Category Archives: Nanaimo
Nanaimo benefits from Feds boosting B.C. economic projects
NANAIMO - More than $30 million in economic development-related initiatives announced this week includes a pair of notable local industrial initiatives.Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Rober...
Aug 12, 2026 Harmac Pacific received a notable $5.5 million funding injection from the federal government. (Image Credit: File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Roofer falls from Nanaimo balcony, employer fined
NANAIMO - Improperly secured while cleaning rooftop patios, a roofer fell from a downtown balcony in what WorkSafeBC described as "a serious workplace incident." It happened this past April 20 at the ...
Aug 12, 2026 United Roofing was fined $12,824.17 after one of its employees fell one storey from a balcony at the Gabriola condo building on Nanaimo's downtown waterfront this past April. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo skies clear for annual Perseids peak
NANAIMO - Mother Nature is doing her part and providing clear skies for an annual meteor show. The Perseids meteor shower is projected to peak overnight on Wednesday, Aug. 12, into Thursday, Aug. 13, ...
Aug 11, 2026 The annual Perseids meteor shower will peak Wednesday night into Thursday, with clear skies across the mid-Island and a new moon providing ideal conditions. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
More local government candidate sessions coming up
NANAIMO - A final candidates' info forum offered jointly by the City of Nanaimo and Regional District of Nanaimo takes place this week. The in-person session happens Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Tigh-Na-Mara...
Aug 11, 2026 Candidate sessions are designed to help hopeful mayors and councillors learn more about what it's like to be an elected official, as well as obtain requirements for the election process. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Air support helps Nanaimo RCMP take dangerous drivers off the road
NANAIMO - A noticeable police presence in the skies above the Harbour City over the weekend has helped nab multiple problematic drivers.RCMP Air 8, from the RCMP's Comox Air Services division, was dep...
Aug 11, 2026 Support from an RCMP helicopter helped local police catch several dangerous drivers during an operation on Sunday, Aug. 9 through Nanaimo. (Image Credit: BC RCMP/Airbus)
'Totally shocked:' Nanaimo residents trying to fill service gaps left by Deaf centre's closure
NANAIMO - The closure of a vital not-for-profit resource centre has left the local Deaf community scrambling to fill the gaps. The Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association (IDHHC) announced ...
Aug 11, 2026 Nanaimo residents and members of the Deaf community are trying to find new avenues of support after the Island Deaf and Heard of Hearing Centre closed its two Vancouver Island locations in June due to a lack of funding. (Image Credit: File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Off-road vehicle ban now in place for areas south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A sweeping ban on off-road and all-terrain vehicles has been put in place by regional fire authorities, with the Nanaimo area being spared for now.The Coastal Fire Centre issued a prohibitio...
Aug 10, 2026 Off-road vehicles are now prohibited in parts of the Coastal Fire Centre, including areas of the central and south Island. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Crews extinguish high-risk house fire south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A home was destroyed, but the chief of Extension Volunteer Fire Department said thankfully surrounding damage was limited. Kevin Young said their department was alerted on Monday, Aug. 10, j...
Aug 10, 2026 Fire crews contain a hayfield fire after flames spread from a neighbouring structure fire on White Rapids Rd. on the early morning of Monday, Aug. 10. (Image Credit: Extension Volunteer Fire Dept.)
Civilians describe speeding SUV prior and after fatal Nanaimo drive-by shooting
NANAIMO - Prosecutors outlined eyewitness accounts at the murder trial involving a brazen daytime shooting at busy Nanaimo shopping centre. Ronald Joseph Campbell, 44, is on trial at BC Supreme Court ...
Aug 10, 2026 Yasin Khan was sitting in his SUV when he was shot several times and pronounced dead on scene on the afternoon of May 20, 2021 at Rock City Centre. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo area's unemployment rate dips again: Stats Canada
NANAIMO - Unemployment data for the Nanaimo area continues trending in the right direction.The Nanaimo area's jobless rate for for a third straight month to 6.4 per cent, down from 7.4 per cent in May...
Aug 8, 2026 After rising to as high as 8.7 per cent in May, Nanaimo's unemployment rate settled to 6.4 per cent in July, according to newly released Statistics Canada data. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)