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  1. MLS receives formal bid to relocate Vancouver Whitecaps to Las Vegas | NanaimoNewsNOW

    Gustavson, 30, is the grandson of Public Storage co-founder B. Wayne Hughes and the son of billionaire Tamara…
    #NewsBeep #News #Vancouver #breakingnews #CA #Canada #centralvancouverisland #nanaimo #nanaimobreakingnews #nanaimonews #nanaimonewsnow #oceanside #parksville #qualicum #Sports
    newsbeep.com/ca/639342/

  2. I am seeing more use of the #fediverse and #mastodon in my local area and hope to see it grow.

    Sorting out the most effective #hashtags to use could help.

    Home for me is #QualicumBeach but does #qualicum do the job?

    There is more than one #parksville which may be why #ParksvilleBC is also used.

    Both the more popular #vancouverisland and the more efficient #vanisle are in use. #Oceanside has uses.

    Does #BC work or should we use #britishcolumbia?

    Any thoughts? Are there others?

  3. Santa has been tracked near Parksville!

    Get to bed, Parksville! Santa is on his way! 🇨🇦

    Waving to the whales...

    Track him live: noradsanta.org

    noradsanta.org

  4. NIWRA: Get up close and personal with wild animals Published 1:30 am Wednesday, December 10, 2025 By Moira Rosser-Peterson North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre

    Read more at: pqbnews.com/2025/12/10/niwra-g

    #vancouverisland #parksville #QualicumBeach #wildlife #bc

  5. If you know anyone up-island who might love to #sing with others for the joy of it in #Nanaimo or #Parksville, Sylvia hosts informal #SongCircles with uplifting, harmony-rich songs taught by ear, with lots of creativity and movement, and sometimes collaborations with visiting songleaders. She's from the #UbuntuChoirsNetwork - who believe singing is a universal human birthright! It's all about #harmony and #connection rather than perfection.

    Learn more & join in #CommunitySinging 😀
    sylviahumble.ca/events

    #SingingForJoy #SingForHealth #SingForUnity #SingingTogether #FreeEvents #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthCowichan

  6. If you know anyone up-island who might love to #sing with others for the joy of it in #Nanaimo or #Parksville, Sylvia hosts informal #SongCircles with uplifting, harmony-rich songs taught by ear, with lots of creativity and movement, and sometimes collaborations with visiting songleaders. She's from the #UbuntuChoirsNetwork - who believe singing is a universal human birthright! It's all about #harmony and #connection rather than perfection.

    Learn more & join in #CommunitySinging 😀
    sylviahumble.ca/events

    #SingingForJoy #SingForHealth #SingForUnity #SingingTogether #FreeEvents #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthCowichan

  7. If you know anyone up-island who might love to #sing with others for the joy of it in #Nanaimo or #Parksville, Sylvia hosts informal #SongCircles with uplifting, harmony-rich songs taught by ear, with lots of creativity and movement, and sometimes collaborations with visiting songleaders. She's from the #UbuntuChoirsNetwork - who believe singing is a universal human birthright! It's all about #harmony and #connection rather than perfection.

    Learn more & join in #CommunitySinging 😀
    sylviahumble.ca/events

    #SingingForJoy #SingForHealth #SingForUnity #SingingTogether #FreeEvents #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthCowichan

  8. If you know anyone up-island who might love to #sing with others for the joy of it in #Nanaimo or #Parksville, Sylvia hosts informal #SongCircles with uplifting, harmony-rich songs taught by ear, with lots of creativity and movement, and sometimes collaborations with visiting songleaders. She's from the #UbuntuChoirsNetwork - who believe singing is a universal human birthright! It's all about #harmony and #connection rather than perfection.

    Learn more & join in #CommunitySinging 😀
    sylviahumble.ca/events

    #SingingForJoy #SingForHealth #SingForUnity #SingingTogether #FreeEvents #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthCowichan

  9. If you know anyone up-island who might love to #sing with others for the joy of it in #Nanaimo or #Parksville, Sylvia hosts informal #SongCircles with uplifting, harmony-rich songs taught by ear, with lots of creativity and movement, and sometimes collaborations with visiting songleaders. She's from the #UbuntuChoirsNetwork - who believe singing is a universal human birthright! It's all about #harmony and #connection rather than perfection.

    Learn more & join in #CommunitySinging 😀
    sylviahumble.ca/events

    #SingingForJoy #SingForHealth #SingForUnity #SingingTogether #FreeEvents #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthCowichan

  10. It’s been years since I’ve done back to back days of getting tattooed. Day 2 today, working on some patterning on my mid-back. It’s coming together, slowly. Makes me happy. #tattoos #heavilytattooed #parksville

  11. For Independent Bookstore Day I made the trek up to #Parksville and bought a bagful of books at #FiresideBookstore by authors I’ve never read before. Then swung by #ArrowsmithBrewing to get some beers I’ve never had before. This is my reward for power washing the deck this morning. Yay me, lifelong learner and minimal risk taker. #VancouverIsland

  12. Last All Candidates meeting that I know of in the Courtenay-Alberni riding. It is taking place at the Alberni District Secondary School.

    Starts at 2PM. You can see a livestream at the link.

    This is a regular fixture in our local political scene for all elections. The students always come very prepared with excellent questions!

    youtube.com/@AlberniSecondary/

    #CanPoli #PortAlberni #Nanaimo #Parksville #Courtenay #Qualicum #Elxn45 #CdnPoli

  13. A trip to Fireside Books in #Parksville to trade in and load up on reading material followed by a lunch date in #Nanoose at Rusted Rake. Pretty good for a foggy damp January west coast day on #VancouverIsland. @vi

  14. A trip to Fireside Books in #Parksville to trade in and load up on reading material followed by a lunch date in #Nanoose at Rusted Rake. Pretty good for a foggy damp January west coast day on #VancouverIsland. @vi

  15. A trip to Fireside Books in #Parksville to trade in and load up on reading material followed by a lunch date in #Nanoose at Rusted Rake. Pretty good for a foggy damp January west coast day on #VancouverIsland. @vi

  16. A trip to Fireside Books in #Parksville to trade in and load up on reading material followed by a lunch date in #Nanoose at Rusted Rake. Pretty good for a foggy damp January west coast day on #VancouverIsland. @vi

  17. The #AutoMechanics garage at #MilesAutomotive in #Parksville. Where we had our car repaired after it broke down on Nanaimo Parkway last Thursday. The co-owner, Brock, is a really great guy & did a good job on repairs & getting us back on the road again. His Dad is the other co-owner. Family run, small business on the island.
    milesdautomotive.ca/

    #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #AutoRepair

  18. Highway 4 remains completely shut between #PortAlberni and #parksville due to the #bcstorm No estimate yet on reopening. Should have an update within the hour.

  19. The problem is the connection between the 91 and 15 at Woodgrove. The worst part is it’s like they are intentionally making it as bad as possible by teasing us with buses that leave just before the other bus arrives. The culprit for the giant wait is the morning commute.

    The 15 leaves Woodgrove for VIU at 7:06, 3 minutes before the 91 gets there at 7:09. They even made the 91 *earlier* but didn’t think to match it with the 15? It makes no sense.

    And the one that *does match up* with a later bus takes an extra long route and doesn’t arrive at VIU until 8:23AM, seven minutes before classes start. The two earliest buses used to arrive between 7:30 and 8:00.

    Meanwhile, it takes 59 minutes for me to drive from home to VIU. Insanity. #Nanaimo #Parksville #QualicumBeach #VIU #transit #commuting #bus #work #life #carculture #rail

  20. I was looking at the upcoming bus 🚎 schedule for my work day commute to VIU. They generally make minor changes and release a new schedule every Spetember.

    Depending how I feel and the day of the week, I catch the bus at Woodgrove (North #Nanaimo), #Parksville or #QualicumBeach and take it to #VIU. I have been doing this since they started their “Intercity” run around 2008. I’ve been riding the bus system nearly every year since 1998.

    It has felt like this commuter service has been getting gradually worse over the years, but I never sat down and tracked it. That is until yesterday when I realized they introduced a new 33min wait time in addition to other small increases adding 45min to my journey!

    It’s outrageous. So I made a spreadsheet of the schedules since 2015 (the furthest back I could find schedules) and, well, it is depressing. And they wonder why they can’t encourage people to take the bus!! 😆 😠 😢

    Meanwhile traffic gets worse and worse, accidents and stoppages are frequent and the rail line that follows the bus route is ignored. What are we doing!?🤦‍♂️
    #transit #commuting #bus #work #life #carculture #rail

  21. Lots of unstable air over the Island this afternoon. Looks like on the radar patches of rain/possible thunderstorms developing up the spine of the Island.
    Environment Canada has started to issue statements on possible thunderstorms on the East coast. I am near Nanoose right now and can confirm the radar picture with gloomy dark clouds forming near Mt Arrowsmith.
    #bcstorm #vancouverisland #nanaimo #parksville #portalberni

  22. Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

    It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

    We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
    #aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

  23. Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

    It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

    We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
    #aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

  24. Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

    It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

    We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
    #aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

  25. Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

    It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

    We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
    #aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

  26. Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

    It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

    We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
    #aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

  27. @SuzanSA if your can get north of Victoria there are lots of community markets. Beautiful beaches in #Parksville and #QualicumBeach. #ComoxValley has @CatherineBabault for photo tours. #Cumberland is a small little town close by with good beer and history. The north island has terrific whale watching, and lots of great outdoor hikes and Indigenous cultural experiences. Tons to do and hope you have a great trip.