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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

Suspect throws water at youth as distraction to steal bike in Nanaimo

Suspect throws water at youth as distraction to steal bike in Nanaimo

Incident happened outside McDonald's on Bowen Road on July 4
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Swim inside Nanaimo's internationally recognized fish-aging lab

Swim inside Nanaimo's internationally recognized fish-aging lab

Oldest fish found by Pacific Biological Station researchers was a 147-year-old rougheye rockfish
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Island Health now posting estimated wait times at hospital emergency rooms

Island Health now posting estimated wait times at hospital emergency rooms

Wait times calculated using data from recent weeks
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Nanaimo women's motorcycle club founder aims for Inked Magazine photo shoot

Nanaimo women's motorcycle club founder aims for Inked Magazine photo shoot

Shelby Johnston hoping for votes in magazine's 'Inked Originals' contest
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Nanaimo poised to move ahead with banning the sale of invasive plants

Nanaimo poised to move ahead with banning the sale of invasive plants

City council expected to move ahead with bylaw as well as awareness campaign and update to invasive plant management strategy
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Reconciliation Theatre set to take 'Boy in the Treehouse' on Island tour

Reconciliation Theatre set to take 'Boy in the Treehouse' on Island tour

Nanaimo-based troupe taking show to multiple Vancouver Island communities
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Indigenous interests won't be trampled under B.C.'s economic fast-track plan: Eby

Indigenous interests won't be trampled under B.C.'s economic fast-track plan: Eby

B.C. trying to move resource projects along at the right pace, says premier in Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference address
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Vandals target Nanaimo fire hydrants, spilling water and sparking concern

Vandals target Nanaimo fire hydrants, spilling water and sparking concern

Multiple fire hydrants vandalized one week after 50 storm drain covers were turned upside-down
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Ontario family wants to take world's largest Nanaimo bar title away from Nanaimo

Ontario family wants to take world's largest Nanaimo bar title away from Nanaimo

Chocolatier family in Sudbury, Ont., planning to create 1,200-pound bar on June 30
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'Never seen this many': Mid Island's largest bat colony grows to more than 2,000

'Never seen this many': Mid Island's largest bat colony grows to more than 2,000

Count was held in North Oyster this past weekend
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