Category Archives: Nanaimo
Resident Alien season 4 filming starts in Ladysmith
LADYSMITH - Transforming the downtown core of a quant mid-Island community into a small town in Colorado is evidently a good fit for a popular American-based TV series. Taping of the popular fictional...
Mar 17, 2025
New rental complex proposed in Nanaimo's Rock City neighbourhood
NANAIMO - Over 100 new rental units are being envisioned for a currently forested lot in central Nanaimo.The property at 3400 Barrington Rd., off Rock City Rd. would feature 102 rental units spread ac...
Mar 16, 2025
Nanaimo Special Olympic basketball team wins mainland tournament with mentorship from VIU Mariners
NANAIMO - The local Special Olympic basketball players are making their mark in B.C. sports, with their hard work and dedication paying off with an impressive tournament victory recently.For the first...
Mar 15, 2025
Community effort leads to Nanaimo team hosting U15 hockey provincials
NANAIMO - A true team effort has helped plan, and will host hundreds of players, parents and team staff over the next three days.The U15 Tier-2 BC Hockey Championships will be held at the Nanaimo Ice ...
Mar 15, 2025
'Shattered into a million pieces:' Nanaimo man awaits punishment for sexually abusing infant daughter
Editor's note: This story contains extremely disturbing details regarding child sexual abuse and may not be suitable for all readers. Discretion is strongly advised. NANAIMO - A man will have to wait ...
Mar 14, 2025
Canadian flags adorn Nanaimo's Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - The city's crown jewel park is looking a little more patriotic this spring.Usually decorated with an array of international flags, the gallery at Maffeo Sutton Park, overlooking the Comox Rd...
Mar 14, 2025
Nanaimo's toxic drug deaths drop sharply to start 2025
NANAIMO - Fewer people are losing their lives to drug toxicity than in recent years.New data from the BC Coroner's Service showed two people from Nanaimo lost their lives to toxic drugs in January, a ...
Mar 14, 2025
Lantzville senior wakes up to find thieves robbing his house
LANTZVILLE - A homeowner in his late 80's was awoken to the sounds of a man and woman outside his bedroom. It happened on Saturday, March 8 between 5:30 and 6 a.m. at a home located near Lantzville's ...
Mar 13, 2025
Fingers crossed: Mid-Island weather may cooperate for total lunar eclipse
NANAIMO - While the skies aren't likely to be completely clear, forecasted conditions are improving for a special celestial show. A total lunar eclipse will occur overnight Thursday, March 13 into Fri...
Mar 13, 2025
Reported armed robbery prompts major police response near Nanaimo grocery store
NANAIMO - Local Mounties appeared quickly and en masse to a local grocery store Wednesday evening, after reports of a gun being brandished. RCMP members were called to the Country Grocer complex at th...
Mar 13, 2025