Category Archives: Nanaimo
'A teaching tool:' new Nanaimo cookbook bolstering culinary skills
NANAIMO - Tried and true recipes from local kitchens are on offer through a local grassroots organization. Nanaimo Community Kitchens has created 'Nourish Nanaimo: A Community Cookbook & Local Foo...
Feb 15, 2026 Nourish Nanaimo is available at a pair of local stores, with proceeds going towards a Nanaimo community agency helping bolster food preparation skills. (Image Credit: Submitted photo)
Dogs barred from Oceanside beaches during Brant geese migration
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside beachgoers are being asked to keep their canine friends at home for now.Two Parksville beaches will be off-limits to dogs for the next few months, as the Black Brant geese are m...
Feb 15, 2026 A pair of Oceanside beaches will be closed to dogs for the next few months in order to protect the migration patterns of certain animals, like Black Brant geese. (Image Credit: Angie Ooms/Brant Wildlife Festival Facebook page)
'Nothing could be saved:' Rotary Bowl equipment shed destroyed
NANAIMO - A suspicious fire flattened a Nanaimo Track and Field storage shed, with only the metal siding remaining. Emergency crews were called to the Rotary Bowl on Third St. on Monday, Feb. 9 at aro...
Feb 14, 2026 Police in Nanaimo are looking for more information after a Rotary Bowl storage shed burned to the ground in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 9. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Community champions celebrated via annual Nanaimo WIN awards
NANAIMO - The impact of women, non-binary and two-spirit people in community was celebrated this week. The annual Women of Influence Awards in Nanaimo were held Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Vancouver Isl...
Feb 14, 2026 Nearly a dozen community leaders were formally recognized Wednesday night at the annual Women of Influence Awards in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Damon James/Island Images Photography)
Long-stranded boat at Nanaimo's Neck Point to be removed
NANAIMO - A derelict boat which ran ashore at Neck Point in mid-December is finally poised to be removed. A statement from the Canadian Coast Guard to NanaimoNewsNOW confirmed the cabin cruiser, which...
Feb 13, 2026 A cabin cruiser which ran aground during rough weather at Neck Point Park in December, will finally be removed next week. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'We do believe alcohol was a factor:' head-on collision impacts Hwy. 19A
DASHWOOD - A serious collision has sent multiple people to hospital and continues to impact traffic along Hwy. 19A, north of Qualicum Beach.Emergency crews were called just before 10 a.m. on Friday, F...
Feb 13, 2026 Emergency crews remain on scene of a head on collision along Hwy. 19A in Dashwood, north of Qualicum Beach. (Image Credit: Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department)
'Not a good start:' Vancouver Island lacking mountain snow
NANAIMO - Mountain snowpack levels on Vancouver Island are currently the lowest in the province. The Feb. 1 snow survey and water supply bulletin from the Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Steward...
Feb 13, 2026 Snowpack levels across B.C. are about average, except on Vancouver Island, where only 39 per cent of mountain snow remains as of Feb. 1. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
'Want rather than a need:' proposed north Nanaimo roundabout receives muted response
NANAIMO - A proposed roundabout along one of the city's busiest corridors is receiving a lukewarm reception. City traffic staff want to take advantage of existing construction along Hammond Bay Rd., a...
Feb 12, 2026 Adding a roundabout to Hammond Bay Rd. at Brickyard Rd. is proposed by City staff, but the project has received lukewarm reaction from area residents as well as some Councillors to date. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
One person shot outside Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre
NANAIMO - Police say a person was shot during a commotion outside a mall entrance near the Woodgrove Centre bus loop. It happened on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at around 3:30 p.m. outside the third entrance w...
Feb 12, 2026 Investigators were staged outside the third entrance of Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre on Thursday. Feb 12 in response to a shooting the prior afternoon. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo senior taken to hospital after being hit and dragged by pickup truck
NANAIMO - A woman in her late 60s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a pickup truck.Emergency first responders attended the incident on Applecross near Portsmouth roads on ...
Feb 12, 2026 Police markings are left behind after a crash involving a vehicle hitting a pedestrian along Applecross Rd. in north Nanaimo Wednesday afternoon. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)