Category Archives: Nanaimo
No clear winner in B.C. election, with NDP and Conservatives locked in tight battle
Predictions of a nail-biting election were holding true in British Columbia on Saturday, with returns showing the New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives locked in a virtual dead heat.With the two ma...
Oct 19, 2024
Election 2024: Results, reaction & analysis from Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Welcome to our coverage of general election day and the counting of votes in the 2024 B.C. election. Our team is working across central Vancouver Island to bring you complete coverage from t...
Oct 19, 2024
Newly hired Nanaimo NightOwls coach excited to lead hometown team
NANAIMO - Armed with experience as a high-level player and coach, the new man in charge of the Nanaimo NightOwls dugout can't wait to get started. Cody Andreychuk, 32, born and raised in Nanaimo, is t...
Oct 19, 2024
Election Day: where to vote and our coverage of results across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - It's general voting day for the 2024 B.C. election.Polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 with voters encouraged to visit the voting place assigned to them on t...
Oct 19, 2024
Strong winds force cancellation of several Nanaimo-Vancouver ferries
NANAIMO - The first real fall storm of the year is having some adverse effects on travel in the region.BC Ferries announced they've cancelled sailings between Nanaimo's Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay...
Oct 18, 2024
Waterfront dedication site unveiled for Nanaimo's Lisa Marie Young
NANAIMO - A tree and plaque dedication ceremony during a torrential downpour drew family and friends who've faced infinitely harsher challenges over the past 22-plus years. In partnership between the ...
Oct 18, 2024
Mandatory waste separation bylaw coming into effect for RDN
NANAIMO - All commercial, institutional, industrial and multi-family home dwellers will soon be responsible for sorting and properly disposing of items they throw away. The Regional District of Nanaim...
Oct 18, 2024
Nanaimo council 'quite alarmed' at lack of funding for valuable restorative justice program
NANAIMO - Increasing capacity for a locally run restorative justice campaign will be included in upcoming City budget discussions. Councillors unanimously, albeit somewhat reluctantly, voted to includ...
Oct 18, 2024
Costs continue climbing for rural Nanaimo community centre project
NANAIMO - A third budget applies to transforming a long-closed school into a community centre to serve the South Wellington and Cassidy areas. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board of directors...
Oct 17, 2024
Atmospheric river storm set to drench Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - While it's not time to batten down the hatches quite yet, the first atmospheric river storm of the fall season is about to make landfall. Environment Canada issued a special weather statemen...
Oct 17, 2024