Headline history: Flag theft from old Nanaimo hockey barn a suspected prom prank

Graduation and prom time are approaching for students in Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district, who have historically pulled some fun, and not so fun, pranks to acknowledge the milestone.
The May 3, 2001 edition of the Nanaimo News Bulletin has a brief about vandalism at the old Nanaimo Civic Arena, and other areas of the city, the weekend previous, with flag poles at front of the rink “bent over and the flags stolen.”
The incident was suspected to be a prank on prom night, the brief fur