J.R. Rardon

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‘Tears of joy’ for teachers following court ruling

BCTF, provincial employer to return to negotiating table following Supreme Court of Canada decision

Ballenas Whalers Grade 12 players take the next step in their bid for the provincial AA football championship final when they travel to Vernon for a quarterfinal matchup Saturday. Front row, from left, are Mitchell Moulson, Trent Bjornsen, Dryden St. Pierre and Carson Chambers. Back row, Liam McCaig, Braydon Hemsworth, Liviano Canil, Callum Jasinski, Austen Hunt and Liam Robinson. Not pictured are Dayton Coles and Andrew Dennis.

Whalers right at home on the road

Ballenas football team returns to mainland for AA provincial quarterfinal matchup with No. 1-ranked Vernon

Ballenas Whalers Grade 12 players take the next step in their bid for the provincial AA football championship final when they travel to Vernon for a quarterfinal matchup Saturday. Front row, from left, are Mitchell Moulson, Trent Bjornsen, Dryden St. Pierre and Carson Chambers. Back row, Liam McCaig, Braydon Hemsworth, Liviano Canil, Callum Jasinski, Austen Hunt and Liam Robinson. Not pictured are Dayton Coles and Andrew Dennis.
The Oceanside Generals’ Bekkam Willis, right, has his shot disrupted by the stick of Nanaimo’s Trent Bell during the teams’ VIJHL game at Oceanside Place Arena Saturday.

Bucs snatch game from Generals’ grasp

Fluke goal makes difference in Nanaimo's 5-3 win over Oceanside in Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League contest

The Oceanside Generals’ Bekkam Willis, right, has his shot disrupted by the stick of Nanaimo’s Trent Bell during the teams’ VIJHL game at Oceanside Place Arena Saturday.
Ballenas Whalers fullback Austen Hunt, left, attacks the line during the team’s game with Frank Hurt at Ballenas in late October.

Rally lifts Whalers into AA quarterfinals

Defence fuels 16-6 comeback win over Holy Cross; No. 1-ranked Vernon awaits

Ballenas Whalers fullback Austen Hunt, left, attacks the line during the team’s game with Frank Hurt at Ballenas in late October.
Donna Jollimore, left, and Christine Bell show off the photo of Grace United Church that appears in the 2017 Canadian Church Calendar. The two members of the United Church Women’s Group were selling the calendars during the UCW craft bazaar at the church in Coombs Saturday.

Coombs church makes the cut

70-year-old Grace United Church in Coombs is depicted in the 2017 Canadian Church Calendar

Donna Jollimore, left, and Christine Bell show off the photo of Grace United Church that appears in the 2017 Canadian Church Calendar. The two members of the United Church Women’s Group were selling the calendars during the UCW craft bazaar at the church in Coombs Saturday.
Ballenas Whaler Devon Harach, centre, tries to fight his way through a pair of blockers during a recent team practice at the Arbutus Meadows indoor arena in Nanoose Bay. The team travels to Abbotsford this weekend to begin the B.C. AA football playoffs against Holy Cross Regional School.

Whalers recalibrate as post-season begins

Ballenas senior football team travels to Lower Mainland for quarterfinal contest Saturday at 1 p.m.

Ballenas Whaler Devon Harach, centre, tries to fight his way through a pair of blockers during a recent team practice at the Arbutus Meadows indoor arena in Nanoose Bay. The team travels to Abbotsford this weekend to begin the B.C. AA football playoffs against Holy Cross Regional School.

Education minister will meet with parents during his visit to Parksville Qualicum Beach

The board of trustees for School District 69 (Qualicum) has voted to boycott the visit of Mike Bernier

Ballenas teammates Jonas Vonderlind (7) and Kieran Bowles (10) team up for a stuff block on a shot by Cowichan’s Matt Miller, left, during their senior boys volleyball match at Ballenas Thursday.

Whalers streaking into North Island tourney

Senior boys volleyball team wins fourth straight match in final tune-up for this week's Island qualifying tournament

Ballenas teammates Jonas Vonderlind (7) and Kieran Bowles (10) team up for a stuff block on a shot by Cowichan’s Matt Miller, left, during their senior boys volleyball match at Ballenas Thursday.

Cubs’ chase for World Series was family affair

Long-suffering fans post memorials for relatives who never got chance to see 'Lovable Losers' claim baseball's top prize

Jenna Milne, front, joins former co-workers, from left, Ruth Morrison, Bud Burrell, Melissa McMillan, Barb Insley and Doreen Patterson at Dolly’s Home Hardware in Qualicum Beach.

Job at Qualicum Beach hardware store is kids’ stuff

Teen earns $2,000 scholarship through employment at Dolly's Home Hardware

Jenna Milne, front, joins former co-workers, from left, Ruth Morrison, Bud Burrell, Melissa McMillan, Barb Insley and Doreen Patterson at Dolly’s Home Hardware in Qualicum Beach.
Oceanside Generals Owen McDonald (8) battles along the boards with Campbell River’s Colton Rhodes (3) during the teams’ VIJHL game Saturday at Oceanside Place Arena.

Gens close gap but fall to Storm, 2-1

Junior B hockey club returns to home ice Saturday as Nanaimo Buccaneers pay first visit to Oceanside Place Arena

Oceanside Generals Owen McDonald (8) battles along the boards with Campbell River’s Colton Rhodes (3) during the teams’ VIJHL game Saturday at Oceanside Place Arena.
Ballenas quarterback Ben Robinson (11) eludes the grasp of Frank Hurt's Zaid Hamid during the Whalers' Oct. 22 home win over the Hornets. Robinson ran for four scores and threw for three more in Friday's 68-42 win at top-ranked Hugh Boyd Secondary in Richmond.

Ballenas blindsides top-ranked Trojans

Whalers' 68-42 thrashing of previously unbeaten Hugh Boys set new scoring record for senior football team

Ballenas quarterback Ben Robinson (11) eludes the grasp of Frank Hurt's Zaid Hamid during the Whalers' Oct. 22 home win over the Hornets. Robinson ran for four scores and threw for three more in Friday's 68-42 win at top-ranked Hugh Boyd Secondary in Richmond.
Lochlan Rogers of the Ravensong Breakers Aquatic Club swims the freestyle portion of the 200 individual medley during the Nanaimo Icebreakers Invitational Meet Saturday at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.

Breakers break out in first big meet of season

Most swimmer post personal-best marks in Riptide Invitational meet in Nanaimo

Lochlan Rogers of the Ravensong Breakers Aquatic Club swims the freestyle portion of the 200 individual medley during the Nanaimo Icebreakers Invitational Meet Saturday at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.
Kwalikum Secondary’s Johannes Schwendtner rises to head a pass during Wednesday’s Senior AA boys soccer playoff game against Brentwood College School at Qualicum Beach rec fields.

Kondors fall but gain momentum into tournament

Late goal lifts Brentwood to 2-1 win in playoff seeding game; North Island tourney begins Wednesday

Kwalikum Secondary’s Johannes Schwendtner rises to head a pass during Wednesday’s Senior AA boys soccer playoff game against Brentwood College School at Qualicum Beach rec fields.
Ryan Rae-Arthur of the Oceanside Generals, left, shoulders aside Campbell River’s Dawson Frank on a first-period rush up the ice in Saturday’s VIJHL game at Oceanside Place Arena.

Generals turn to grit to gain weekend split

New-look team jumps out of gate with road win over division-leading Saanich

Ryan Rae-Arthur of the Oceanside Generals, left, shoulders aside Campbell River’s Dawson Frank on a first-period rush up the ice in Saturday’s VIJHL game at Oceanside Place Arena.
School District 69 (Qualicum) Trustee Julie Austin suggested meetings with the education minister aren’t useful and a motion at last week’s school board meeting for the board to boycott the Nov. 23 visit of Education Minister Mike Bernier passed 4-0, with Chair Eve Flynn abstaining.

Qualicum school district votes to boycott visit by education minister

Mike Bernier is scheduled to visit the Parksville Qualicum Beach region on Nov. 23

School District 69 (Qualicum) Trustee Julie Austin suggested meetings with the education minister aren’t useful and a motion at last week’s school board meeting for the board to boycott the Nov. 23 visit of Education Minister Mike Bernier passed 4-0, with Chair Eve Flynn abstaining.
Ballenas student Megan Nahanee, right, holds rescue cat Simba, a resident at Shar-Kare in Parksville, as her mother, Alison, looks on. Megan spent Take Our Kids to Work Day last year at Shar-Kare, where Alison is the store manager.

Learning about ‘real life’

Grade 9 students head to job sites in annual Take Our Kids to Work Day Nov. 2

Ballenas student Megan Nahanee, right, holds rescue cat Simba, a resident at Shar-Kare in Parksville, as her mother, Alison, looks on. Megan spent Take Our Kids to Work Day last year at Shar-Kare, where Alison is the store manager.
Coaches Randy, left, and Kim Longmuir continue to influence young runners well beyond the immediate Parksville Qualicum Beach area.

Coaching couple keeps it all in the family

Runners travel to work with 'best coaches on the Island'

Coaches Randy, left, and Kim Longmuir continue to influence young runners well beyond the immediate Parksville Qualicum Beach area.
Ballenas quarterback Ben Robinson, right, lofts a pass while on the run during Saturday's 34-0 win over Frank Hurt Secondary at Ballenas Secondary School field.

Whalers put it all together in 34-0 rout

Ballenas senior football squad picks up needed momentum for trip to mainland as regular-season finale looms

Ballenas quarterback Ben Robinson, right, lofts a pass while on the run during Saturday's 34-0 win over Frank Hurt Secondary at Ballenas Secondary School field.
First responders from the Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance Service work to extract the passenger from a vehicle that rolled and caught fire in Whiskey Creek Saturday.

Residents respond quickly to vehicle rollover/fire in Whiskey Creek

A 75-year-old Nanaimo woman and her 80-year-old husband were treated and released from Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Saturday

First responders from the Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance Service work to extract the passenger from a vehicle that rolled and caught fire in Whiskey Creek Saturday.