Category Archives: Nanaimo
From heartbreak to hope, $35k raised for cuddle cots at Island hospitals
NANAIMO - A local family who experienced a terrible tragedy last year has turned their experience into a positive fundraising effort to help others in the same situation.Last October, Erin Sowerby Gre...
May 20, 2023
Significant overhaul of Howard Johnson Hotel site clears key hurdle
NANAIMO - Despite opposition from Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN), plans for a transformative downtown Nanaimo development are destined to be approved. City councillors voted 7-1 in favour of overhaulin...
May 19, 2023
'We're tip-toeing into this one:' tree removal bylaw takes effect in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - While it's no longer open season in Oceanside to chop down trees on private property, a newly enacted bylaw offers some flexibility. Town Council recently endorsed a Tree Protection B...
May 19, 2023
100+ acres including ancient village site returned to Snuneymuxw First Nation
NANAIMO - Following a signing ceremony, 102 acres of land was officially transferred back to Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN).This is the follow-up of an agreement made in June of last year between SFN a...
May 18, 2023
'Monumental day' for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes with $7M in provincial funding
NANAIMO - A significant funding injection from the province will help ensure food security for thousands on Vancouver Island.Seven million dollars in money from the B.C. Government will go to Loaves a...
May 18, 2023
Nanaimo residents dying at over twice the provincial rate from drug toxicity
NANAIMO - New drug toxicity data provides a grim picture of the crisis. The B.C. Coroners Service reports 45 people in Nanaimo lost their lives to drug toxicity through the first four months of the ye...
May 18, 2023
Repeat highway blockader avoids jail, but hit with criminal record
NANAIMO - While he's not going to jail, a key organizer behind a pair of disruptive Vancouver Island highway blockades vows he'll find other ways to get his message across.Derek Hugh Menard, 34, was i...
May 18, 2023
Clerks hit with bear spray during Nanaimo convenience store robbery
NANAIMO - Local police are trying to identify a man accused of unloading a can of bear spray at a pair of clerks at a central Nanaimo store. Nanaimo RCMP say the incident happened on Wednesday, May 10...
May 17, 2023
Man fined for illegal angling, including dumping fish overboard near Nanaimo
NaNANAIMO - A recreational fisherman was fined and stripped of his right to fish for a year after being caught dumping his catch overboard in a conservation area. Colin Richard Wood pleaded guilty to ...
May 17, 2023
Coastal Fire Centre to ban larger fires ahead of May long weekend
NANAIMO - Spurred on by record temperatures, the Coastal Fire Centre is issuing their first fire ban of the season.Beginning Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m., both category two and three fires will be bann...
May 17, 2023