RCMP RE-OPEN SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION- SEPT 2
NANAIMO RCMP ARE RE-OPENING UP AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT IN NANAIMO'S NORTH END.
POLICE SAY A MAN AND WOMAN IN A BLUE VAN ASKED A GROUP OF KIDS PLAYING ON MOLECY LANE ON AUGUST 13TH IF THEY'D SEEN THEIR LOST ROBOT.
A PARENT YELLED AT THE COUPLE WHO LEFT THE SCENE.
POLICE SAY AN E-MAIL LATER CIRCULATED SAYING THERE WAS A POSSIBLE CHILD ABDUCTOR IN THE AREA, AND THAT POLICE DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. RCMP AGREE THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION, AND HIRED A SENIOR INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK INTO THE INCIDENT FURTHER.
NO OTHER REPORTS INVOLVING THIS COUPLE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THEY'RE DESCRIBED AS BOTH IN THEIR 50'S WITH GREY HAIR DRIVING A BLUE VAN WITH BLACK SPOTS ON THE SIDE.
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NANAIMO SUFFERS SLOW SUMMER REAL ESTATE MARKET- SEPT 2
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY HAS SLOWED LOCALLY.
NEW FIGURES FROM THE VANCOUVER ISLAND REAL ESTATE BOARD SHOW 92 HOMES WERE SOLD IN NANAIMO LAST MONTH, COMPARED TO 150 IN AUGUST OF 2009.
REAL ESTATE BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT JIM STEWART SAYS IT MEANS MORE HOUSES ARE ON THE MARKET.
THE AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF A HOME IN NANAIMO IS NEARLY $350,000, ONLY ABOUT $2,000 THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
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RCMP RENEWING CALLS FOR TIPS AFTER MAN'S BEEN MISSING FOR THREE YEARS- AUG 31
 IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE 27-YEAR-OLD KYLE MACDONALD WENT MISSING AFTER FLYING TO VANCOUVER FOR A FISHING TRIP.
RCMP CORPORAL DARREN LAGAN SAYS KYLE LEFT VICTORIA HARBOUR IN A FLOAT PLANE WEARING SHORTS, A TEESHIRT AND FLIP FLOPS, AND CARRYING A CALVIN KLEIN DUFFEL BAG AND A SMALL FISHING ROD.
LAGAN SAYS NO LEADS HAVE SURFACED TO EXPLAIN WHERE KYLE IS OR WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIM.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL RCMP OR CRIMESTOPPERS.
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COASTAL FIRE CENTRE LIFTS CAMPFIRE BAN- AUG 31
WET WEATHER HAS PROMPTED THE COASTAL FIRE CENTRE TO RESCIND ITS CAMPFIRE BAN.
FIRE INFORMATION OFFICER DONNA MACPHERSON SAYS BACKYARD BURNING IS STILL PROHIBITED. SHE SAYS CAMPFIRES SHOULD BE NO LARGER THAN HALF A METRE TALL OR WIDE.
A FULL OPEN FLAME BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT IN NANAIMO CITY LIMITS.
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BOTTLES 4 ISABELLE FUNDRAISER TAKES PLACE SUNDAY- AUG 27
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO TRAGICALLY DROWNED IN WESTWOOD LAKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ARE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER THIS SUNDAY.
A BOTTLE DRIVE IS TAKING PLACE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 29TH IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE SALVATION ARMY THRIFT STORE ON BRUCE STREET. IT RUNS FROM 10AM UNTIL 2PM.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP WITH SORTING THE BOTTLES AFTERWARD. THOSE INTERESTED CAN EMAIL BOTTLES4ISABELLE@HOTMAIL.COM.
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MAN DIES IN 2ND MOTORCYCLE CRASH ON PARKWAY- AUG 27
A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES AFTER A SECOND MOTORCYCLE CRASH ON THE NANAIMO PARKWAY THURSDAY.
NANAIMO RCMP SGT. SHERYL ARMSTRONG SAYS THE MAN REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE AT THE 5TH STREET INTERSECTION AND COLLIDED WITH A YIELD SIGN.
ARMSTRONG SAYS THAT'S WHEN A MAN IN A TEAL COLOURED CAR PULLED OVER, RIFLED THROUGH THE MOTORCYCLE'S SADDLEBAG, GRABBED A WHITE BAG FROM IT, AND GOT INTO HIS CAR AND DROVE AWAY.
ARMSTRONG SAYS THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER MEN IN THE CAR AS WELL.
ANY WITNESSES TO THIS CRASH ARE ASKED TO CALL NANAIMO RCMP.
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RCMP ADMIT MISTAKE IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH INFO- AUG 27
RCMP IN NANAIMO NOW ADMIT THAT A MISTAKE WAS MADE INVOLVING A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON THE PARKWAY THURSDAY.
EARLIER REPORTS SUGGESTED A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD DIED OF INJURIES HE SUFFERED IN THE COLLISION.
THE UNIDENTIFIED MAN WAS ACTUALLY IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER HAVING SURGERY FRIDAY MORNING.
THE MAN'S MOTORCYCLE WAS SIDESWIPED BY A CAR DRIVEN BY A 91-YEAR-OLD WHO REPORTEDLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.
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