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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

Island moms weren't going to let a little construction stop Santa's visit

Island moms weren't going to let a little construction stop Santa's visit

Sponsors come on board to ensure Santa has a place to set up his workshop this holiday season
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Nest boxes being crafted to help vulnerable Island western purple martins

Nest boxes being crafted to help vulnerable Island western purple martins

B.C. government says species might have become extirpated had it not been for human intervention
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Plans for overdose-prevention sites at Island hospitals were cancelled by B.C. government

Plans for overdose-prevention sites at Island hospitals were cancelled by B.C. government

Government implemented zero-tolerance policy for drug use at hospitals this past spring
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Changing seasons can bring depression, warns Island psychotherapist

Changing seasons can bring depression, warns Island psychotherapist

Seasonal depression is a serious disorder, but treatments can make living with it manageable
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Doctor advocating for harm reduction says patient died of overdose at Nanaimo hospital

Doctor advocating for harm reduction says patient died of overdose at Nanaimo hospital

Patient reportedly accessed overdose-prevention service across the street from NRGH the day before he died Nov. 19
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Record demand for Nanaimo's low-income recreation pass program

Record demand for Nanaimo's low-income recreation pass program

After a steady drop from 2011-2020, LEAP program has become more accessible
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Vancouver Island University's Milner Gardens receives five-bloom rating

Vancouver Island University's Milner Gardens receives five-bloom rating

Communities in Bloom recognizes gardens as a special attraction
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Advocates stopped from setting up overdose-prevention site at Nanaimo hospital

Advocates stopped from setting up overdose-prevention site at Nanaimo hospital

Pop-up overdose prevention site set up across the street instead
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Nanaimo berry farm loses court case against airport lighting

Nanaimo berry farm loses court case against airport lighting

Haslam Creek Berry Farm argues navigational lights will negatively impact its crops as well as the aesthetic of the farm
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Mid-Island diagnosis says health-care can be an economic driver

Mid-Island diagnosis says health-care can be an economic driver

Regional leaders told there is economic opportunity in Vancouver Island's health care imbalance
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