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Jessica Durling

Jessica Durling

Jessica joined the Nanaimo News Bulletin in 2024, after working in television as a reporter with Global News in Regina. Before that she worked as an investigative journalist for a year at The Pointer in Ontario, and spent four years with Glacier Media in Saskatchewan covering COVID-19, municipal politics, school boards and Indigenous communities.

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jessica.durling@nanaimobulletin.com

Recent Work by Jessica

$18.5M high-acuity unit opening for Islanders one step below ICU status

$18.5M high-acuity unit opening for Islanders one step below ICU status

Patients will begin using the new space at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital starting Aug. 28
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Cat that went missing on BC Ferries vessel found safe at terminal

Cat that went missing on BC Ferries vessel found safe at terminal

About two weeks after escaping out a vehicle window on the Coastal Inspiration, Luigi is back home
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Invasive European green crab threatens Vancouver Island's coast

Invasive European green crab threatens Vancouver Island's coast

Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist says it's not too late to prevent species from establishing itself in the Salish Sea
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Vancouver Island stable navigating impacts of Fraser Downs racetrack closure

Vancouver Island stable navigating impacts of Fraser Downs racetrack closure

Surrey racetrack was closed down immediately last week
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Overdose Awareness Day on the Island will be marked with memorial stations

Overdose Awareness Day on the Island will be marked with memorial stations

Island Health putting out purple chairs, organizing awareness events this month
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B.C. residents reminded about bear-aware messaging ahead of fruit harvest

B.C. residents reminded about bear-aware messaging ahead of fruit harvest

303 bears were put down by conservation officer province-wide last year
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Cat goes missing on BC Ferries sailing

Cat goes missing on BC Ferries sailing

Luigi's owner in Vernon offering reward for pet's safe return, plans to return to Nanaimo to search
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Wildfire smoke worsens air quality on Vancouver Island

Wildfire smoke worsens air quality on Vancouver Island

Island Health doctor outlines risks related to smoky skies
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Mobile mole clinic helping Vancouver Islanders screen for skin cancer

Mobile mole clinic helping Vancouver Islanders screen for skin cancer

Dermatologist said it can take two years to see a dermatologist in Nanaimo
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Nanaimo meets provincial housing target with 875 new units

Nanaimo meets provincial housing target with 875 new units

City falls short of goals for studio and one-bedroom suites and below-market housing
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