Category Archives: Nanaimo
Nanaimo RCMP receive fewer calls despite jump in violent crime
NANAIMO - While reported crime is down over the last five years, the severity of crimes being committed is on the rise in the Harbour City.Insp. Andrew Burton with the Nanaimo RCMP broke down the stat...
Apr 12, 2024
Red light runners surge at central Nanaimo intersection
NANAIMO - A red light means step on it for a rising number of motorists at a central Nanaimo intersection.Newly released data from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure showed 838 tickets ...
Apr 11, 2024
'Setting them up for success:' Nanaimo Indigenous youth boxing program reshapes lives
NANAIMO - A group of Indigenous youth are learning life skills while building their physical, spiritual, and mental well-being through the sport of boxing. Twenty-year-old Nanaimo resident Walter Fred...
Apr 11, 2024
Latest grant bolsters waterfront overhaul in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - Ongoing significant enhancements to the popular waterfront area in Qualicum Beach received a boost. The province announced $500,000 from the BC Active Transportation Infrastructure pr...
Apr 11, 2024
Title sponsor stabilizes Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen
NANAIMO - A local construction company is helping to build on the success of a resurrected local lacrosse program. One season removed from players and the business community rallying behind the club's...
Apr 10, 2024
City & accommodators battling for control of Nanaimo hotel tax dollars
NANAIMO - A standoff is brewing between the City and some local tourism operators over who controls and administers hotel tax revenue.The Municipal and Regional District Tax (MRDT) is applied to short...
Apr 10, 2024
Snowpack in B.C. at lowest level since 1970
NANAIMO - Snowpack levels in B.C. mountains are at their lowest point in more than 50 years, with Vancouver Island reserves among the lowest in the province. The April 1 snow survey and water supply b...
Apr 10, 2024
Advocacy group demands improved healthcare for mid and north Island
NANAIMO - Inequities in tertiary healthcare services north of the Malahat is the focus of a formally launched advocacy campaign. Well-known Nanaimo-based health advocate Donna Hais unveiled Faircare A...
Apr 10, 2024
Witnesses needed after assault along Nanaimo's Labieux Rd.
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are working to piece together the circumstances behind an attack in central Nanaimo's Diver Lake area last month. Police say on Thursday, March 21, at around 10:40 p.m. a 15-y...
Apr 09, 2024
New Indigenous youth detox centre planned for mid-Island
SNAW-NAW-AS - A first-of-its-kind treatment centre aimed at Indigenous youth struggling with drug addiction and mental health support will be fully operational by this fall. The Orca Lelum Youth Welln...
Apr 09, 2024