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PQB crime report: Resident loses $19.5K in cryptocurrency scam

Oceanside RCMP also deal with break-ins, trespasser sleeping in shed

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Former Ballenas Whalers standout Enzo Agostini will play for the Harvard University football team next school year. (Photo from Enzo Agostini’s Twitter)

Former Ballenas Whalers standout Agostini will play football at Harvard

Towering lineman had variety of offers from U.S. programs

Former Ballenas Whalers standout Enzo Agostini will play for the Harvard University football team next school year. (Photo from Enzo Agostini’s Twitter)
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RCMP: Parksville motorist reports firecrackers thrown at vehicles

PQB crime report: Police also deal with prowlers, car thieves

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Dave Horrocks served in the British Army and was stationed in West Berlin, Northern Ireland and Kenya in the 1960s. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Qualicum Beach veteran recalls West Berlin and Northern Ireland

Dave Horrocks served in British Army with Royal Engineers

Dave Horrocks served in the British Army and was stationed in West Berlin, Northern Ireland and Kenya in the 1960s. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
Canada’s Alycia Butterworth leads in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Parksville’s Butterworth earns silver medal at Pan American Games

Former coaches thrilled to see performance in 3,000-metre steeplechase

Canada’s Alycia Butterworth leads in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Dysfunction Junction, from Seattle, performs at the 2023 Coombs Bluegrass Festival. (Photo courtesy of Linda Thorburn)

Coombs festival organizer inducted into Canadian Bluegrass Hall of Fame

Jim Brown recognized for more than 50 years of volunteering

Dysfunction Junction, from Seattle, performs at the 2023 Coombs Bluegrass Festival. (Photo courtesy of Linda Thorburn)
The Gold Silver Guy store in Qualicum Beach was broken into on Oct. 25. This was the fifth break-in across three Island locations this year. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Ross)

‘Determined’ crooks nab $70K in merchandise from Qualicum Beach jewelry store

Gold Silver Guy owner says insurance will no longer cover his business

The Gold Silver Guy store in Qualicum Beach was broken into on Oct. 25. This was the fifth break-in across three Island locations this year. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Ross)
Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, with son Brett. (Submitted photo)

PODCAST: Nanoose Bay’s Shelly Stouffer to enter BC Golf Hall of Fame

PQBEAT: Athlete won 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, with son Brett. (Submitted photo)
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PQB crime report: RCMP say bear spray discharged in Parksville altercation

Police also deal with online scammers, trespassers, bike bandits

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The PQB region experienced heavy rainfall on Oct. 18. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Parksville, Qualicum Beach aim to mitigate flooding amid heavy rain

Municipal clears prepare by clearing catch basins

The PQB region experienced heavy rainfall on Oct. 18. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
Map of where the proposed ATV practice and training facility will be located in Whiskey Creek. (RDN map)
Map of where the proposed ATV practice and training facility will be located in Whiskey Creek. (RDN map)
Dr. Kelly Hadfield founded Ghana Medical Help 14 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Comeau)

Vancouver Island doctor’s organization improving healthcare in Ghana

Dr. Kelly Hadfield founder and executive director of Ghana Medical Help

Dr. Kelly Hadfield founded Ghana Medical Help 14 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Comeau)
Town of Qualicum has installed toned down LED lights in areas where they have received complaints of light trespass from residents. (Town of Qualicum Beach photo)

Future dim, after public convinces Qualicum Beach to dial down street lights

Qualicum Beach installs new LED lights to address resident complaints

Town of Qualicum has installed toned down LED lights in areas where they have received complaints of light trespass from residents. (Town of Qualicum Beach photo)
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PQB crime report: Resident out $1,500 after social media market scam

Oceanside RCMP also deal with gas thieves, prowlers, cushion bandits

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Kelsey Pringle, co-founder of the UPLIFT Business Summit for Women, being held in Victoria. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: Parksville woman organizes Canada’s first women’s business summit

PQBEAT: UPLIFT event empowers women in career, entrepreneurship

Kelsey Pringle, co-founder of the UPLIFT Business Summit for Women, being held in Victoria. (Supplied photo)
Parksville’s Michelle Stilwell, world record-holder and winner of six gold medals in the Paralympics, seen here being inducted to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, will be inducted to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame this Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Jay Shaw photo)

Former B.C. MLA to be inducted into Canadian Disability Hall of Fame

Ceremony for Stilwell, ex-PM Harper in Toronto on Oct. 13

Parksville’s Michelle Stilwell, world record-holder and winner of six gold medals in the Paralympics, seen here being inducted to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, will be inducted to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame this Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Jay Shaw photo)
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1 person dead after Thanksgiving auto crash in Qualicum Beach

RCMP: Driver experienced medical issue on Island Highway

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Tents and other items scatter a City of Parksville lot. (PQB News file photo)

Point-in-time count reveals unhoused numbers for PQB region

More than 100 people identified in spring snapshot; health fair Oct. 11

Tents and other items scatter a City of Parksville lot. (PQB News file photo)
Island blues guitarist David Gogo. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: One-on-one with Island blues legend David Gogo

PQBEAT: Podcast features a new single entitled ‘You Used to Mean So Much To Me’

Island blues guitarist David Gogo. (Supplied photo)
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Benchmark price for single-family home in PQB region nears $900K

Nanaimo’s year-over-year benchmark price rose slightly to $802K

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