Category Archives: Nanaimo
Mid-Island emergency warming centres reach capacity during cold snap, calls made for consistent funding
NANAIMO - As the snow turns to rain and the temperature becomes more seasonal for the mid-Island, emergency warming shelter operators are reflecting on the impacts of a recent deep freeze. Three City-...
Jan 19, 2024
City sells downtown Nanaimo parking lot in favour of multi-unit rental building
NANAIMO - Plans are in the works to turn a downtown City staff parking lot into a residential rental building.The connected lots, located at 350 and 398 Franklyn St. near City Hall, currently owned by...
Jan 19, 2024
Technology plays integral role in rescuing two stranded men in Nanoose Bay
NANOOSE BAY - A smartphone's crash detection feature precisely showed where two injured men were located after their truck tipped over on a snow-filled rural logging road. Arrowsmith Search and Rescue...
Jan 19, 2024
Nanaimo situation table connecting those in need to local social services
NANAIMO - About a year into operations, the Nanaimo Acute Response Table (N-ART), or situation table, is making strides in helping to protect vulnerable community members. A situation table is a multi...
Jan 19, 2024
Fine levied for toxic discharges at Crofton mill, including one million litres into ocean
DUNCAN - A sizable administrative penalty has been applied against Catalyst Paper Corporation's Crofton mill for multiple environmental infractions.A recent Ministry of Environment and Climate Change ...
Jan 18, 2024
Nanaimo RCMP consider death of 33-year-old woman a homicide
NANAIMO - Local mounties are searching for a grey sedan connected to what they say is a homicide investigation. Nanaimo RCMP were called to an apartment building in the Country Club Centre area in the...
Jan 18, 2024
'We made some great progress:' snow clearing crews into residential areas of Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Favourable overnight weather has allowed local snow-clearing crews to make some decent headway into moving Mother Nature's latest blast of snow. Between 10 and 30 centimetres fell on Wednesd...
Jan 18, 2024
Driver launches over embankment, takes out north Nanaimo traffic light
NANAIMO - A driver luckily sustained only minor injuries after losing control of his car and toppling a traffic light. It happened on Thursday, Jan 18 at about 6:50 a.m. on Rutherford Rd. at Hammond B...
Jan 18, 2024
Second AAP opens for Nanaimo public works replacement project
NANAIMO - A second bid by the City to get electoral approval for a new public works yard is underway. Following a City of Nanaimo procedural error during the initial Alternative Approval Process (AAP)...
Jan 18, 2024
Over 30 mid-Island restaurants offering special 'Dine About' offerings
NANAIMO - It's an opportunity to discover some of the best dishes across the mid-Island.Dine About Mid-Island, previously Dine Out Nanaimo, returns for a second year beginning Wednesday, Jan. 17, thro...
Jan 17, 2024