Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - It might be the end of the road for some, but cadets from 205 Collishaw will leave the program armed with valuable life skills.The squadron celebrated all their achievements from the last ye...

NANAIMO - The annual Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival (NDBF) is returning this summer, hoping to get back to pre-pandemic numbers.Race director Erik Ages told NanaimoNewsNOW while last year's event was th...

NANAIMO - An annual advocacy walk in Nanaimo for people impacted by declines in cognitive function holds a special meaning this year for a lifelong local resident. Susan Jarvis said her husband's deme...

NANAIMO - Upwards of 300 contractors tasked with critical local pulp mill upgrades are also injecting life into the hospitality and restaurant sector. Paul Sadler, CEO of Nanaimo Forest Products, said...

QUALICUM BEACH - The Town's 45th annual Family Day celebrations are getting some drop-in visitors.As part of the event scheduled to run all day on Sunday, May 28 in Qualicum Beach, there will be a per...

NANAIMO - No injuries were reported following an afternoon fire at a business on Stewart Ave. along Nanaimo's waterfront.On May 26 just before 3 p.m. emergency crews were called to a structure fire at...

NANAIMO - Despite delays in other projects and several key steps yet to be completed, the provincial government re-committed to opening a new Island cancer centre.Premier David Eby, alongside health m...

QUALICUM BEACH - It was proof positive impaired drivers are a risk on the road any time of day.Officers from B.C. Highway Patrol set up a checkpoint near the Hwy. 4 and Hwy. 19 interchange, south of Q...

ERRINGTON - With his concerned father and brother anxiously looking on, rescuers hoisted a man stuck on Little Mountain during a late-night climb that went awry. It happened on Tuesday, May 23 with Ar...

NANAIMO - A local rowing enthusiast will take a few laps around Long Lake to help a Nanaimo club replace heritage canoes destroyed in a fire.A suspicious fire on November 24, 2022, destroyed two voyag...