Category Archives: Nanaimo
Dragons, lanterns, and fireworks: Mid-Autumn Festival returns to Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Thousands of lanterns are expected to light up the waterfront this weekend.The Mid-Autumn Festival runs for two days, starting on Friday, Sept. 18, from 5 pm. until 10 p.m., and then on Satu...
Sep 17, 2026 The third edition of the Mid-Autumn Festival is back at Nanaimo's Maffeo Sutton Park on Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, full of free, family-fun, finishing with a firework display on Saturday night. (Image Credit: Submitted/Jerry Hong)
Nanaimo's Westwood Lake expands through City land purchase
NANAIMO - Previously considered as land for townhouses, a 2.85-acre property will instead be folded into the surrounding Westwood Lake Park grounds.The City of Nanaimo announced Wednesday, Sept. 16, t...
Sep 16, 2026 The City of Nanaimo is purchasing 2367 Arbot Rd., site of the Westwood Lake Tennis Club, with the property set to become a publicly accessible park space. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Man banned from owning animals for throwing chihuahua in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A man is legally barred from owning or taking care of animals for two years after pleading guilty to abusing his dog. A joint submission was accepted for Andrew Bernard Gardiner, 46, at Nana...
Sep 16, 2026 46-year-old Andrew Bernard Gardiner pleaded guilty to one count of causing or permitting an animal to be in distress in relation to an incident in Nanaimo in Feb, 2025, where he was seen by two City workers dropping and throwing his female chihuahua. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Worker injured after falling at Nanaimo Cancer Centre construction site
NANAIMO - A construction worker at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital was injured after falling several feet and being impaled.The incident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 16 just before noon at the site ...
Sep 16, 2026 A worker at the under-construction Nanaimo Cancer Centre had to be rescued after falling and being impaled by rebar on Wednesday. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
UPDATE: Nanaimo woman killed after being hit by fuel truck in downtown
NANAIMO - Mounties confirm one person was killed in an early morning motor vehicle incident in the city's downtown.Nanaimo RCMP were called to the Mid-Island Co-op gas bar at 60 Victoria Cres. on Wedn...
Sep 16, 2026 A woman has died at the Mid-Island Co-Op on Victoria Cres. in downtown Nanaimo, in what police are describing a ”motor vehicle incident”. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'More comfortable and safer:' crosswalk construction starts on Nanaimo's Townsite Rd.
NANAIMO - Making a busy intersection safer for pedestrians while improving active transportation routes is behind recently started road work heading into Nanaimo's downtown. Construction began on Tues...
Sep 16, 2026 Traffic delays are expected at the Townsite Rd. and Holly Ave. intersection until the end of October as the City of Nanaimo installs a new raised crosswalk and other pedestrian improvements to the area. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Thieves pull ATM from rural Cedar-area business
LADYSMITH - RCMP have released surveillance footage of two thieves following a break-in and theft from a business just south of Nanaimo Airport.Ladysmith RCMP states they were informed on Wednesday, S...
Sep 15, 2026 One of two thieves captured on surveillance video during a break-in and theft at a Simpson Rd. business located just south of Nanaimo Airport. (Image Credit: Ladysmith RCMP)
Harbour Air acquiring Pacific Coastal Airlines
NANAIMO - Described as a move to create a stronger platform for future growth, an agreement has been reached for Harbour Air to purchase fellow Lower Mainland-based airliner Pacific Coastal Airlines (...
Sep 15, 2026 Harbour Air flight entering Nanaimo's Departure Bay. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Repeat offender jailed for 'terrifying' Nanaimo rock-throwing incident
NANAIMO - Following his recent jail sentence for a series of Nanaimo property crimes and a disturbing assault, a chronic offender was at it again.Cole Granite Morecroft, 31, was sentenced on Monday, S...
Sep 15, 2026 Cole Morecroft remains in jail after a dangerous, unprovoked Nanaimo rock-throwing incident. (Image Credit: Facebook)
Man arrested after threatening to shoot people at Nanaimo bank
NANAIMO - A 60-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly threatening to kill people at a north Nanaimo bank. Mounties were called to the TD Bank on Turner Rd. at Longwood Station on Friday, Sept. 1...
Sep 14, 2026 Mounties responded quickly to the TD Bank on Turner Rd. Friday afternoon, after a 60-year-old man entered the branch and allegedly began threatening to shoot people inside. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)