Jessica R. Durling
@jessicardurling.bsky.social
Wildlife and health journalist. Award-winning writer. Photographer. University of King's College alum. Contact at [email protected]
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Spawning season is underway on the east coast of Vancouver Island, where residents can see what one Pacific Salmon Foundation analyst calls “one of nature’s great migrations.”
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‘Nature’s great migration’: chum and coho salmon spawning in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Recent State of the Salmon report finds some encouraging species population trends
nanaimobulletin.com
Throughout November, chum and coho salmon are spawning, and according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of the Salmon report, both species are making a comeback in the area.
Deers, bears, elk and grouse are all residents of the land-based Snuneymuxw ecosystems the First Nation hopes to monitor under a new land guardian pilot program.
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New Snuneymuxw program monitoring land-based ecosystems - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Land technicians will perform wildlife counts, restoration projects and provide membership opportunities
nanaimobulletin.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Deers, bears, elk and grouse are all residents of the land-based Snuneymuxw ecosystems the First Nation hopes to monitor under a new land guardian pilot program.
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Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
The majority of Nanaimo city council has rejected one councillor’s request for an information report about the municipally run primary care model out of Colwood, near Victoria.
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Nanaimo council not interested for now in report on municipal health clinic - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Motion to look into Colwood’s primary care model defeated
nanaimobulletin.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The majority of Nanaimo city council has rejected one councillor’s request for an information report about the municipally run primary care model out of Colwood, near Victoria.
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LGBTQ community members and allies from Nanaimo and Ladysmith gathered to mourn and remember transgender people murdered around the globe.
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Nanaimo’s Transgender Day of Remembrance held in the wake of political attacks - Nanaimo News Bulletin
LGBTQ community members and allies gathered for ceremony Nov. 20
nanaimobulletin.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
LGBTQ community members and allies from Nanaimo and Ladysmith gathered to mourn and remember transgender people murdered around the globe.
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A seniors-friendly emergency department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is at the centre of the hospital district’s winter fundraising campaign.
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Fundraising underway for B.C.’s first seniors emergency room in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Hospital foundation looking to raise $2.3 million, including $1.2 million for seniors-only ER
nanaimobulletin.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A seniors-friendly emergency department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is at the centre of the hospital district’s winter fundraising campaign.
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Stakeholders at a health summit on Vancouver Island heard how artificial intelligence is being integrated into B.C.’s health-care sector.
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Stakeholders hear how AI is being integrated in B.C. health care - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Practical applications discussed at last week’s health-care summit in Nanaimo
nanaimobulletin.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Stakeholders at a health summit on Vancouver Island heard how artificial intelligence is being integrated into B.C.’s health-care sector.
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Tork and Chester enjoy blueberry muffins while their owners sip on coffee at a Nanaimo harbour cafe.
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tork and Chester enjoy blueberry muffins while their owners sip on coffee at a Nanaimo harbour cafe.
Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
A group of health-care workers and their supporters are drawing attention to the first-year anniversary of an unsanctioned overdose-prevention site that was set up outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital following a lack of support for an official one.
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Advocates mark anniversary of NRGH unsanctioned overdose prevention site - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Island Health says no funding available for sanctioned overdose prevention site at hospital
nanaimobulletin.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A group of health-care workers and their supporters are drawing attention to the first-year anniversary of an unsanctioned overdose-prevention site that was set up outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital following a lack of support for an official one.
nanaimobulletin.com/2025/11/17/a...
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Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
One of Epstein's victims was a trans teen, but nobody paid attention because she was trans & Latina. The Post + Times of Israel even ran hit pieces on her!
Epstein's lawyer claimed he wasn't gay, so Ava must have lied. He could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans folks or girls
Epstein's lawyer claimed he wasn't gay, so Ava must have lied. He could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans folks or girls
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
One of Epstein's victims was a trans teen, but nobody paid attention because she was trans & Latina. The Post + Times of Israel even ran hit pieces on her!
Epstein's lawyer claimed he wasn't gay, so Ava must have lied. He could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans folks or girls
Epstein's lawyer claimed he wasn't gay, so Ava must have lied. He could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans folks or girls
Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
In the next decade, Vancouver Island and the central coast of B.C. will need 36,000 new health-care workers, accounting for 18,000 due to retirement and attrition and 18,000 due to growing demand.
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Island and central coast will need about 36,000 new health-care workers by 2035 - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Nanaimo Regional Hospital District hosted Health Forward summit Nov. 13
nanaimobulletin.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In the next decade, Vancouver Island and the central coast of B.C. will need 36,000 new health-care workers, accounting for 18,000 due to retirement and attrition and 18,000 due to growing demand.
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Reminder: B.C. is looking for health care workers 🙂
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reminder: B.C. is looking for health care workers 🙂
Throughout November, chum and coho salmon are spawning, and according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of the Salmon report, both species are making a comeback in the area.
Spawning season is underway on the east coast of Vancouver Island, where residents can see what one Pacific Salmon Foundation analyst calls “one of nature’s great migrations.”
Read more at: nanaimobulletin.com/2025/11/08/n...
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‘Nature’s great migration’: chum and coho salmon spawning in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Recent State of the Salmon report finds some encouraging species population trends
nanaimobulletin.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Throughout November, chum and coho salmon are spawning, and according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of the Salmon report, both species are making a comeback in the area.
An invite-only summit focusing on central and north Island health care is taking place next week, hosted by the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District and bringing together different levels of government and stakeholders.
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Health-care summit for central and north Island will be hosted in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Nov. 13 event will bring together various stakeholders and government representatives
nanaimobulletin.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
An invite-only summit focusing on central and north Island health care is taking place next week, hosted by the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District and bringing together different levels of government and stakeholders.
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Every time she comes up, I remind you all that Pamela Paul killed a pro trans paragraph in a review I wrote for the New York Times, lied about it in the press, then when I confronted her with receipts, said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”
In which a straight woman highlights a bunch of known anti trans activists and claims there's a divide in the queer community.
It's pure propaganda and gaslighting.
It's pure propaganda and gaslighting.
November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every time she comes up, I remind you all that Pamela Paul killed a pro trans paragraph in a review I wrote for the New York Times, lied about it in the press, then when I confronted her with receipts, said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”
Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
Imagine being so terrible a person that quitting your job has a measurable impact like this.
“The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had on the mental well-being of our community,” Rainbow Youth Project director Lance Preston said.
Crisis calls among Oklahoma LGBTQ+ youth drop after Ryan Walters quit his job as the state’s schools chief
“The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had on the mental well-being of our community,” Rainbow Youth Project director Lance Preston said.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Imagine being so terrible a person that quitting your job has a measurable impact like this.
Exciting news out of Snuneymuxw!
Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo announced it is buying two more casinos – including River Rock Casino Resort – and will become the largest Indigenous-led casino operator in British Columbia by revenue.
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Snuneymuxw First Nation buying River Rock Casino - Nanaimo News Bulletin
First Nation’s Petroglyph Development Group announces agreement to buy Richmond casino resort as well as a Maple Ridge casino
nanaimobulletin.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Exciting news out of Snuneymuxw!
Important news story: puppies
Guide and service dogs perform an important service, but those skills aren’t something they’re born with.
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Guide and service dogs perform an important service, but those skills aren’t something they’re born with.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Important news story: puppies
Guide and service dogs perform an important service, but those skills aren’t something they’re born with.
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Guide and service dogs perform an important service, but those skills aren’t something they’re born with.
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The City of Nanaimo is being asked become the second municipality in Canada to ban small single-use plastic water bottles from being sold within city limits.
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Nanaimo city council hears request to ban single-use plastic water bottles - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Resident is asking for the city to follow Tofino’s example
nanaimobulletin.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Here's an update about Skipper, the humpback calf that was struck last Friday
A whale calf that was struck by a foot-passenger ferry last week has been identified and its healing process will be monitored, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
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Humpback whale calf being monitored after it was injured in collision with Hullo ferry - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Incident happened Oct. 17 near Vancouver
nanaimobulletin.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's an update about Skipper, the humpback calf that was struck last Friday
Inequities faced by patients considering medical assistance in dying is at the centre of a study by a nursing professor at Vancouver Island University
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VIU professor researching supports for patients who choose MAID - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Research seeks to create and evaluate a community-based support program for patients and families
nanaimobulletin.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Inequities faced by patients considering medical assistance in dying is at the centre of a study by a nursing professor at Vancouver Island University
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Doctors and other health-care advocates describe an increasingly dire situation for cardiology in Nanaimo, one that’s worsened since last year when a Nanaimo doctor recommended people have their heart attacks in Victoria for the best care.
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‘Desperateness of it has just grown’: Nanaimo cardiology care failing patients - Nanaimo News Bulletin
Fair Care Alliance holds community meeting to repeat need for cardiac cath lab at Nanaimo hospital
nanaimobulletin.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Doctors and other health-care advocates describe an increasingly dire situation for cardiology in Nanaimo, one that’s worsened since last year when a Nanaimo doctor recommended people have their heart attacks in Victoria for the best care.
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Reposted by Jessica R. Durling
this will kill people.
Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
this will kill people.
Patients who don't have a family doctor on Vancouver Island now have access to a new resource to get a cancer screening.
CanScreen, a virtual cancer-screening clinic started in 2023 by two doctors out of Victoria, is now expanding to the rest of the Island.
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CanScreen, a virtual cancer-screening clinic started in 2023 by two doctors out of Victoria, is now expanding to the rest of the Island.
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Virtual cancer screening clinic expands to all of Vancouver Island
CanScreen started in Victoria in 2023
www.nanaimobulletin.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Patients who don't have a family doctor on Vancouver Island now have access to a new resource to get a cancer screening.
CanScreen, a virtual cancer-screening clinic started in 2023 by two doctors out of Victoria, is now expanding to the rest of the Island.
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
CanScreen, a virtual cancer-screening clinic started in 2023 by two doctors out of Victoria, is now expanding to the rest of the Island.
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
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Attendees at a literary festival at Vancouver Island University this weekend will get to hear from local and Palestinian authors in an effort to promote intercultural understanding.
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Literary festival in Nanaimo will put Palestinian writing front and centre
Watermelon Seeds Festival of Literature happening Oct. 11 on VIU campus
www.nanaimobulletin.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Attendees at a literary festival at Vancouver Island University this weekend will get to hear from local and Palestinian authors in an effort to promote intercultural understanding.
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/l...
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/l...
A professor at Vancouver Island University is part of a research project building custom machinery and tools to find out why some cancerous tumours resist immunotherapies, so that doctors are able to more effectively treat the disease.
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www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/r...
Research to identify tumour resistance to immunotherapies happening at VIU
Chemistry professor and his team developing molecular map to understand cancer's metabolism
www.nanaimobulletin.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A professor at Vancouver Island University is part of a research project building custom machinery and tools to find out why some cancerous tumours resist immunotherapies, so that doctors are able to more effectively treat the disease.
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www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/r...