Nanaimo

Vehicle crashes through light post & fencing near Port Place Shopping Centre

NANAIMO - A vehicle crashed into fencing around the Italian Fountain near Port Place Shopping Centre, following an apparent medical emergency.The dark grey sedan was travelling northbound on Terminal ...

Jan 12, 2023

Nanaimo man awaits punishment for causing pair of highway blockades

NANAIMO - A brief jail sentence is possible for a man at the centre of a pair blockades on the Trans Canada Highway on Vancouver Island last spring. Sentencing arguments for Derek Hugh Menard took pla...

Jan 12, 2023

Nanaimo 'aggressively recruiting' lifeguards to restore service levels at area pools

NANAIMO - A shortage of qualified lifeguards is behind some shuffling of programming at the City's two indoor pool facilities.Swim lessons ordinarily run at Beban pool were shifted to the Nanaimo Aqua...

Jan 11, 2023

Nanaimo RCMP look to identify driver after 'significant damage' to gas station

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking to identify a person they say caused "significant damage" to a gas station.Police say a woman, later captured by security cameras at the Shell gas station on Nicol...

Jan 11, 2023

NRGH turns 60-years-old, advocates demand new hospital tower

NANAIMO - It has seen better days, but the future of primary health care in the mid-Island area has nowhere to go but up.The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation is recognizing the 60th anniversar...

Jan 11, 2023

Nanaimo senior loses $15K after fraudster poses as bank employee

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo senior is out thousands after falling victim to a gift card scam.A woman was phoned on Jan 3 by someone claiming to work for CIBC, who said they needed her to buy $15,000 in gift c...

Jan 10, 2023

Crews prepare for upcoming busy stretch of Midtown Water Supply Project replacement in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - While it's not flashy, an important project aimed at providing water supply certainty in Nanaimo is becoming more visible. Preparatory works is underway alongside the Nanaimo Parkway for the...

Jan 10, 2023

Hiking heroes help carry wounded dog from Cable Bay Trail

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo woman is thanking a pair of hiking heroes who helped carry her injured dog to safety. Courtnay Huber's two-year-old Australian Shepard Pip was out with her mother-in-law and partne...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 10, 2023

'I'm going to shoot you:' man sentenced for initiating violent altercation against Nanaimo Mountie

NANAIMO - What started out as a shoplifting complaint escalated to a man attempting to disarm an RCMP officer and multiple threats to shoot her.The high risk incident in Nanaimo on Dec. 28, 2021 headl...

Jan 10, 2023

Recycling program expanded with some single-use plastics now blue-bin friendly

NANAIMO - The province is now accepting more recyclable plastic items at their depots and through residential blue bin programs. The announcement was made on Friday, Jan. 6, and will allow easier recy...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 09, 2023