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Nanaimo (Canada)

Type: City

Name: Nanaimo (Canada)

Country: Canada

Latitude: 49.209999

Longitude: -123.970001

population: 84,906

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Take a hike

As of June, 2013, it's been seven years since Ina and Allan Mellor sold most of their possessions, including their house in Cranbrook, B.C., and took up full-time RVing.“We have always spent a lot of time away from home, camping and travelling,” said ... [Published RVwest - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Cranbrook (Canada), Recreational Vehicle, Algodones (Mexico), Tucson, P.E.A.K

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Nanaimo hosts 2013 B.C. Chamber AGM

The Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce will host the B.C. Chamber of Commerce 61st Annual General Meeting and Conference.The event starts today with a golf tournament at Fairwinds Golf Course and runs until Saturday (May 25).The conference, which will ... [Published Nanaimo News Bulletin - May 22 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Chamber of Commerce, Bill Good, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Bruce Anderson

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas)

On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold important power of identity First Nations communities, as many seek to take back both language and landscape.Indigenous activists and their ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 22 2013]

Entities: James Douglas, Nanaimo (Canada), Vancouver

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

History galore in Nanaimo

Nanaimo has a varied past with great attractions that will appeal to just about anyone visiting the area.Take your pick—mining heritage, a military past or a unique native culture. Wherever you look, the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, ... [Published RVwest - May 22 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Vancouver, Mining, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Bandits win RBC Cup

Brooks Bandits capped off an outstanding season Sunday night with an RBC Cup national Junior A championship.First period goals by Anthony Petruzzelli and Dakota Mason and an empty net goal by CJHL MVP Cam Maclise gave the Bandits a 3-1 championship victory ... [Published Brooks Bulletin - May 21 2013]

Entities: Summerside (Canada), Nanaimo (Canada), Memory

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Manufacturing

PR Aqua takes jobs and manufacturing out of B.C.

Canada: The 20-plus year old cornerstone of the aquaculture equipment manufacturing sector in British Columbia is moving south, taking over a dozen jobs with itWhen the US-based In-Situ Inc. bought the company from its founder a couple of years ago, they ... [Published Fishfarming Xpert - May 21 2013]

Entities: Manufacturing, Aquaculture, Nanaimo (Canada)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Vancouver Island University

5/16/2013 - VIU TEAMS UP WITH NON-PROFIT SOCIETY TO OFFER SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS FOR KIDS

The Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society (NS3) and Vancouver Island University are teaming up to get kids excited about science.NS3, a non-profit society based in Nanaimo, is offering fun science summer mps for children ages five to 13 at the university's ... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Vancouver Island University, Powell River (Canada), Sustainability, Teaching

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

05/16/13 - BC Cruise Expects Strong Boost in 2013

The arrival of the Norwegian Jewel in Vancouver today marks the last stop on a Pacific Coastal itinerary that visited three of five active BC ports: Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver. The Norwegian Jewel is one of 18 vessels from nine cruise lines that ... [Published Cruise Industry News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ports, Boost, Canada, Norwegian Jewel, Vancouver

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Nanaimo student competing in international geography championship

Ask Jacob Burnley where St. Petersburg, Russia, is and he can do more than just tell you, he can draw you a map – from memory.This Russian city has been on the mind of the Grade 10 Dover Bay Secondary School student lately, ever since he learned two weeks ... [Published Nanaimo News Bulletin - May 15 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Canada, Geography, Royal Canadian Geographical Society

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Details emerge on proposed conference centre hotel

Details of what a proposed downtown hotel will look like, how it will serve Nanaimo, and the investors behind it became clearer Monday.Perry Ehrlich, a Vancouver lawyer representing SSS Manhao International Tourism Group, a B.C. affiliate of China’s Suzhou ... [Published Nanaimo News Bulletin - May 15 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Dan Brady, John Ruttan, Vancouver Island University, Marketplace

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Chinese Developer pitches $50M hotel to Nanaimo, British Columbia

Chinese tourism company Suzhou Youth Travel Services is preparing to pitch a $50-million hotel deal to the city of Nanaimo, Canada. According to the Province, the proposal has investors building a 200-suite building with a rooftop restaurant on a vacant ... [Published Hospitality World Network - May 14 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), John Ruttan, Vancouver Island University, Canada

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Water audit reveals demand in downward trend

Nanaimo’s daily water consumption rate for both personal and industrial use is better than previously thought, but more can be done to prevent revenue loss according to the city’s first complete water audit.In 2012, it was estimated that each Nanaimo ... [Published Nanaimo News Bulletin - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Nanaimo (Canada), Water Supply, Consumption Rate, Water Conservation

Quotes

“Stories of PKOLS go back to nearly the beginning of time for W̱SÁNEĆ people to when the Creator gathered stones from near Cordova Bay ( "I'EL,ILCE in SENĆOŦEN), and stood near or upon the hill and created the surrounding mountains by casting the stones out upon the land around him (Paul, Pers. Com., 2013).”"

Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas) [Published Rabble.ca - May 22 2013]

..."Teaching kids about science and introducing them to what the university is all about at an early age is important," says Nilson. "These mps could ignite a passion or spark an interest in science for these kids that will shape their whole lives."

5/16/2013 - VIU TEAMS UP WITH NON-PROFIT SOCIETY TO OFFER SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS FOR KIDS [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]

"This is an important project beuse the elementary years are the right time for students to be setting their goals for post-secondary edution" Janzen adds

5/14/2013 - VIU PROMOTES LINKS BETWEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY [Published Noodls - May 15 2013]

...now, but it's something that they would look at in the future," said Sasha Angus, Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation CEO, told the Province. "I know they've had some good discussions with (Vancouver Island University) around how they could partner, which is one of the things that really attracted us to them."

Chinese Developer pitches $50M hotel to Nanaimo, British Columbia [Published Hospitality World Network - May 14 2013]

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