Nanaimo

'We can't let this disappear:' Mid Island Elder College determined to forge viable future

PARKSVILLE - A newly formed non-profit organization with a loyal client base is determined to continue its mission of lifelong learning. Following Vancouver Island University's decision to stop fundin...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 04, 2024

‘I want her back:’ loved ones plead for safe return of missing Nanaimo woman

NANAIMO - A gathering in downtown Nanaimo aimed to shed light on the case of a missing 22-year-old woman who wasn't been heard from in six months.Sherry Corrigal, last in contact with family in early ...

Mar 03, 2024

VIDEO: 'Push that limit:' Wounded Warriors on final leg of 800 km fundraising run

NANAIMO - The inspiring annual campaign to support veterans and first responders stopped in Nanaimo earlier this week before continuing south to Victoria. One of the stops for the Wounded Warriors Can...

Mar 03, 2024

Weather, impaired driver believed responsible for serious crash near Qualicum Beach

QUALICUM BEACH - Three people were seriously injured in a pair of incidents along Hwy. 19A overnight.Oceanside RCMP were called out to Hwy. 19A, just north of Qualicum Beach between Seacroft Rd. and E...

Mar 02, 2024

'It left us hungry:' Dover Bay senior boys basketball team prepares for provincials

NANAIMO - After losing in last year's provincial final, the senior boys basketball team from Dover Bay Secondary School is heading back to the big dance with some unfinished business.The north Nanaimo...

Mar 02, 2024

'We raise eyebrows and we raise funds:' naked bungy fundraiser returns to Nanaimo

NANAIMO - "You're up there, you're nude, you're scared and you have to trust that these professionals will get you through and keep you safe."Mental Health and Recovery Partners' Hannah Monis said the...

Mar 02, 2024

Despite a few cold nights, February weather back to relative normalcy for the mid-Island

NANAIMO - Average temperatures and about normal precipitation was the weather story for last month, as the mid-Island settles into more seasonal conditions to start March.Environment Canada meteorolog...

Mar 01, 2024

Police seek potential witness of pedestrian hit by car in south Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are hoping to identify the driver of a white pick-up truck in hopes of advancing an investigation involving a pedestrian hit on Nicol St. Surveillance video footage of the tru...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 01, 2024

Toxic drug deaths in Nanaimo leads Vancouver Island to start year

NANAIMO - While the number of people dying from toxic drugs fell province-wide in January, the greater Nanaimo area went in the opposite direction.Data from the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) showed 13 pe...

Mar 01, 2024

Injured white raven found in Qualicum; third rare bird to be treated locally in three years

ERRINGTON - For the third time in as many years, a rare white raven has come under the care of a mid-Island wildlife refuge centre. The unnamed leucitic raven was brought to the North Island Wildlife ...

Mar 01, 2024