectively, the study says.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 17, 2026.

Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press

Nanaimo will take on the Coastal West Division leading Cowichan Valley Capitals

In the first round the Clippers took out the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in five games, while the Capitals needed seven games, plus overtime, to defeat the Victoria Grizzlies.

The two division rivals haven’t faced each other since Dec. 16, with Cowichan Valley winning the regular season series 4-3.

Clippers head coach Colin Birkas said his team was at their best for only part of the first round, but they’ll need to level up in this next series.

“I am proud of the guys. Maybe Game 5 was the closest we saw to our ‘A’ game. We probably had a bit of nerves. We’re an older team, and we did put some pressure on ourselves to win. We’re not at 100 per cent, but hopefully the lineup sheet for Game 1 should be the same as the one in our last game.”

Cowichan finished the regular season as the top team in the Coastal West division and had 13 more points than Nanaimo.

Birkas feels if his team plays to their strengths, they have an excellent chance to advance.

“We’re probably quicker, but you have to manage the puck. If you’re stopping and starting all night, that can reduce the speed element, so we don’t want that to happen. We have the ability to play physically, and if we use our speed and manage the puck, that poses problems for the other team.”

The two clubs played each other last season in the first round of the playoffs, with the Capitals winning in five games.

Birkas said their identity is still very much the same.

“They love to score. They’re consistent and they don’t get stressed out. Based on the way they’re coached, they play loose, they problem-solve, and they keep trying to score goals. They’re going to be relentless for 60 minutes so you have to be on your toes for 60 minutes.”

The Capitals survived a scare from the Grizzlies in the opening round.

Four of their games went to overtime and Victoria had a 3-2 lead at one point but Cowichan bench boss Cam Keith said winning in dramatic fashion could help his group going forward.

“If you want to give your group the best opportunity to have success in playoffs, you have adversity early. Seeing our players go through that, their games go up, they get better, and everyone raises a level. You get some cohesiveness and you get a glimpse of their character.”

The Clippers and Capitals series starts with games one and two on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, in Duncan, before the series shifts to Frank Crane Arena on Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22.

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Nanaimo Forest Products (NFP) which operates Harmac Pacific pulp mill, is attempting to rezone the majority of 950 Phoenix Way, a forested 212-acre property adjacent to the cherished Cable Bay Trail.  

Swapping the rural resource zoning for a heavy industrial 4 class with site-specific provisions would allow NFP to proceed with envisioned agricultural industrial plans near the Duke Point industrial strip, not far from the rural community of Cedar.

Proposed parkland for Cable Bay Trail’s western edge, amounting to roughly 28 acres of buffering averaging 100 metres along the trail, represents a key condition of rezoning.

It was an overcapacity crowd Wednesday night as a large crowd was forced to view the proceedings from outside City Council chambers. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

NFP envisions a site capable of supporting 32 acres of industrial floor area serviced by a private access road off Phoenix Way. 

Over four hundred people showed up for a marathon public hearing on the evening of Thursday, April 16, forcing overflow attendees to track the proceedings in an adjoining lobby on a big screen.

The hearing reached its four-hour deadline at 11 p.m.

The proceedings will continue on Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the VICC.

Following the public hearing stage, two votes in support of the application would be required for the rezoning to be approved.

950 Phoenix Way, shaded in red, is proposed to be rezoned by Nanaimo Forest Products for agricultural industrial development. (Image Credit: City of Nanaimo)

Impassioned Opposition

A majority of the dozens of speakers were opposed to the NFP rezoning application, including Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN) Elder Geraldine Manson.

She stood at the podium to state the property was wrongly taken from their ancestors, noting the SFN Sarlequun Treaty of 1854 pledged to protect their traditional homelands.

Manson said Snuneymuxw is immersed in the archaeological history of their people, stating there are indications the subject property was home to an SFN village site over 3,500 years ago.

“1970’s, many remains were taken, over two thousand artifacts were removed, and because the archaeologist was going to be slow, they bulldozed the rest of the land so we could not gather what we needed to gather,” Manson said.

SFN formally registered its concerns regarding rezoning 950 Phoenix Way in a letter to Nanaimo City Council last week. 

Signed by SFN Chief Michael Wyse, the letter states the subject property and surrounding area represent integral parts of SFN treaty-protected village sites. 

According to SFN, earlier this year NFP began responding to its requests for capacity funding, which has not been completed, causing delays. 

“…these discussions remain in the early stages, however, and no agreement is in place at this time,” Chief Wyse’ letter stated.

Numerous members of the public in opposition voiced various environmental concerns.

One of the first speakers was Sarah Callies, known for her acting role in the hit television series, The Walking Dead.

She said compromising a world-class, natural wonderland like Dodd Narrows can’t be replaced.

“The Snuneymuxw First Nation has called for an inquiry into unreported waste spillage, calling into question the transparency of the industry already here, as well as the effectiveness of the regulatory mechanisms designed to keep that industry from harming our environment,” Callies said.

Excessive noise, odour, and potential long-term human health concerns were also voiced by multiple speakers.

Toward the end of the evening, Nanaimo resident Deborah Short focused her three-minute allotment on how heavy industry could harm depleted Resident Southern Killer Whale populations, as well as other marine life.

“I have not heard any serious consideration that has been made in regards to the noise pollution that new industry will create. Let’s remember that noise travels underneath the water,” Short said.

Local Cedar resident Robin Tagles fears the unknown of what various industrial enterprises could form on the property.

“My problem with changing the zoning is it becomes a big open door, I think with restrictions it could be okay, with a larger buffer zone,” Tagles said.

Several speakers, such as Terry Dewisbuler, voiced concerns about on-site erosion in reference to a sloping downward grade toward Cable Bay Trail and the ocean.

“People travel from all across the country to see Dodd Narrows. What happens on the land we’re discussing today will roll downhill and affect Dodd Narrows, there’s no question about it.”

Concerned Gabriola and Mudge Island opponents also addressed City Council with their grievances.

Opposition to the rezoning a neighbouring property is evident throughout the well-travelled Cable Bay Trail network. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Strong support

Paul Sadler, general manager and CEO of Nanaimo Forest Products, made an opening address on behalf of the proponent.

“Harmac purchased the subject property in our continued quest to diversity our business and help address an important need for the community. Nanaimo is desperately short of industrial land, and Council initiated this process when approving the Official Community Plan in 2022,” Sadler said.

While he expanded on significant contributions NFP has on the region’s financial health, he also emphasized the need to balance economic growth with environmental sustainability.

Sadler believes a local employee-owned company is best suited to spearhead maintaining ownership of an expanding Duke Point industrial park.

“…long-term site-use agreements, selecting businesses that are complementary of our business, or businesses that can take advantage of our green energy supply is the objective. We are not the evil empire, we are responsible local owners and operators.”

Several other Harmac employees spoke in favour of the vision, while a number of community leaders also stood behind NFP, including Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation CEO Colin Stansfield.

He said private sector efforts such as NFP’s work to unleash economic growth is critically vital.

“It’s also important to be clear about what industrial means today, because much of the concern we’re hearing today is based on an outdated picture,” Stansfield said. “We’re seeing growth in clean energy and manufacturing, we’re seeing circular economy infrastructure…”

Liette Masse, Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce interim CEO, told the hearing she’s heard chamber members and partners raise concerns about a lack of industrial land inventory.

Masse said NFP’s application is logical and consistently aligns with the City’s vision to grow Duke Point’s industrial capacity.

“This project represents an important opportunity to support long-term job creation, strengthen local supply chains, increase the commercial tax base, and send a strong signal that Nanaimo is open and ready for business,” Masse told the hearing.

She added NFP has shown a willingness to listen to community concerns by boosting the greenspace buffer from 50 to 100 metres along Cable Bay Trail.

Tempers flared at times during the hearing in which in-person addresses and live phone calls were fielded.

At least one NFP supporter, as well as a rezoning opponent, were booted from Council chambers by security a few minutes apart for unruly behaviour.

Numerous instances of jeering and clapping erupted during and following audience submissions, to the objection of Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog.

Advanced to the public hearing stage by Nanaimo City Council last month, City staff endorses rezoning 950 Phoenix Way, which was formally submitted by NFP late in 2023.

The City notes the proposed rezoning is supported by several policy areas, including providing appropriately zoned land for new and existing businesses. 

NFP is an integral economic generator locally, with the mill’s unique employee-owned shareholder model supporting roughly 340 well paying jobs. 

Last year, the City of Nanaimo reported NFP supplied $1.72 million in municipal property taxes, representing 1.07 per cent of the City’s 2025 municipal tax levy, which doesn’t include taxation supplied to other government agencies.

— with files from Alex Rawnsley and Jordan Davidson

Editors note: Accurate spellings of speakers’ names during the public hearing were not readily available, and any errors are unintentional. Those wishing to correct names listed here can email info@nanaimonewsnow.com.

Nanaimo Forest Products, which operates Harmac Pacific pulp mill, aims to rezone over 200 acres near its mill site. (Image Credit: Snuneymuxw First Nation)

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For the second time in as many years, staff from the Town of Ladysmith and other community groups are hosting a glow-in-the-dark disc golf event at Transfer Beach Park, beginning at dusk on Friday, April 17 and running until around 10 p.m.

Town recreation programmer Matt Arnett said they run regular youth-focused programming on Friday nights, but as the weather gets nicer, they aim to move outdoors, with disc golf being an obvious choice.

“A very accessible sport that can be set up anywhere in any type of local park. We did it last year at Transfer Beach, which is obviously one of our marquee parks…and we had a lot of people out, so it was great exposure to the park. That connection introduced a lot of people to the sport of disc golf who had never tried it here, so that was the first time they played.”

Baskets affixed with glow sticks will be set up through the park, with each hole between 100 and 200 yards long, Arnett said.

The discs will glow too, creating a unique visual element at the famous park.

“All discs that we use are glow-in-the-dark, so you charge them up with any regular flashlight or a UV flashlight if you have one. We start playing at dusk, and it looks really neat having the neon yellow, green, and pink discs flying through the air at dusk and in the dark.”

Arnett said he’s been playing the sport for several years and has watched it grow.

Courses at Fuller Lake in Chemainus and Forrest Field in Ladysmith provide close-by options for regular players, with a local group called Parallel Disc Golf spearheading growth in the community, Arnett said.

A limited number of glow-in-the-dark discs will be available to use for the event on Friday night, however participants are encouraged to bring their own if possible.

Organizers are also encouraging all participants to dress for the weather.

Donations will also be collected for the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association’s Food Pantry program.

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