Category Archives: Nanaimo
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...
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...
Jan 09, 2023
Port Alberni man dead after crash near Coombs, alcohol a possible factor
NANAIMO - A man died following a Friday night two-vehicle collision after police believe the driver of an oncoming truck may have been impaired by alcohol and crossed the centre line.It happened on an...
Jan 09, 2023
Showers, rain and atmospheric rivers: explaining West Coast weather
NANAIMO - Significant rainfall over the weekend is set to continue through the week. It's another parade of storms coming in from the Pacific, with an increasingly more familiar array of terms being u...
Jan 09, 2023
Over $1.1 million in federal funding eyed for central and north Island non-profits
NANAIMO - It's a major chunk of change which is hoped to bridge the gap between vulnerable people and vital services.United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island (UWCNVI) has opened applications f...
Jan 08, 2023
'We really felt it was important to give back:' Nanaimo SAR to donate tree-chipping proceeds
NANAIMO - A valued non-profit organization responding to people in distress at a moment's notice is coming through yet again, but in a different way.Nanaimo Search and Rescue is donating all of its pr...
Jan 07, 2023
NRGH among 20 hospitals to have emergency operation centre reactivated to manage patient flow
NANAIMO - With the number of sick patients requiring acute care, the Ministry of Health announced a strategy to ease congestion at the province's busiest hospitals. The province's Minister of Health A...
Jan 06, 2023
'Means the world to me:' longtime Nanaimo community advocate receives Patron of the City award
NANAIMO - A man who pioneered many recycling, community food and organic farm programs on the mid-Island has received a well-deserved honour. Craig Evans' advocacy for the environment and organic food...
Jan 06, 2023