Category Archives: Nanaimo
Over $10 million allocated to quartet of Nanaimo community projects
NANAIMO - It's a sizeable injection of funds for projects long demanded by the public.City Councillors formally allocated just over $10.6 million from the Growing Communities Fund to four projects des...
Oct 21, 2023
Traffic concerns remain amid strong support for expansive south Nanaimo development
NANAIMO - The first two of many steps towards an expansion of the Cinnabar Valley and Chase River neighbourhoods were taken this week.City Councillors voted 7-2 in favour of first and second reading f...
Oct 20, 2023
Detailed designs released for initial phases of Commercial St. overhaul
NANAIMO - Construction is ready to go for the first two phases of a considerable multi-year face-lift of the heart of Nanaimo's downtown.While it's unclear precisely how much work councillors will sig...
Oct 20, 2023
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...
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...
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