Category Archives: Nanaimo
Phone & internet service returns to Gabriola Island after nearly a week of disruptions, power issues persist
GABRIOLA ISLAND - Life is beginning to return to normal for roughly 4,000 people after nearly a week without basic communications services on Gabriola Island.Crews from TELUS successfully re-establish...
Dec 05, 2022
Council pledges significant Nanaimo Fire Rescue investment during budget talks
NANAIMO -Additional resources for increasingly strained Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) appears likely following a commitment from City councillors. Unanimous preliminary approval during a Thursday, Dec. 1 ...
Dec 05, 2022
No injuries from late afternoon fire at Nanaimo warehouse compound
NANAIMO - A tall, dark plume of smoke was visible through a considerable section of the city's north end from a fire. Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called to the yard of GFL Environmental in the 4400...
Dec 04, 2022
'Other people have done good stuff for me:' Nanaimo man tackles treacherous sidewalk
NANAIMO - Clearing snow is a lot faster and enjoyable these days for Bruce Cousens.The longtime Hammond Bay Rd. resident purchased a snowblower last winter in the midst of a huge wallop of snow blasti...
Dec 04, 2022
Power outage scheduled for Gabriola Island to fix downed communications lines
GABRIOLA ISLAND - Crews are getting ready to make repairs to severed communications lines.Residents on Gabriola Island have largely been without reliable communications through landline or cell phones...
Dec 04, 2022
November unusually chilly and dry across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Another month of record-setting weather for the mid-Island.While it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who was in Nanaimo in November, it was an unusually dry and cold month, especially ...
Dec 03, 2022
Toy store owner retiring after 30 years serving multiple generations of Nanaimo residents
NANAIMO - It's the end of nearly 30 years in the Harbour City and three generations of business in kids toys and education.Carolyn Kool will close the doors of "Kool & Child" on Bowen Rd., on Chri...
Dec 02, 2022
'We've heard nothing:' Gabriola Island first responders in the dark on restoration of 911 & phone services
GABRIOLA ISLAND - A permanent fix for thousands without phone, cell or internet service may be upwards of a month away.Services dropped on Gabriola Island on Tuesday, Nov. 29 when a communications lin...
Dec 02, 2022
New, enhanced overdose prevention site announced for Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A new formal site for the safe injection, and inhalation, of illicit drugs is coming to Nanaimo.The harm reduction facility will operate in downtown Nanaimo at 250 Albert St., located on the...
Dec 02, 2022
Heater believed responsible for central Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO - One person was taken to hospital for smoke inhilation after a dinner hour fire. Fire Rescue crews were called out to a home in the 2700 block of 105th St. just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec...
Dec 02, 2022