Category Archives: Nanaimo

VICTORIA - Illicit drug deaths are down slightly in British Columbia from the same period last year, but the coroners service says females are dying at a much higher rate. The service says in a statem...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has added to the protected area on Gabriola Island with the recent purchase of over 30 hectares of land adjacent to its second-largest public p...

Editors note: This article contains highly disturbing details of animal neglect. Reader discretion is strongly advised. NANAIMO - A case of puppy breeding gone horribly wrong was outlined during a gra...

NANAIMO - Craft beer experiencing an explosion in popularity over recent years is being matched by some high-quality suds on central Vancouver Island. Breweries from Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Ladysmith, P...

PARKSVILLE - Work is underway to upgrade internet services in the Oceanside region. TELUS, in partnership with F3 Networks Canada, began their on-site work on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to install fibre opti...

NANAIMO - Well known to police and loathed by local retailers, a longtime Nanaimo criminal will attempt to clean up his act in a live-in treatment centre. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson, 49, receive...

PARKSVILLE - A new assisted living facility for those living with brain injuries is coming to the City of Parksville. A development permit was recently issued for 365 Moilliet St. South to build a pai...

NANAIMO - A "moderate" respiratory illness season is expected to materialize in the coming weeks as the province recently unveiled its annual vaccine strategy. A week following the start of the B.C go...

NANAIMO - A 19-year-old driver lost their life in a late-night crash along the Trans-Canada Hwy. Emergency services were called to Hwy. 1 between Aqua Terra Rd. and Timberlands Rd., by the south end o...

NANAIMO - Two of the four MLAs recently elected to represent the mid-Island are new to their roles, but there is familiarity amid a shifting political landscape. While mail-in vote counting this week ...