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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

'They breed like themselves': B.C. urged to hop on abandoned bunny problem

'They breed like themselves': B.C. urged to hop on abandoned bunny problem

Resolution will be forwarded to the next Union of B.C. Municipalities convention
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B.C. university student conducts groundbreaking owl parasite count

B.C. university student conducts groundbreaking owl parasite count

Student at Nanaimo university conducts first study on helminth parasites in the species in B.C.
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Cannabis use among B.C. youths continues post-legalization plunge: report

Cannabis use among B.C. youths continues post-legalization plunge: report

29% of central Island youths have tried cannabis, above the provincial average of 22%
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'Invasion of privacy': Youths more distrustful of AI data systems, B.C. study finds

'Invasion of privacy': Youths more distrustful of AI data systems, B.C. study finds

Developers and youths have different views when it comes to risks and benefits of artificial intelligence
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Poilievre calls for 'standing up to Americans' during Vancouver Island visit

Poilievre calls for 'standing up to Americans' during Vancouver Island visit

Conservative party leader also promotes criminal justice platform during stop at Nanaimo mill
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'Buy Canadian' movement taking hold in Nanaimo

'Buy Canadian' movement taking hold in Nanaimo

Mayor recommends shopping locally and supporting small businesses
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Nearly 100 per cent of Snuneymuxw First Nation favours $42M land claim

Nearly 100 per cent of Snuneymuxw First Nation favours $42M land claim

Preliminary results show 1,058 votes favoured the claim out of 1,063
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Survey says Lantzville citizens want their taxes raised

Survey says Lantzville citizens want their taxes raised

District, near Nanaimo, receives 99 responses to online survey with options for zero-, two- or three-per cent tax increase
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Vancouver Island home to a 'relative abundance' of at-risk bats

Vancouver Island home to a 'relative abundance' of at-risk bats

New research from Environment and Climate Change Canada shows local myotis species strongly prefer feeding at wetland areas
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TikToker inspires 1,000s of Americans to support Canada through a trip to B.C.

TikToker inspires 1,000s of Americans to support Canada through a trip to B.C.

Tod Maffin's 'Nanaimo infusion' is signing up new friends south of the border for a Vancouver Island visit
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