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Yesterday | Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Council urges Canadian Tire to find new location

Most Parksville city councillors agree they like the idea of a Canadian Tire in the city but the Big Tent campground site beside the orange bridge is not the right location.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

Parksville Qualicum News

Habitat house to go up in new year

With the donation of a residential lot from the city and $150,000 from an anonymous donor, a Habitat for Humanity project was off to a good start earlier this year in Parksville.

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Related Topix: Canada, Mortgage, Home

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Where would they be now?

On December 6, 1989, a gunman entered the La Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and shot to death 13 young female engineering students and a school employee.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Parents, children warned of stalker

Police and school officials are warning parents and their children after two incidents of suspected stalking were reported this week.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Vancouver Sun

Truffles could help Island farms smell profits

On a 16-hectare spread near Parksville, about 150 km north of Victoria, Grant and Betty Duckett believe they may have started something that could invigorate small farms on Vancouver Island.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Canada.com

Five Questions: Bert Abbott

Bert Abbott followed his passion for cooking at 18 when he enrolled in the Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island and then Malaspina University-College. The Powell River native spent 15 years satisfying tastebuds in Parksville and Qualicum Beach before a bad fall left him a paraplegic and changed his life forever.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Macleans

Beware of seniors driving scooters

Here in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, where the median age of residents is 60.9 , you can't stroll the main street without seeing a senior on a mobility scooter zipping into the pharmacy or zooming into a bank.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Parksville Santa Claus parade set for Dec. 4

The fourth annual Parksville Santa Claus Parade and Light-up on Dec. 4 will include all the fun and excitement of previous years, along with two new evening street markets.

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Vancouver Television

For some residents, the only way to get around Monday on Vancouver Island was by boat. Nov. 16, 2009.

A city on the eastern shores of Vancouver Island declared a state of emergency Monday in response to major flooding.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Parksville Qualicum News

Lions mark 40 years

For the last 40 years the Parksville Lions Club has been there for local youth and for seniors.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

The StarPhoenix

Forced deal won't buy peace: Union

Organized labour is preparing its battle plan after the B.C. Liberals imposed a legislated settlement on ambulance paramedics.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Remembering those who serve

Many hundreds turned out in the cool but dry weather in Parksville Wednesday morning to remember Canada's veterans.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Canada.com

Agreement opens up market for forest firms

An agreement signed on Monday with the Chinese city of Shanghai opens up a huge market for British Columbia forest products companies.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

Roads to shape the future of Parksville: Mayor

"This is potentially the most important public hearing we'll have during the entire three years of this council," mayor Ed Mayne told the media, calling for the entire community to come out and give input at Thursday's transportation open house.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Parksville Qualicum News

Roads to shape the city's future

Parksville mayor Ed Mayne stresses that the public should attend Thursday's transportation open house to help shape the future of the city.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News

One-act play's the thing at Village Theatre

Ita s condensed theatre without benefit of fancy staging or props when the One Act Play Festival returns to the Village Theatre for a three day run beginning this Friday.

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Related Topix: Canada

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Day 3: Olympic torch relay to include logging truck and surfboard rides

Gina Jung carries the torch during the Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay in Cowichan Lake , B.C. October 31, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Breakfast, Life, Food

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Parksville Qualicum News

A shot in the dark

The only lines bigger than those for H1N1 flu shots, were those at the weekend's Olympic torch relay in Parksville.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Canada, Opinion

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Lethbridge Herald

Hundreds greet Olympic torch in Parksville on relay's 3rd day

Hundreds of Parksville residents lined both sides of the Island Highway on Sunday as Olympic torchbearers ran through this seaside retirement community known for its huge beaches and calm lifestyle.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Nanaimo Bulletin

Conference aims to empower patients

Teaching people to become better advocates for themselves in the public health-care system is the aim of a one-day conference Nov.

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