Category Archives: Nanaimo
Nanaimo steel manufacturer advancing expansion plans
NANAIMO - Already Vancouver Island's largest commercial steel manufacturer, a Nanaimo company is moving forward with an ambitious growth strategy despite turbulent geopolitical headwinds.Niik Steel, l...
May 01, 2026 Niik Steel's fabrication plant transforms raw beams into custom designed and cut structural pillars for a variety of commercial and institutional building uses. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
United Way BC wants to make menstrual products as accessible as toilet paper
NANAIMO - United Way BC (UWBC) is once again collecting menstrual products for those in need, with last year's donations unable to match the high demand. The Period Promise Campaign starts on Friday, ...
May 01, 2026 United Way BC's 2026 Period Promise campaign starts on Friday, May 1, and runs until the 30. (Image Credit: Submitted/United Way BC)
Three cats killed, no other injuries in south Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO - A morning house fire has claimed the life of three cats and badly damaged a south end home. Calls to 9-1-1 came around 10:10 a.m. on Friday, May 1, regarding a home on Haliburton St. between...
May 01, 2026 A family home on Haliburton St. was badly damaged by fire Friday morning, while three pets inside the home did not survive. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Revisions requested following marathon Cable Bay public hearings
NANAIMO - After nearly 12 hours of public hearing submissions across three days, a proposed rezoning application will go back behind closed doors for further discussions.A third public hearing session...
May 01, 2026 Discussions will continue between Nanaimo Forest Products, City staff and other stakeholders after a marathon three-day, 11 and a half hour public hearing was adjourned Thursday, April 30 without a vote on third reading of a proposed zoning amendment. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'A year with some water challenges:' seasonal restrictions in effect across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Seasonal water restrictions are now in effect, with more likely on the way in the weeks and months ahead.Most areas of the Regional District of Nanaimo, including the City of Nanaimo, City o...
May 01, 2026 Seasonal water restrictions are in place for most of the mid-Island with areas like Nanaimo, Lantzville, Parksville and Nanoose Bay all at stage two. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Nanaimo OPS drug bust results in guilty pleas, primary accused faces lengthy jail sentence
NANAIMO - Late guilty pleas cancelled a pending BC Supreme Court trial following a high-profile drug and weapons bust with arrests made at a local overdose prevention site. Gerid James Gregory-Allen a...
Apr 30, 2026 Both the people involved in a drugs and weapons bust outside the Albert St. overdose prevention site in downtown Nanaimo have entered guilty pleas, with at least one likely to spend considerable time in jail for their role. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'It's a lot of fun:' Curious ComicCon promoting literacy with free event
NANAIMO - It's time to dust off your stormtrooper helmet and polish your Bat boots, as the 2026 edition of Curious ComicCon is on this weekend in Nanaimo. Celebrating their ninth year hosting vendors,...
Apr 30, 2026
Nanaimo-based prolific offender demonstrates corrective action
NANAIMO - Last summer, an offender was walking out of Vancouver Island Walmart stores with hundreds of dollars' worth of unpaid merchandise. Austin Carlson-McPherson vows he's a changed man who's high...
Apr 30, 2026 With well over 30 criminal code convictions to his name, a Nanaimo man has shown strong rehabilitative signs in custody and a residential treatment setting. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Huge benefit to us:' Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes gets grant money for new build
NANAIMO - Loaves and Fishes Community Foodbank recently received a big boost in grant money as they prepare to move into their new building. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) approved $119,200 in...
Apr 29, 2026 Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank recently received over $119,000 in grant funding from the Regional District of Nanaimo to purchase a pallet racking food storage system for their new building. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Cedar crash leads to injuries, violation ticket
NANAIMO - A two-vehicle crash south of Nanaimo sent three people to hospital. According to Nanaimo RCMP, the detachment responded to the intersection of Cedar and Haslam roads on Saturday, April 25, j...
Apr 29, 2026 Two vehicles crashed at the Haslam/Cedar Rd. intersection on Saturday, April 25, sent three people to the hospital. (Image Credit: Google)