Nanaimo

Nanaimo palliative care champion honoured for impacts made at home and abroad

NANAIMO - His life's work of easing the suffering of others and their loved ones garnered a highly respected Lantzville man a prestigious honour. Dr. Robin Love, 68, will receive a 2024 Lifetime Achie...

May 29, 2024

Young joyriders get vehicles stuck in sensitive Nanaimo Estuary

NANAIMO - Four youth are potentially facing charges from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) after a rising tide caught them off guard in a protected area.RCMP were alerted around 8:30 p.m. on...

Alex Rawnsley May 29, 2024

Music programs axed from Vancouver Island University

NANAIMO - Despite public outcry music programs at Vancouver Island University (VIU) have been cut.VIU officially cancelled the bachelor of music, the bachelor of music-classic transfer, and the jazz d...

May 29, 2024

'I told him to stop:' man on trial for alleged violent sexual assault in Nanaimo

Editors note: Kenneth Boychuk was found not guilty, of the charged detailed in this article, on Wednesday, June 20, 2024. Our report on the verdict is available here. This article contains graphic det...

Alex Rawnsley May 29, 2024

'An embarrassment:' two arrested after Nanaimo Council delegation refuses to leave

NANAIMO - A gradually escalating differing of opinion between City Council and a small group of local residents boiled over Monday night, resulting in two people being escorted away in police handcuff...

Alex Rawnsley May 28, 2024

Nanaimo named in building permit processing hub pilot project

NANAIMO - The province has introduced an online hub they say will speed up the permitting process to get homes built faster.Nanaimo was one of the 14 communities named for the new online building perm...

May 28, 2024

UPDATE: Man arrested, another sent to hospital after serious stabbing in downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - One person is in custody, another remains in hospital after a serious altercation in the city's downtown. Police, Nanaimo Fire Rescue and BC Emergency Health Services were called to the corn...

Alex Rawnsley May 28, 2024 Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed another during an altercation at the corner of Cavan St. and Victoria Cres. late Tuesday morning. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

'I killed him:' life in prison for Nanaimo's Ashley Baird for murdering cellmate in Alberta

NANAIMO - A local man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for a decade after being sentenced for second-degree murder in an Alberta courtroom. Ashley Laird Bair...

Daryl Major May 28, 2024

Transition to electronic fare system expected late this year for RDN public transit customers

NANAIMO - Using old-fashioned cash will remain, however physical tickets and day passes are poised to be relics of the past while boarding buses across the province. As directed by BC Transit, effecti...

May 27, 2024

B.C. barely doing enough to help reduce poverty: Food Banks Canada

NANAIMO - British Columbia has been hit with a barely passing grade when it comes to poverty reduction efforts.A new report from Food Banks Canada is giving B.C. a grade of D+ when it comes to helping...

May 27, 2024