This nurse visited Nanaimo with hundreds of other Americans. Now she wants to relocate there | Cherry blossoms steal the spotlight, but across northern B.C. lilacs are the real sign of spring | Chainsaw diplomacy: Chetwynd, B.C., is giving away its chainsaw carvings to other municipalities
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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Monday, May 19, 2025.
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This nurse visited Nanaimo with hundreds of other Americans. Now she wants to relocate there; Rachael Smith-Taylor, left, and Lisa Owens, right, are both nurses from Texas who are considering moving to B\.C\. after they attended the Nanaimo Infusion event\.

This nurse visited Nanaimo with hundreds of other Americans. Now she wants to relocate there

May 19 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

B.C. says nursing applications have more than doubled since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Cherry blossoms steal the spotlight, but across northern B.C. lilacs are the real sign of spring; Purple lilacs bloom in a sumptuous green bush\.

Cherry blossoms steal the spotlight, but across northern B.C. lilacs are the real sign of spring

May 19 , 2025 at 09:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

In colder climates, the purple perennials signal summer weather is on its way.
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Chainsaw diplomacy: Chetwynd, B.C., is giving away its chainsaw carvings to other municipalities; Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey accepts a carving from Chetwynd Mayor Allen Courtoreille\.

Chainsaw diplomacy: Chetwynd, B.C., is giving away its chainsaw carvings to other municipalities

May 19 , 2025 at 08:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Chetwynd, B.C., which hosts the annual Chetwynd International Chainsaw Carving Championship is giving away carvings to communities throughout the province.
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Breaking up with my husband, surprisingly, saved my marriage; Jessyka, right, and Jordan Hagen's love story was the classic meet-cute: Two strangers meet and fall in love, they get married and have children\. But then life tore them apart\. They couldn't stand to be in the same room and were separated\. And yet, today they're more in love than ever before\.

Breaking up with my husband, surprisingly, saved my marriage

May 19 , 2025 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Jessyka and Jordan Hagen's love story was the classic meet-cute: Two strangers meet and fall in love, they get married and have children. But then life tore them apart. They couldn't stand to be in the same room and separated. And yet, today they're more in love than ever before.
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22-year-old woman dies in slacklining accident near Squamish, say B.C. RCMP; A woman is dead after after falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area in Squamish\.

22-year-old woman dies in slacklining accident near Squamish, say B.C. RCMP

May 17 , 2025 at 10:02:28 p.m. PDT • :

A 22-year-old woman has died after falling from a slackline at a popular climbing area near Squamish, according to B.C. RCMP.
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Scientists gobsmacked by never-seen footage of earth rupturing during Myanmar quake; A man walks past a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 1, a few days after a deadly 7\.7 magnitude earthquake struck near the country's second-biggest city\.  

May 17 , 2025 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Scientists gobsmacked by never-seen footage of earth rupturing during Myanmar quake

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The surprisingly low-tech way a B.C. ski resort is saving its snow; Duncan Currie, operations director for Sun Peaks ski resort in Kamloops, B\.C\., walks over an insulated cover he helped lay out in the mountains to help preserve snow over the summer\.  

May 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

The surprisingly low-tech way a B.C. ski resort is saving its snow

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Family-run vintage shop owner frustrated by thefts amid reported rise in retail crime in B.C.; Tricia Hill, owner of Stoxx Vintage, stands inside her Burnaby store\. The family-run business has faced repeated thefts across its locations in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, she said\.  

May 17 , 2025 at 04:29:21 p.m. PDT • :

Family-run vintage shop owner frustrated by thefts amid reported rise in retail crime in B.C.

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Woman whose empty boat washed ashore near Nanaimo may not be aware she's considered missing: RCMP; RCMP say a search is ongoing for a missing 34-year-old woman after her sailboat was found washed ashore and unoccupied in Nanaimo, B\.C\.  

May 17 , 2025 at 02:21:41 p.m. PDT • :

Woman whose empty boat washed ashore near Nanaimo may not be aware she's considered missing: RCMP

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Vancouver bar owner convicted of sexual assault fails to get liquor licence back; The liquor licence of the Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro and Bar on Main Street was cancelled in May, after its owner was convicted of sexually assaulting a customer\.  

May 17 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Vancouver bar owner convicted of sexual assault fails to get liquor licence back

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May 19 , 2025 at 08:25:36 a.m. PDT • :

PWHL unveils expansion draft and signing guidelines for new franchises in Vancouver, Seattle

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May 18 , 2025 at 08:21:23 p.m. PDT • :

UBC researchers develop new shock absorption system for highrises to withstand big earthquakes

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May 17 , 2025 at 08:37:24 a.m. PDT • :

MEC back under Canadian ownership after 5 years of U.S. management

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May 17 , 2025 at 06:58:59 p.m. PDT • :

2 killed, others injured after Mexican navy ship sails into Brooklyn Bridge

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May 17 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Brampton man, 51, killed in shooting had faced repeated threats, children say

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