Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP on lookout for violent offender

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are hoping the public can help find an offender considered violent and actively evading arrest. An arrest warrant against Chase Peter Jack Goodale, 30, was issued last week st...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 20, 2023

Woman sentenced for online rental scam in Parksville, police preach 'buyer beware'

NANAIMO - A vulnerable family lost nearly $1,000 and badly needed housing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Parksville in an all too common breach of trust offence.Lindsay Eli...

Oct 20, 2023

New 306-bed long term care facility coming to Lantzville

NANAIMO - Hundreds of new long-term care beds are slated for the central Island.The province unveiled plans during a Thursday, Oct. 19 news conference for a 306-bed facility in Lantzville to be built ...

Oct 19, 2023

Arson charge laid in connection to Walmart fire in north Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Police in Victoria have partnered with local Mounties to arrest and charge a man with several crimes, including a high profile arson in Nanaimo.Edwin Vikash Singh, 42, was arrested on the so...

Oct 19, 2023

Free harm reduction & first aid vending machine coming to Nanaimo hospital

NANAIMO - It's set to be a lot easier to obtain potentially life-saving medical supplies from local hospitals. Island Health is installing "Care and Connection Kiosks" at three Island facilities, incl...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 19, 2023

'It's very gratifying:' rehabilitation efforts paying off at fish-bearing Departure Creek

NANAIMO - Significant signs of life are visible in an urban Nanaimo creek where fish sightings were once rare. While challenges persist, advocates are encouraged about the present and hopeful for the ...

Oct 19, 2023

New information results in homicide investigation into Nanaimo woman's death

NANAIMO - The death of a local woman in early March has been upgraded to a homicide.Wendy Head, 52, died in a home in the 2300 block of Autumnwood Dr., near Labieux Rd., on March 7. It was initially d...

Oct 18, 2023

Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus

NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man. Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a senten...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 18, 2023

Flood watch in place for Englishman River system near Parksville

PARKSVILLE - Heavy rainfall overnight and continued downpours in the forecast forced an upgrade in flood watches for the region. The B.C. River Forecast System, part of the ministry of forests, issued...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 18, 2023

Rash of thefts from unlocked vehicles sweeping through north Nanaimo neighbourhood

NANAIMO - Thieves have found an apparent target-rich environment in the city's north end.The RCMP say several thefts have been reported from vehicles in the Stephenson Point Rd. area of north Nanaimo,...

Oct 18, 2023