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NANAIMO - One man was injured, while residents of a newly completed north Nanaimo rental building evacuated in response to a late-night fire. Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) responded to 6010 Hammond Bay Rd...
Feb 21, 2024
NANAIMO - Nobody was hurt following a significant mid-day house fire in Nanaimo.Multiple 911 calls were made on Friday, Jan 12 just after 12:30 p.m. in response to fire and smoke erupting from a Sarum...
Alex Rawnsley Jan 12, 2024
NANAIMO - One person has died after a crash in the city's south end. Calls to 911 came in on Thursday, Dec. 7 around 2:10 p.m. when a car left Extension Rd. and reportedly flipped multiple times down ...
Alex Rawnsley Dec 07, 2023
NANAIMO - Local fire crews continue to be strained by ever-increasing overdose call-outs every year.City councillors heard from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) chief Tim Doyle on Monday, Nov. 6, on how loca...
Alex Rawnsley Nov 07, 2023
NANAIMO - About 1,400 BC Hydro customers in the Cinnabar Valley area are without power following a single-vehicle crash.It happened on Friday, Oct. 27 at about 3:30 when a sedan with one person aboard...
Oct 27, 2023
NANAIMO - Frustrated with no action to address a dilapidated eyesore of a property, City councillors want a Bowen Rd. home addressed immediately.During a special council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14 c...
Sep 15, 2023
NANAIMO - Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews were called to a small fire in a home in the Brechin Hill neighbourhood and called back to the same address early the next morning.The first fire at the home ...
Sep 14, 2023
NANAIMO - A quick response from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) helped limit the damage of a fire at a property on Canoe St. in south Nanaimo. NFR Cpt. Scott Mitrenga told NanaimoNewsNOW on scene a shed qui...
Sep 13, 2023
NANAIMO - A well known troubled offender is scheduled to spend a further five months behind bars for setting fire to the Northfield Rd. Tim Hortons last summer.Kym Robert Arkell, 38, was handed a near...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 05, 2023
NANAIMO - A quick call to 911 and rapid response from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews prevented a grass fire from spreading too far. A cyclist travelling underneath the Nanaimo Parkway between Mostar ...
Alex Rawnsley Aug 14, 2023