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11/05/2025

Living on the doorstep of Nanaimo’s Millstone River Valley, neighbour Kathryn Barnwell is relieved to see the arrival of fall rains refilling the Millstone River that was down to a trickle during summer’s drought.

“The snowmelt is down, we’re not getting the snowpack we used to get,” said Barnwell.

But now she’s worried about a new threat facing Nanaimo’s water supply.

A new data centre warehouse that would require large amounts of water to cool the data down is proposed for the lot across from Barnwell’s East Wellington Road home.

At 200,000 square feet, it would be the largest data centre built on Vancouver Island. Its construction is part of the $400 billion that the tech industry is forecast to spend in 2025 alone on building infrastructure to support the demand of AI products.

But Barnwell is concerned the data centre’s water needs would put strain on local water supply — especially in times of drought.

“And to see that that water would just be thrown away, we’re talking here, hundreds of thousands of litres of water, per year,” said Barnwell.

“This is not a high-tech, sexy industry coming to town. This is a very scary, large development that will use tremendous amounts of water and energy,” said Meg Rintoul, who also lives on East Wellington Road.

The rural lot has been rezoned by Nanaimo council to support the project’s construction for the jobs and revenue it is projected to bring. According to Nanaimo’s mayor, data centres are a critical piece of Vancouver Island’s future economy.

“Everybody I’m aware of is using data and electronic devices constantly, and data centres are part, integral to the world we have created,” said Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog.

Despite Nanaimo council’s approval, power restrictions in B.C. may still put an end to the project, according to Krog.

In 2026, B.C. will begin prioritizing power use for new resource and manufacturing projects, and make AI and data centres bid for power — measures that will restrict the industry’s power use and potential growth.

“If Hydro cannot supply the power, it won’t proceed,” said Krog.

“That is our sincere hope, that this can still be turned around,” said Barnwell.

The Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition plans to speak out against the data centre at the next Nanaimo City Council meeting on Nov. 3 as city staff decide whether to grant the data centre a building permit.

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11/05/2025

First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government.

The Kitsumkalum First Nation, located west of Terrace, B.C., says 89 per cent of voters approved of the constitution while about 90 per cent supported the treaty.

Elected chief councillor Troy Sam called it a “proud day,” adding in a statement that the approvals “open the door to a new era of self-government, accountability, and opportunity.”

The Kitsumkalum Nation has a population of about 825 members, and its territory spans the Skeena Region from Terrace to Prince Rupert.

Melissa Quocksister, communications and engagement consultant for the Kitsumkalum Treaty, says the vote allows the community to take advantage of its inherent right to self-government, and members will no longer be dictated by the Indian Act.

The Kitsumkalum Nation’s website says self-governance will move the community away from the Indian Act, giving them the right to make laws, similar to the laws that provinces are able to make.

“The Indian Act was developed to control almost every aspect of Native life and continues to dictate the way Native people are governed on-reserve,” the website states in a section that answers questions about the treaty.

“The Canadian Government passed the Indian Act in 1876 without consulting or getting consent from Native people,” it adds.

The website says the treaty will provide full ownership of large amounts of lands, greater access to resources, continued access to traditional territory, as well as newer and better fiscal arrangements including a cash transfer.

It will now need to be ratified by the provincial and federal governments to go into effect, which Spencer Chandra Herbert, the province’s minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, says requires the B.C. legislature and Canadian Parliament each passing treaty-implementation legislation.

Herbert says he remains firmly committed to taking this path alongside the Kitsumkalum people.

The province says that if ratified by all parties, the Kitsumkalum Treaty is expected to have an effective date around 2028.

Although the effective date hasn’t been set yet, Quocksister says they still have lots of preparation work to do during the transition period, including drafting laws and ensuring all members are ready to take on new responsibilities.

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11/05/2025

A hunter in Alberta is sharing his story of a close call with a grizzly bear several years ago that happened in the same spot as a man who was rushed to hospital early this week.

“It did bring back memories of my being charged by a grizzly bear in that exact same location six years ago,” said Paul Wagman, a hunter and retired police officer.

Wagman told Global News he retired from being a police officer due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but said in an interview that seeing the latest story about a bear attack brought back another source of PTSD from his past.

Wagman said he had harvested a sheep when his own near-attack happened.

“The bear came to the gunshot, followed us and the scent of the harvested animal all the way down and came at us to threaten and intimidate us to take that harvest away,” he told Global News.

He said he’s grown concerned grizzly bears may not fear humans as they once did, pointing to the incident this past week.

On Thursday, Alberta fish and wildlife officers confirmed two men were hunting south of the town of Cochrane, Alta., west of Calgary, when one of them was attacked by a grizzly.

The bear was shot by the victim’s hunting partner and is believed to have been killed.

A spokesperson for STARS Air Ambulance confirmed to Global News that the man, in his 30s, was transported to Foothills Hospital in Calgary, though they could not provide details of the victim’s condition.

That wasn’t the only grizzly attack in October.

Earlier, a couple from Prince George, B.C., were hiking in the McGregor Mountains when they came face-to-face with a grizzly bear and her cubs.

According to Shauna Terai, there was a “scuffle” and at one point the grizzly bear picked her up before dropping her, giving her time to hit the SOS button on her satellite communication device. Her husband Chris then jumped into action to distract the bear.

Another man from B.C. who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenays on Oct. 2, died from his injuries more than three weeks later. He appeared to be making progress from his injuries, but his wife said he died last weekend from what doctors believed was a blood clot.

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