Author Archives: Ian Holmes

NANAIMO - A fast response limited the damage from a fire inside a downtown Nanaimo commercial building home to a cafe and antique shop. It happened on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 250 Prideaux, between Fitzwil...

NANAIMO -A driver and lone occupant safety evacuated a fast-moving vehicle fire on the Trans Canada Hwy. near the Nanaimo Airport. It happened on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at about 10:30 a.m. impacting what'...

NANAIMO - Following admitting his guilt to causing the death of his ex-girlfriend more than three years ago, the offender formally received his punishment. Kyle Gordan Ordway, 40, was handed a four ye...

NANAIMO - A "moderate" respiratory illness season is expected to materialize in the coming weeks as the province recently unveiled its annual vaccine strategy. A week following the start of the B.C go...

NANAIMO - When the Clippers welcomed Alex Hebblethwaite to their lineup on Oct. 2 they couldn't dreamed the impact he would make. After spending the BCHL preseason in Victoria and the first five games...

NANAIMO - One person died following an accident at a central Nanaimo job site. The BC Coroners Service (BCCS) confirmed the death after multiple emergency response crews responded to a construction pr...

NANAIMO - A police raid at a heavily used harm reduction site in Nanaimo resulted in several criminal charges against two people. Gerid James Gregory-Allen and Sara Lynn Koshman were arrested in conne...

QUALICUM BEACH - A potentially intoxicated motorist allegedly plowed into an oncoming SUV on Hwy. 19A in Qualicum Bay, entrapping both drivers. The crash on the undivided two-lane highway near Sunny B...

NANAIMO - Despite multiple public awareness campaigns, local residents and contractors are still damaging underground infrastructure. Data from Fortis BC shows Nanaimo recorded 20 gas line strikes fro...

NANAIMO - To nobody's surprise, the number of unsheltered people in Nanaimo has surged significantly. A final report on the 2023 Nanaimo Point-in-Time Count & Survey showed 515 people were unhouse...