Nanaimo

Repeat highway blockader avoids jail, but hit with criminal record

NANAIMO - While he's not going to jail, a key organizer behind a pair of disruptive Vancouver Island highway blockades vows he'll find other ways to get his message across.Derek Hugh Menard, 34, was i...

May 18, 2023

Clerks hit with bear spray during Nanaimo convenience store robbery

NANAIMO - Local police are trying to identify a man accused of unloading a can of bear spray at a pair of clerks at a central Nanaimo store. Nanaimo RCMP say the incident happened on Wednesday, May 10...

May 17, 2023

Man fined for illegal angling, including dumping fish overboard near Nanaimo

NaNANAIMO - A recreational fisherman was fined and stripped of his right to fish for a year after being caught dumping his catch overboard in a conservation area. Colin Richard Wood pleaded guilty to ...

May 17, 2023

Coastal Fire Centre to ban larger fires ahead of May long weekend

NANAIMO - Spurred on by record temperatures, the Coastal Fire Centre is issuing their first fire ban of the season.Beginning Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m., both category two and three fires will be bann...

May 17, 2023

Man ordered to repay nearly $40K stolen from man hoping to emigrate to Nanaimo

NANAIMO - After a private refugee sponsorship plan in conjunction with a local church didn't work out, the funds were't returned, they were gambled away. Semere Gebremichaelwe previously pleaded guilt...

May 17, 2023

BC Ferries expanding pet pilot project to Nanaimo

NANAIMO - No longer will Fido have to wait in the car, or be limited to the sometimes restrictive pet areas on board a BC Ferries sailing.Beginning Monday, May 15, the company extended a pilot project...

May 16, 2023

Nanaimo police see increase in property crime & priority files, but overall drop in call volume

NANAIMO - Overall call volumes have dipped slightly year over year, but the amount of serious crime still remains for local Mounties.Supt. Lisa Fletcher, officer in charge of the Nanaimo RCMP, present...

May 16, 2023

Mid-Island heat records smashed during spring heatwave

NANAIMO - Less than a week after a meteorologist said we could be in for some record-setting heat this spring, those predictions came true. Communities across Vancouver Island and much of the province...

May 16, 2023

Highway paving ongoing throughout central Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - Road work crews are busy repaving the area's highways ahead of the summer travel season.Major projects are centred around Nanaimo, including a 50-kilometre stretch of Hwy. 19 between the Ced...

May 16, 2023

BC Ferries adds extra sailings between Nanaimo and Lower Mainland for May long weekend

NANAIMO - BC Ferries is getting ready for their annual passenger surge over May long weekend.Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall said they do expect a very busy weekend starting on Thursday, May 18....

May 16, 2023