Nanaimo Daily — 2026-08-27

**In today's episode:** - NightOwls outfielder wins West Coast League MVP award - Update: Two lightning-caused wildfires put out around Nanaimo - Man in Nanaimo jailed for posting video of ex doing sex acts, nude pics - Oceanside event highlighting local lives lost to drug toxicity - MP Kibble calls for federal funding for Vancouver Island treatment-and-recovery facility - Beefs & Bouquets, Aug. 26 - Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day quits B.C. Conservative caucus - A 5th MLA leaves B.C. Conservatives amid exodus over Findlay’s leadership - 25/2026/R - 776 people died from toxic drugs in B.C. in the first half of 2026 - NBA star Stephen Curry vacationing in B.C. off Vancouver Island - Sports scores and schedule for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026 - More than 1,300 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by glacial collapse