Local Sports

VIJHL season on hold again due to new public health orders

NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League has extended their pause in the North division to the entire league.A scheduled Nanaimo versus Oceanside game on Thursday was cancelled in the immed...

Nov 21, 2020

NightOwls' inaugural season schedule unveiled, opening pitch June 2021

NANAIMO - The city's newest sports franchise now have their official start date.The Nanaimo NightOwls will take flight on June 1, 2021 as they open their first ever WCL campaign on the road in Wenatch...

Nov 19, 2020

PACWEST cancels 2021 winter season, VIU athletics take two week hiatus

NANAIMO - The VIU women's volleyball team will be unable to add a fourth consecutive national championship to their impressive dynasty.Their league's governing body, PACWEST, announced the cancellatio...

Nov 19, 2020

Clippers win Island Cup with 5-4 victory over Grizzlies

NANAIMO - The BCHL regular season won't start until December but the Clippers have already won a championship.Nanaimo captured the Island Cup on Nov. 17 with a 5-4 victory over the host Victoria Grizz...

Nov 18, 2020

Nanaimo Minor Hockey, United Soccer alter plans after COVID-19 exposures

NANAIMO - A series of COVID-19 exposures in the region, particularly clusters within the school system, have forced local sports organizations to press pause.Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association said Mond...

Nov 16, 2020

Nanaimo Adult Hockey League returns after eight month absence

NANAIMO - Local recreational hockey players haven't been on the ice since March but that's about to change with the beginning of a new season.The Nanaimo Adult Hockey League will resume play on Dec. 1...

Nov 14, 2020

VIJHL hits pause on season after Nanaimo school reports COVID-19 exposure

NANAIMO - A number of teams in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is pressing pause on their season for one week.Following a confirmed COVID-19 exposure at Dover Secondary School in Nanaimo, th...

Nov 10, 2020

New rules and innovations highlight return to play at Nanaimo Curling Club

NANAIMO - It's about one month later than usual but the local curling season is now underway.The Nanaimo club was one of the first to establish return to play guidelines, including a laneway system to...

Nov 05, 2020

Three Nanaimo pole vaulters leap to personal bests in shortened season

NANAIMO - Three local pole vaulters set personal bests in a shortened season with only three meets in October.Sonya Urbanowicz, the 2019 national champion and BC record holder in the U-16 division, cl...

Oct 29, 2020

Basketball camps offered for K-12 students in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Basketball camps for school age kids have returned.Island Swish is a six week program for kindergarten to Grade 8 students, running Saturday's out of the new gym at Aspengrove School.Brar Ba...

Oct 27, 2020