Category Archives: Nanaimo
'A year with some water challenges:' seasonal restrictions in effect across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Seasonal water restrictions are now in effect, with more likely on the way in the weeks and months ahead.Most areas of the Regional District of Nanaimo, including the City of Nanaimo, City o...
2h ago Seasonal water restrictions are in place for most of the mid-Island with areas like Nanaimo, Lantzville, Parksville and Nanoose Bay all at stage two. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Nanaimo OPS drug bust results in guilty pleas, primary accused faces lengthy jail sentence
NANAIMO - Late guilty pleas cancelled a pending BC Supreme Court trial following a high-profile drug and weapons bust with arrests made at a local overdose prevention site. Gerid James Gregory-Allen a...
15h ago Both the people involved in a drugs and weapons bust outside the Albert St. overdose prevention site in downtown Nanaimo have entered guilty pleas, with at least one likely to spend considerable time in jail for their role. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'It's a lot of fun:' Curious ComicCon promoting literacy with free event
NANAIMO - It's time to dust off your stormtrooper helmet and polish your Bat boots, as the 2026 edition of Curious ComicCon is on this weekend in Nanaimo. Celebrating their ninth year hosting vendors,...
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Nanaimo-based prolific offender demonstrates corrective action
NANAIMO - Last summer, an offender was walking out of Vancouver Island Walmart stores with hundreds of dollars' worth of unpaid merchandise. Austin Carlson-McPherson vows he's a changed man who's high...
Apr 30, 2026 With well over 30 criminal code convictions to his name, a Nanaimo man has shown strong rehabilitative signs in custody and a residential treatment setting. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Huge benefit to us:' Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes gets grant money for new build
NANAIMO - Loaves and Fishes Community Foodbank recently received a big boost in grant money as they prepare to move into their new building. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) approved $119,200 in...
Apr 29, 2026 Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank recently received over $119,000 in grant funding from the Regional District of Nanaimo to purchase a pallet racking food storage system for their new building. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Cedar crash leads to injuries, violation ticket
NANAIMO - A two-vehicle crash south of Nanaimo sent three people to hospital. According to Nanaimo RCMP, the detachment responded to the intersection of Cedar and Haslam roads on Saturday, April 25, j...
Apr 29, 2026 Two vehicles crashed at the Haslam/Cedar Rd. intersection on Saturday, April 25, sent three people to the hospital. (Image Credit: Google)
VIDEO: shooting star lights up Nanaimo sky
NANAIMO - The mid-Island was glowing green and blue on Wednesday, after a suspected meteor was caught on camera hurtling across the night sky. A Reddit user captured the stunning footage of the shooti...
Apr 29, 2026 A suspected meteor lit up the night sky over Nanaimo just after midnight on Wednesday, April 29, captured by a north Nanaimo resident. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Oceanside RCMP breached rights of accused sex offender, judge rules
NANAIMO - A judge scolded Oceanside RCMP for the detachment's handling of a man charged with distributing and possessing child sex abuse material. Provincial court judge Chris Churchill determined Rob...
Apr 29, 2026 A B.C. Provincial Court judge considered actions by Oceanside RCMP ”serious breaches” to his charter rights while officers conducted a search warrant. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Day of mourning to honour B.C. worker deaths, including six in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - It's the annual Day of Mourning in B.C., remembering all of those who have been killed or injured in work-related incidents last year, including several from Nanaimo. Tuesday, April 28, is t...
Apr 28, 2026 April 28 is the Day of Mourning in B.C., honouring those who lost their lives due to work-related injuries or death last year. A worker was killed at a Diver Lake construction site in Nanaimo after an incident in 2024. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Town of Ladysmith acquires Arbutus Hump land for ecological preservation
LADYSMITH - A parcel of land near Ladysmith's water treatment facility is now in possession of the Town, in what they're calling the most significant park acquisition in decades. Located southwest of ...
Apr 28, 2026 The Town of Ladysmith has acquired 5.68 hectares of land on the southern slopes of Arbutus Hump to be preserved as ecologically protected parkland, part of an agreement with a developer. (Image Credit: Town of Ladysmith)