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final count
Official results confirmed from 2022 Municipal Election
NANAIMO - Election officials across the region have dotted I's and crossed T's from votes cast in the 2022 Municipal Election. City of Nanaimo chief election officer Sheila Gurrie confirmed vote counts from the Saturday, Oct. 15 election, which saw Mayor Leonard Krog elected for a second term ahead of his main challeng...
Oct 19, 2022
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Water Cooler: Low voter turnout should equate to quiet next four years
NANAIMO - The Water Cooler is NanaimoNewsNOW's letters to the editor-style segment, featuring conversations about the news in Nanaimo and Oceanside.This feature is a little different as it starts with an editorial from our newsroom after historically low voter turnout numbers were confirmed Saturday, Oct. 15. We want t...
Oct 17, 2022
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new faces
Election 2022: Complete mid-Island election results
NANAIMO - Many surprises dotted the election landscape across the mid-Island with new Mayors in multiple communities in addition to a slate of new councillors, trustees and RDN directors.The City of Parksville will be under new leadership as incumbent councillor Doug O'Brien (2,695 votes) comfortably beat incumbent May...
Oct 16, 2022
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Unsure on who to vote for?
Not confident marking your ballot on election day? Want to know where the candidate’s stand on important issues affecting Nanaimo? Our new VoteNanaimo survey will help answer your questions.
Our extensive survey of Nanaimo’s Mayoral and Council candidates for the 2022 Municipal Election focused on 10 different topics including economic development, downtown revitalization, homelessness and social disorder, housing and much more.
