Parksville

• Watchdog investigates after RCMP unable to find body near Parksville

  A hiker called police after spotting a man lying in the bushes, but when police arrived they couldn't find him. The same hiker found the same body the following day.

  Crime

  Mar 28
  
• Pushback in Parksville over B.C.’s incoming short-term rental rules

  Under the new rules, effective May 1 short-term rentals will only be permitted in most cities of over 10,000 if they're in someone's principal residence.

  Politics

  Feb 29
  
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• Head-on crash with garbage truck claims life in Parksville, B.C.

  On Friday around 4 p.m., police said an SUV collided head-on with a garbage truck on Alberni Highway near Dunbar Way.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2023
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• IIO deploys to Parksville after arrested man suffers ‘serious injury’

  RCMP arrested the man Tuesday night but noticed he was unwell when releasing him the next morning. He was taken to hospital, where it was determined he'd suffered a serious injury.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2023
• Quebec fugitive wanted for child porn arrested in Parksville, B.C.

  Oceanside RCMP officers arrested Jimmy Pieschke on April 19 after they received a tip from the public.

  Crime

  Apr 21, 2023
• Odd tales from the B.C. RCMP: December 2022

  Not all calls to police are serious matters, like shootings or bank robberies. In fact, some are quite odd.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023
• B.C. municipal election 2022: Parksville results

  Global News projects Doug O'Brien has won the mayor's race in Parksville, beating out incumbent Ed Mayne. 

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
• Nearly 30,000 lose power on Vancouver Island amid rare spring snow

  BC Hydro cites several causes for the outages that affected Qualicum Beach and Parksville, including failed transmission circuits, downed wires and a rare snowstorm.

  Consumer

  Apr 10, 2022
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• B.C. man receives 6 years in prison for impaired hit-and-run death of Parksville pedestrian

  Ryan John Grob, 36, admitted he was highly intoxicated on Aug. 24, 2019, after a night of drinking. He said he did not immediately remember hitting someone that night.

  Crime

  Sep 3, 2021
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• ‘Speeding and lying to cover it up’: B.C. judge considers tougher sentence for deadly impaired driver

  "It is rare that I might go higher than what Crown has submitted but this might be one of those cases," Judge Karen Whonnock told the court at Ryan Grob's sentencing hearing.

  Crime

  Aug 29, 2021