Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A local non-profit wants to help connect low-income people with support programs by showing them all the valuable resources available in the Harbour City. Poverty Advocacy Nanaimo (PAN) was ...

NANAIMO - A motorcyclist sustained injuries following an apparent two-vehicle crash on the Island Hwy. in central Nanaimo Thursday afternoon. It happened at about 3:10 p.m. near 107th St, just north o...

NANAIMO - About a year after launching a campaign to help bolster ongoing critical care projects at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, the money has arrived. The Nanaimo & District Hospital Founda...

VICTORIA - Illicit drug deaths are down slightly in British Columbia from the same period last year, but the coroners service says females are dying at a much higher rate. The service says in a statem...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has added to the protected area on Gabriola Island with the recent purchase of over 30 hectares of land adjacent to its second-largest public p...

Editors note: This article contains highly disturbing details of animal neglect. Reader discretion is strongly advised. NANAIMO - A case of puppy breeding gone horribly wrong was outlined during a gra...

NANAIMO - Craft beer experiencing an explosion in popularity over recent years is being matched by some high-quality suds on central Vancouver Island. Breweries from Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Ladysmith, P...

PARKSVILLE - Work is underway to upgrade internet services in the Oceanside region. TELUS, in partnership with F3 Networks Canada, began their on-site work on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to install fibre opti...

NANAIMO - Well known to police and loathed by local retailers, a longtime Nanaimo criminal will attempt to clean up his act in a live-in treatment centre. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson, 49, receive...

PARKSVILLE - A new assisted living facility for those living with brain injuries is coming to the City of Parksville. A development permit was recently issued for 365 Moilliet St. South to build a pai...