Category Archives: Nanaimo
Suspicious Nanaimo vehicle fire potentially targets former political candidate
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are investigating a suspicious vehicle fire involving the car of a former provincial political candidate.Flames were seen coming from a grey Fiat 500 parked on Summerhill Pl.,...
Feb 13, 2025
Tree removal set to start ahead of Nanaimo Cancer Centre construction
NANAIMO - Preliminary site work at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is about to get underway on a major construction project. Development of the B.C. Cancer Centre in Nanaimo will begin with tree rem...
Feb 13, 2025
Repeat Nanaimo sex offender pleads guilty to more child porn charges
NANAIMO - A jail sentence four years ago evidently didn't deter a Nanaimo man from further exploiting vulnerable children. Keith Minard Gates, 49, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb 12 in Nanaimo to a p...
Feb 13, 2025
'The most uncertain the industry has been in many years:' tariffs threatening Island tourism season
NANAIMO - Political uncertainty involving Canada-US relations is now being felt locally in the Island tourism sector.A budding trade war sparked through tariff threats from the new American administra...
Feb 12, 2025
Driver charged following death of pedestrian at Walmart parking lot
NANAIMO - A charge has been approved following the death of an elderly woman at a north Nanaimo parking lot. Jazmin Faye Patenaude, 24, is charged with dangerous driving causing death in connection to...
Feb 11, 2025
Mounties cleared after man dies in hospital shortly after arrest in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing after the death of a man in their custody in 2023.Mounties were called to the Summer by the Sea Street Market along Craig St. o...
Feb 11, 2025
Cruise traffic in Nanaimo scheduled to double in 2025
NANAIMO - Following two successful arrivals as the industry emerged post-pandemic in 2024, four ships are scheduled to stop in the Harbour City this year.The Europa 2 will kick off the season with an ...
Feb 11, 2025
Unique weigh scale aims to gain insight on Vancouver Island marmots
NANAIMO - Researchers are getting creative to learn more about how weight impacts the health of the resurgent Vancouver Island marmot population. A pair of Vancouver Island University technicians have...
Feb 10, 2025
French fry cooking leads to Uplands Rd. house fire
NANAIMO - A homeowner cooking a batch of french fries on a stove led to a damaging cooking fire in central Nanaimo.Emergency services were called to a home on Uplands Dr. just north of Mexicanna Rd. o...
Feb 10, 2025
VIDEO: Passionate Nanaimo historian concludes impactful career
NANAIMO - Possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of Nanaimo's past and undeniable charm, a leading local history buff is calling it a career.However, she's not going quickly, or quietly for that matter....
Feb 10, 2025