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RDN Transit driver stops his bus and helps get overdosing woman breathing again

Terry Keogh, an RDN Transit driver, used his paramedic skills the morning of Jan. 22 after coming across an unconscious woman along his route in downtown Nanaimo. (RDN Transit photo)

Former EMT from Ireland performed CPR on a woman in downtown Nanaimo on Friday

by Karl Yu
6h ago

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B.C.’s COVID-19 mass vaccinations expected to start in April
- updated 12h ago
City of Parksville moves to join effort to upgrade running track at Ballenas Secondary
- updated 14h ago
City staff members, school district officials to discuss high-traffic Parksville intersection
Parksville council approves permit for RV campground, pool, restaurant at old Beach Resort site
Qualicum Beach sells prime downtown property to Naked Naturals for $2.75M

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam speaks during a daily briefing in Ottawa. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

31 cases of COVID-19 variants detected in Canada: Health officials

by Sarah Grochowski

7h ago

Daily COVID-19 cases reported to each B.C. health region, to Jan. 20, 2021. Island Health in blue, Northern Health green, Interior Health orange, Vancouver Coastal in red and Fraser Health in purple. (B.C. Centre for Disease Control)

B.C.’s COVID-19 infection rate stays stable with 508 cases Friday

by Tom Fletcher

updated 8h ago

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Finding ‘home’ in a senior living community to love both today and tomorrow

Natural Health Consultant, Cindy Walker and the Santevia mineralizing water bottle!

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Pharmasave Parksville’s Health Hive Challenge is creating quite the buzz!

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Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has resigned

Trudeau says he will call Biden to save Keystone XL pipeline

Trudeau says vaccine delays not entirely unexpectedFederal NDP, Green leaders welcome Biden plan to cancel Keystone XL

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School District 57 headquarters in Prince George. (Mark Nielsen, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

Prince George school district settles with sexual abuse victim

Terms were part of an out-of-court settlement reached with Michael Bruneau, nearly four years after he filed a lawsuit

by Local Journalism Initiative

updated 9h ago

New COVID-19 protocols set for provincial courthouses
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B.C.’s busiest SAR team raises alarm after 2021 begins with fatality, multiple rescues
- updated 12h ago
Police hunt for woman charged in ‘horrific’ assault who failed to return to Surrey halfway house
- updated 13h ago

Longtime Nanoose Bay farmer Colin Springford dies at age 75

‘He will be deeply missed, always loved and never forgotten’

by Michael Briones

A 2021 calendar entitled ‘Our Resilient Community’ features images captured by professional photographers in and around the communities during the unusual summer of 2020. (Photo submitted)

‘Our Resilient Community’: Businesses contribute to help vulnerable PQB residents

Calendars on sale through Jan. 31

by PQB News

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