Category Archives: Nanaimo
Parksville seniors & students paired for new video podcast series
PARKSVILLE - Sharing stories across generations is the focus of a new locally-produced video podcast series. Boosted by a $12,000 grant from the TELUS Storyhive program, local freelancer Clinton Nelli...
Apr 21, 2026 Local seniors living at the Berwick community were partnered up with Parksville-area high school students for a new video podcast series funded by the TELUS Storyhive project. (Image Credit: Clinton Nellist)
Suspected impaired driver drifts off Nanaimo highway, hits hydro line
NANAIMO - A lone occupant driver was escorted from a crash scene in handcuffs after barreling his car off a straight stretch of central Nanaimo highway. Emergency crews were called on Monday, April 20...
Apr 20, 2026 One person was taken into custody following a single-vehicle rollover on the Island Hwy. across from Brookes Landing Shopping Centre in Nanaimo around 12:30 on Monday, April 20. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
VIDEO: Fire destroys RV at Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre
NANAIMO - A motorhome was gutted by mid-day fire in the parking lot of Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre. Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) responded to the parking lot northwest corner outside of Save-on-Foods on M...
Apr 20, 2026 A motorhome caught fire in the Save-on-Foods parking lot at Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre Monday, with no injuries reported. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'It does look suspicious:' early morning Parksville fire under investigation
PARKSVILLE - Investigators are probing a potentially deliberately set overnight in downtown Parksville. Local firefighters, along with members from Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay, Errington and Coombs, w...
Apr 20, 2026 Fire caused damage to the outside of a building in the 100 block of McCarter St. in Parksville on Monday, April 20. Crews believe the fire was intentionally lit. (Image Credit: Bill Dean)
Beach stairs replacements underway in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Parks operations staff are addressing several projects to enhance Nanaimo waterfront access, particularly involving north-end high-bank routes. Kirsty MacDonald, the City's manager of parks ...
Apr 20, 2026 These aging stars off the end of Waldbank Rd. in north Nanaimo accessing Sealand Park are scheduled to be replaced during the month of May. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Newer Nanaimo neighbourhood asks for $50,000 grant toward park
NANAIMO - A newer Nanaimo neighbourhood has asked the City for a financial boost to help create their own playground.The Sunview Park Committee (SPC) recently asked the City for $50,000 to turn a curr...
Apr 19, 2026 The City of Nanaimo is planning to provide $50,000 from its parks program to help turn 0.4 acres of undeveloped land into a park for the Sunview area, an up-and-coming neighbourhood between Wellington and Jingle Pot Rds. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Strong registration for Parksville's Summer by the Sea market
PARKSVILLE - A tradition in Oceanside since 2004, the Summer by the Sea market is preparing for another bumper season. Well over 100 vendors have already registered to participate in the Tuesday marke...
Apr 19, 2026 The weekly Craig St. market, better known as Summer by the Sea, runs from early June to late August every Tuesday night in Parksville. (Image Credit: Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce)
Canadian Forces Snowbirds land in Comox for spring training
COMOX - It's that time of the year again, when the skies of the Comox Valley are filled with the roar of jet engines. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team arrived at the Canadian Force...
Apr 18, 2026 The Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived on Vancouver Island on Friday, April 17, for their annual spring training at 19 Wing Comox. They performed in Nanaimo last year for the first time since 2019, with no Nanaimo performance scheduled this year. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
100+ youth primed for first-ever Nanaimo Kidovate market day
NANAIMO - Around 100 budding entrepreneurs are ready to put their business development lessons to the test.The first ever Kidovate market day in Nanaimo is Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a...
Apr 17, 2026 Youth from grade six to 12 will be setup at Nanaimo North Town Centre on Saturday, April 18 for the first ever Kidovate Nanaimo market day, expansion of an event which has grown considerably in Victoria over the last six years. (Image Credit: Kidovate)
Nanaimo mom recounts close-call involving son in marked crosswalk
NANAIMO - An apparently inattentive, speeding motorist clipped an 11-year-old boy in a north Nanaimo crosswalk, renewing longstanding safety concerns on Hammond Bay Rd. It happened on Wednesday, April...
Apr 17, 2026 An 11-year-old boy was hit by a passing car while attempting to cross this marked intersection. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)