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Seedy Sunday event helping Nanaimo gardens grow and thrive
NANAIMO - An annual seed swap event has taken root in Nanaimo. Roughly 1,000 people are expected at the Seedy Sunday event hosted by Nanaimo Foodshare on Sunday, March 1 at Nanaimo District Secondary ...
Feb 29, 2020 A seed swap event in Nanaimo has taken root and will see roughly 1,000 people. (Nanaimo Foodshare Society)
Clippers open playoffs with 6-3 win over Bulldogs
NANAIMO - Josh Bourne and Ethan Scardina both had two goals and one assist to lead the Clippers to a 6-3 win over Alberni Valley.Bourne got the Clippers off to a great start with a goal to the glove s...
Feb 28, 2020 Ethan Scardina and Josh Bourne each had two goals and an assist in Nanaimo's opening night playoff victory against Alberni Valley. (Gary Dorland)
VIDEO: Nanaimo Airport unveils $14M expansion
NANAIMO - The ever-growing Nanaimo Airport now has vastly expanded security screening capacity and a large new lounge for passengers waiting to take off. Airport staff unveiled the large new lounge an...
Feb 28, 2020 The new Nanaimo Airport lounge can fit twice as many people and expaned security means lines are shorter. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Blues rule out Bouwmeester for remainder of season, playoffs
St. Louis Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester has been ruled out from returning to play in the regular season or in the playoffs. General manager Doug Armstrong made the announcement on Wednesday. In a n...
Feb 28, 2020
New Warrior forward Andrew Wiggins earning praise from teammates, coaches
Whatever reputation Andrew Wiggins might have had before joining the Golden State Warriors, his new team isn't interested in hearing about it. Wiggins' tenure with the Warriors since coming over in a ...
Feb 28, 2020
Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat
Tokyo Olympic organizers and the Japanese government went on the offensive Wednesday after a senior IOC member said the 2020 Games were being threatened by the spread of a viral outbreak, with their f...
Feb 28, 2020
Canadian driver James Hinchcliffe joins NBC as driver analyst
Canadian IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe is joining NBC Sports as a motorsports analyst this season. NBC announced Thursday that Hinchcliffe will serve as a driver analyst with reports from the pits....
Feb 28, 2020
Family driving Canadian Neville Gallimore in NFL draft preparations
Family means everything to Canadian Neville Gallimore. The burly six-foot-three, 302-pound defensive tackle is strutting his stuff this week at the annual NFL combine in Indianapolis. It's an opportun...
Feb 28, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli set for October trial in college scam
BOSTON - TV actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will go on trial in October on charges that they bribed their daughters' way into the University of Southern Cali...
Feb 28, 2020
Blue Jays to increase netting down first and third baselines at Rogers Centre
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays announced Thursday that the protective netting at Rogers Centre will be extended down the length of the first and third baseline walls. The Blue Jays say the netting wi...
Feb 28, 2020