Category Archives: Nanaimo
BC Ferries prepares for busiest long weekend of year
NANAIMO - Typically the busiest weekend during the highest demand time of the year, many ferries will be crammed this weekend. BC Ferries is preparing for what historically has been its busiest long w...
Jul 29, 2026 The pending B.C. Day long weekend is expected to see a little over 400,000 people transported by BC Ferries. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Oceanside couple scammed out of $600,000 with fake politician endorsement
PARKSVILLE - An elderly couple recently lost substantial volumes of cash over a prolonged period after responding to a fake online ad to invest in cryptocurrency, supposedly endorsed by a well-known p...
Jul 28, 2026 An elderly couple in Oceanside has lost an estimated $600,000 after being tricked into investing in a fake cryptocurrency company they believed was endorsed by a well-known politician. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
NNN'S Last 10: Discontent City had impacts still being felt today
NANAIMO - Formed over eight years ago and in place for several months, a Nanaimo homeless encampment generated challenges while also leading to key provincial social housing investments.Formed on May ...
Jul 28, 2026 While estimates varied, it's believed well over 300 people resided in a tent city encampment in Nanaimo, which was in place for about eight months in 2018. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Imagine this as twinning Boxwood:' support given for new Nanaimo light-industrial area
NANAIMO - An envisioned light industrial corridor through a presently forested area along the Nanaimo Parkway has taken the first of many steps forward. City Councillors provided unanimous consent on ...
Jul 28, 2026 A rendering of the final vision for a large property east of the Nanaimo Parkway, to eventually become a light industrial hub similar to Boxwood Rd. (Image Credit: Hyland Properties)
Consultant sought to advance Nanaimo hospital patient tower & cath lab
NANAIMO - A newly launched bidding process aims to formulate a concept plan for a pair of key capital projects at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Island Health formally initiated a request for prop...
Jul 28, 2026 Plans to replace the NRGH patient tower, and creating a cardiac cath lab, are advancing under a newly released concept plan request for proposals process. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
NNN's Last 10: Downtown Nanaimo's transformation, and remaining sore spots
NanaimoNewsNOW is celebrating 10 years of serving Nanaimo and the mid-Island, by looking at the ways our region has changed in the last decade. NANAIMO - Despite some persistent challenges, the city's...
Jul 27, 2026 A decade of change for Nanaimo's downtown has seen the revamp of a major focal point, the demolition of a long-term eyesore, and little to nothing done for the infamous 'hole in the ground'. (Image Credit: File photos/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Man arrested after 'driving directly into vehicles' at Nanaimo mall
NANAIMO - A Victoria-area man was arrested under the Mental Health Act after a rampage in his vehicle damaged several cars and injured multiple people. Local Mounties were called to Nanaimo North Town...
Jul 27, 2026 A Victoria man was arrested under the Mental Health Act after he allegedly drove deliberately into other vehicles at Nanaimo North Town Centre on Saturday, July 25. (Image Credit: Submitted photo/Troy Dickson)
Former Nanaimo supportive housing tenant broke in twice, stole credit cards
NANAIMO - Purportedly staffed around the clock, a north Nanaimo supportive housing facility was the target of two break-ins that took several hours and, in one case, more than a day to detect. Ricky J...
Jul 27, 2026 Uplands Walk, a 34-unit purpose-built supportive housing complex, was broken into twice by a former tenant 11 days apart. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'We had a lot of fun out there:' third-generation Nanaimo tubber wins 2026 World Championship race
NANAIMO - Twelve months ago, Jack Schlitz was the last tubber to make it back to the finish line, battered and bruised after a gruelling 58-kilometre race lasting almost three hours.This year, he clim...
Jul 26, 2026 Nanaimo's Jack Schlitz celebrated with his family after winning the 2026 Great World Championship Bathtub Race on Sunday, July 26. (Image Credit: Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Boundary change for selected RDN properties given provincial go-ahead
NANAIMO - For the second time in a week, the provincial government has given its blessing for a re-drawing of electoral lines on the mid-Island. Sixteen properties along Plecas Rd. and Evans Rd., just...
Jul 26, 2026 The Regional District of Nanaimo has received provincial approval to complete a minor adjustment to boundary lines for Areas A and C, affecting 16 properties south of Nanaimo. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)