Nanaimo

NRGH turns 60-years-old, advocates demand new hospital tower

NANAIMO - It has seen better days, but the future of primary health care in the mid-Island area has nowhere to go but up.The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation is recognizing the 60th anniversar...

Jan 11, 2023

Nanaimo senior loses $15K after fraudster poses as bank employee

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo senior is out thousands after falling victim to a gift card scam.A woman was phoned on Jan 3 by someone claiming to work for CIBC, who said they needed her to buy $15,000 in gift c...

Jan 10, 2023

Crews prepare for upcoming busy stretch of Midtown Water Supply Project replacement in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - While it's not flashy, an important project aimed at providing water supply certainty in Nanaimo is becoming more visible. Preparatory works is underway alongside the Nanaimo Parkway for the...

Jan 10, 2023

Hiking heroes help carry wounded dog from Cable Bay Trail

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo woman is thanking a pair of hiking heroes who helped carry her injured dog to safety. Courtnay Huber's two-year-old Australian Shepard Pip was out with her mother-in-law and partne...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 10, 2023

'I'm going to shoot you:' man sentenced for initiating violent altercation against Nanaimo Mountie

NANAIMO - What started out as a shoplifting complaint escalated to a man attempting to disarm an RCMP officer and multiple threats to shoot her.The high risk incident in Nanaimo on Dec. 28, 2021 headl...

Jan 10, 2023

Recycling program expanded with some single-use plastics now blue-bin friendly

NANAIMO - The province is now accepting more recyclable plastic items at their depots and through residential blue bin programs. The announcement was made on Friday, Jan. 6, and will allow easier recy...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 09, 2023

Port Alberni man dead after crash near Coombs, alcohol a possible factor

NANAIMO - A man died following a Friday night two-vehicle collision after police believe the driver of an oncoming truck may have been impaired by alcohol and crossed the centre line.It happened on an...

Jan 09, 2023

Showers, rain and atmospheric rivers: explaining West Coast weather

NANAIMO - Significant rainfall over the weekend is set to continue through the week. It's another parade of storms coming in from the Pacific, with an increasingly more familiar array of terms being u...

Daryl Major Jan 09, 2023

Over $1.1 million in federal funding eyed for central and north Island non-profits

NANAIMO - It's a major chunk of change which is hoped to bridge the gap between vulnerable people and vital services.United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island (UWCNVI) has opened applications f...

Jan 08, 2023

'We really felt it was important to give back:' Nanaimo SAR to donate tree-chipping proceeds

NANAIMO - A valued non-profit organization responding to people in distress at a moment's notice is coming through yet again, but in a different way.Nanaimo Search and Rescue is donating all of its pr...

Jan 07, 2023