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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

B.C. researcher trying to tap into youth attitudes towards AI and privacy

B.C. researcher trying to tap into youth attitudes towards AI and privacy

At what point does information sharing become a privacy concern, asks Vancouver Island university prof
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B.C. welcomes record-breaking number of endangered marmot pups

B.C. welcomes record-breaking number of endangered marmot pups

Previous record for wild-born Vancouver Island marmots was 75 in 2011
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Rally for health equality north of the Malahat set for Nanaimo Thursday

Rally for health equality north of the Malahat set for Nanaimo Thursday

Advocacy group seeking political promises around improvements at NRGH
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Marmot foundation welcomes record-breaking number of pups this year

Marmot foundation welcomes record-breaking number of pups this year

Previous record for wild-born Vancouver Island marmots was 75 in 2011
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Abandoned barn burns down in Nanaimo

Abandoned barn burns down in Nanaimo

Structure was fully ablaze when crews arrived at the scene on Wexford Road
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B.C. Conservative candidate's criticism of harm-reduction kiosk prompts review

B.C. Conservative candidate's criticism of harm-reduction kiosk prompts review

B.C. Conservative Party candidate's video of herself accessing 'snorting kit' goes viral
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More youths smoking and vaping on central Island than the B.C. average

More youths smoking and vaping on central Island than the B.C. average

In the region, one in five youths have smoked tobacco and almost one-third have vaped
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B.C. judge orders Canada's last pro-Palestine university encampment dismantled

B.C. judge orders Canada's last pro-Palestine university encampment dismantled

Protesters are given 72 hours to clear the encampment
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Survey finds fewer sexually active mid-Island youths using birth control

Survey finds fewer sexually active mid-Island youths using birth control

Percentage of teens relying on withdrawal as the only method to prevent pregnancy has doubled in last 10 years
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Baby bats finding themselves in strange places around Vancouver Island

Baby bats finding themselves in strange places around Vancouver Island

Bats are no cause for alarm, but they shouldn't be touched by bare hands
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