21-year-old motorbike rider dies after crash with ATV on back road in Nanaimo

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Incident happened Sunday afternoon near Boomerang Lake

A sports car crashed into a lamp standard and rolled down the hill behind Country Club Centre mall on Sunday night. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Sports car crashes into lamp post, rolls down hill behind Nanaimo mall
A special committee has been appointed to look at reforming B.C.’s police act and is inviting the public to make submissions until April 30, 2021. (Black Press media file)

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