Author Archives: Syndicated Content

B.C. RCMP seek witnesses, video footage after stabbing homicide in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are looking for witnesses and seeking more information after a fatal stabbing in Williams Lake, B.C., earlier this week. They say police responded to a report of a man suffe...
Canadian Press May 07, 2022

Retired general Jonathan Vance loses military honour at his own request
OTTAWA - Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada’s former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour. A notice posted in the Canada Gazette, the f...
Canadian Press May 07, 2022

Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - An Air Canada Jazz flight made a successful emergency landing at the Prince George Airport Friday (May 6) evening. In a news release, the Prince George Airport Authority (YXS) says the...
Dave Barry May 07, 2022

Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba’s Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, a...
Canadian Press May 07, 2022

Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights a...
Canadian Press May 07, 2022

B.C. money laundering report granted extension until June 3 after COVID-19 delays
VANCOUVER - The deadline for the final report of British Columbia’s public inquiry into money laundering has been extended until June 3. The B.C. government says in a statement the report’...
Canadian Press May 06, 2022

Last summer's heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows
The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United K...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2022

NanaimoNewsNOW launches free email news subscription service
NANAIMO - It’s the stories that matter most, delivered directly to your inbox for free. NanaimoNewsNOW is excited to launch a new, once-daily email service where our top local stories are delive...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 19, 2022

Candidate Profile: Stephen Welton (PPC)
Contact Information: Phone: 250 268 8710 Email: stephenweltonppc@gmail.com Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenweltonppc Biography: I am semi-retired and the proprietor of a contra...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 07, 2021

Candidate Profile: Michelle Corfield (LIB)
Contact Information: Phone: 250 591 0206 Email: michellecorfield2021@gmail.com Social Media: Website: https://michellecorfield.liberal.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrCorfield Instagram: http...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 07, 2021