Author Archives: Daryl Major

NANAIMO - It's about to get a whole lot brighter around the hospital. The Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation are beginning, and expanding, their annual Light the Trees fundraiser, which sees h...

NANAIMO - It's poised to be the first real dump of snow for the winter season, but just how much we get could vary wildly. Environment Canada forecasters are calling for anywhere between five and 15 c...

NANAIMO - Students across the region are in their 19th year of putting smiles on the faces of some of the communities less fortunate. The Everybody Deserves a Smile (EDAS) campaign has students from k...

NANAIMO - A senior with no prior criminal record was handed six months house arrest followed by a year probation for possessing child pornography on his tablet. Donald Robert Peech, 72, was sentenced ...

NANAIMO - A series of budget-focused meetings launching on Wednesday, Nov. 23 will shape what next year's budget at Nanaimo City Hall will look like. The City's draft financial plan estimates a typica...

LADYSMITH -Enticing people to a downtown Ladysmith lit up with Christmas lights evolved into an event beyond everybody's wildest expectations 35 years later. In 1987, when the first Festival of Lights...

NANAIMO - With over 100 cats adopted out in the last nine months, Kitties & Cream in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter is giving furry friends new leases on life. The feline-focused store first opened it...

NANAIMO - More overnight closures are coming to a busy highway, under construction for almost four years. The roughly 1.5 kilometre Kennedy Hill section of Hwy. 4 east of Tofino and Ucluelet will be c...