Category Archives: Nanaimo

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NANAIMO - To nobody's surprise, the number of unsheltered people in Nanaimo has surged significantly. A final report on the 2023 Nanaimo Point-in-Time Count & Survey showed 515 people were unhouse...

NANAIMO - A young local girl is getting rewarded for the hard work she's putting in at area skateparks.Evie Pritchard, 11, recently earned a pair of top finishes at high-level events in eastern Canada...