Category Archives: Local Sports

NANAIMO - The Mid Island Pirates have had a hectic start to their season.A spring training trip to Florida saw the team return to Vancouver Island on Mar. 29, just one day before an opening day double...

NANAIMO - Matthew Wood has signed his first NHL contract. The local minor hockey product put pen to paper on a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators on Saturday, March 29. For ...

NANAIMO - For the second time in four years the VIU Mariners will host a CCAA basketball national tournament.In 2022 it was the women's nationals that ended with a silver medal finish for the universi...

NANAIMO - The VI Raiders made major strides in 2024 and the expectation is progress even further this upcoming season.After an 0-10 campaign in 2023 the Raiders finished 4-6 last year.Head coach Shawn...

NANAIMO - History will be made on Saturday, with the first-ever all-female tackle football game on Vancouver Island. The V.I. Steelers will host the Mainland Wildcats for a game at q'unq'inuqwstuxw St...

NANAIMO - Together since before they can remember and always each other's biggest supporters, two local golfers are going their different ways in pursuit of a university education. Isabel and Maria Sc...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners women's basketball team is chasing down a second national gold medal in three years. The team is in New Brunswick preparing for their first game against the Mohawk Mountaine...

NANAIMO - Untimely losses for a pair of local high school boys basketball teams proved costly over the weekend.Both Dover Bay and Wellington Secondary schools earned semi-finals appearances in their r...

NANAIMO - The NightOwls will be a much different team on and off the field as their franchise looks to take a step forward.Player turnover is very common in summer baseball but for the first time Nana...

NANAIMO - They came, they lifted and they conquered.A small group of lifters from the Nanaimo and Oceanside region competed at the Canadian Powerlifting Union National Championships, held in Moose Jaw...