Category Archives: Nanaimo
UPDATE: Oceanside overnight warming centre opens
UPDATE: Due to the ongoing cold weather, the warming centre at Oceanside Community Church will also be open on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 10:00 p.m., until 8 a.m. Friday morning.RDN Transit will once again...
Feb 18, 2026 The Regional District of Nanaimo is opening an overnight cold weather shelter at the Oceanside Community Church in Errington Wednesday night as temperatures and snow begins to drop. (Image Credit: Google Maps)
High-risk Oceanside home invasion case finally closed
NANAIMO - Approaching four years since a man in a rural Oceanside home was tied up and surrounded by armed assailants, judicial proceedings have at last concluded. Teresa Marie Evenson, 38, was issued...
Feb 18, 2026 Teresa Marie Evenson was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 13 at provincial court in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Oceanside RCMP)
Province confirms 'initial planning for expansion' at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - Long overdue upgrades to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) are taking a small, first step forward.Provincial finance minister Brenda Bailey delivered the annual budget in the Legislat...
Feb 17, 2026 Pressure has mounted on the provincial government over several years, in a bid to see construction underway on a new patient tower at NRGH in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Correct an historic anomaly:' Snuneymuxw seeking to vote in Nanaimo municipal elections
NANAIMO - A joint application aims to allow on-reserve Snuneymuxw First Nation members the ability to vote for Nanaimo's mayor and council, as well as take part in municipal assent voting. A Tuesday, ...
Feb 17, 2026 SFN Chief Michael Wyse and Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog address reporters during an announcement regarding hopes for on-reserve SFN members to vote in municipal elections. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Unique contest injects buzz to Nanaimo A&B Sound building revival
NANAIMO - Budding local entrepreneurs are likely tuned into a promotion offering free rent for a year in the Soundworks development. Located at 1 Commercial St., former home of the long-closed A&B...
Feb 17, 2026 An impactful promotion is about to begin as construction progresses on the former A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Youth arrested in Victoria & charged after Nanaimo mall shooting
NANAIMO - A 17-year-old youth remains in custody following a shooting outside Woodgrove Centre.The suspect, who cannot be named under the Youth Justice Act, is alleged to have shot a 15-year-old outsi...
Feb 16, 2026 Mounties taped off an area of Woodgrove Centre on Thursday, Feb. 12 after a person was shot the afternoon prior. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo's Beban Park celebrates 50 years with Family Day fun
NANAIMO - Serving as a community gathering hub for the past five decades, it's only fitting this year's Family Day festivities in Nanaimo are staged at Beban Park. The City of Nanaimo is celebrating t...
Feb 16, 2026 Newly constructed Beban Park recreation complex in March 1976, featuring Frank Crane Arena, the pool and social centre. (Image Credit: Nanaimo Community Archives)
'A teaching tool:' new Nanaimo cookbook bolstering culinary skills
NANAIMO - Tried and true recipes from local kitchens are on offer through a local grassroots organization. Nanaimo Community Kitchens has created 'Nourish Nanaimo: A Community Cookbook & Local Foo...
Feb 15, 2026 Nourish Nanaimo is available at a pair of local stores, with proceeds going towards a Nanaimo community agency helping bolster food preparation skills. (Image Credit: Submitted photo)
Dogs barred from Oceanside beaches during Brant geese migration
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside beachgoers are being asked to keep their canine friends at home for now.Two Parksville beaches will be off-limits to dogs for the next few months, as the Black Brant geese are m...
Feb 15, 2026 A pair of Oceanside beaches will be closed to dogs for the next few months in order to protect the migration patterns of certain animals, like Black Brant geese. (Image Credit: Angie Ooms/Brant Wildlife Festival Facebook page)
'Nothing could be saved:' Rotary Bowl equipment shed destroyed
NANAIMO - A suspicious fire flattened a Nanaimo Track and Field storage shed, with only the metal siding remaining. Emergency crews were called to the Rotary Bowl on Third St. on Monday, Feb. 9 at aro...
Feb 14, 2026 Police in Nanaimo are looking for more information after a Rotary Bowl storage shed burned to the ground in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 9. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)