Nanaimo

'We've become a very busy location:' usage spike reported at Nanaimo overdose prevention site

NANAIMO - A newly opened enhanced venue for drug users to safely consume led to a sharp increase in clients taking advantage of the service. Inhalation users represents more than 80 per cent of the ro...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 10, 2023

Mail delivery in Nanaimo goes electric

NANAIMO - Canada Post has unveiled its new electric-powered delivery vehicles, with Nanaimo being the first in Canada to swap out its entire fleet from gas to electricity. President and CEO of Canada ...

Mar 09, 2023

'Give people a new way to see themselves:' Nanaimo criminal justice program receives $1.1 million

NANAIMO - A transformative program for students and incarcerated people has received a major financial gift which will see it expand. Students at Vancouver Island University partner up with inmates at...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 09, 2023

City reports second-highest year for construction in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - 2021 put Nanaimo in the category of one of the fastest-growing urban centres in the country, and it appears the trend is continuing. In 2022, the City issued building permits with a total co...

Mar 07, 2023

Nanaimo leads Vancouver Island in toxic drug deaths in January

NANAIMO - Tainted drugs continue to have a significant impact on the Harbour City.The Greater Nanaimo area recorded 12 fatalities linked to toxic drugs in January, according to new data from the BC Co...

Mar 07, 2023

Woman critically injured after being hit by vehicle along Parksville highway

PARKSVILLE - One person remains in hospital with significant injuries after a motorist hit two pedestrians on the Island Hwy in Parksville Oceanside RCMP, local firefighters and paramedics were called...

Mar 07, 2023

'So positive, so encouraging:' fundraiser launched for creation of 'Flying' Phil statue

PARKSVILLE - For years, Phil St. Luke was a constant presence in the Oceanside community, now there's a push to immortalize him forever. With support on the overarching idea from Council, a community-...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 07, 2023

'There are five dead already:' Nanaimo man sentenced for reporting fake school shooting

NANAIMO - A mental health breakdown was behind numerous bogus 911 calls from a man reporting multiple people were dead during a south Nanaimo school shooting.Douglas Aaron Edward Collier, 35, was hand...

Mar 06, 2023

B.C. introduces new legislation to protect against the sharing of intimate images without consent

VICTORIA - B.C.'s attorney general has proposed a new bill to protect people against the sharing of their intimate images without permission, as police warn of the growing problem of so-called sextort...

Mar 06, 2023

Concerns illuminated during Northfield-Bowen neighbourhood safety audit

NANAIMO - Preliminary safety audit findings in a central city neighbourhood mirror what's being reported elsewhere in the community - people don't feel safe.Compiled by fourth year VIU criminology stu...

Mar 06, 2023