Category Archives: Nanaimo
Young joyriders get vehicles stuck in sensitive Nanaimo Estuary
NANAIMO - Four youth are potentially facing charges from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) after a rising tide caught them off guard in a protected area.RCMP were alerted around 8:30 p.m. on...
May 29, 2024
Music programs axed from Vancouver Island University
NANAIMO - Despite public outcry music programs at Vancouver Island University (VIU) have been cut.VIU officially cancelled the bachelor of music, the bachelor of music-classic transfer, and the jazz d...
May 29, 2024
'I told him to stop:' man on trial for alleged violent sexual assault in Nanaimo
Editors note: Kenneth Boychuk was found not guilty, of the charged detailed in this article, on Wednesday, June 20, 2024. Our report on the verdict is available here. This article contains graphic det...
May 29, 2024
'An embarrassment:' two arrested after Nanaimo Council delegation refuses to leave
NANAIMO - A gradually escalating differing of opinion between City Council and a small group of local residents boiled over Monday night, resulting in two people being escorted away in police handcuff...
May 28, 2024
Nanaimo named in building permit processing hub pilot project
NANAIMO - The province has introduced an online hub they say will speed up the permitting process to get homes built faster.Nanaimo was one of the 14 communities named for the new online building perm...
May 28, 2024
UPDATE: Man arrested, another sent to hospital after serious stabbing in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - One person is in custody, another remains in hospital after a serious altercation in the city's downtown. Police, Nanaimo Fire Rescue and BC Emergency Health Services were called to the corn...
May 28, 2024 Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed another during an altercation at the corner of Cavan St. and Victoria Cres. late Tuesday morning. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'I killed him:' life in prison for Nanaimo's Ashley Baird for murdering cellmate in Alberta
NANAIMO - A local man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for a decade after being sentenced for second-degree murder in an Alberta courtroom. Ashley Laird Bair...
May 28, 2024
Transition to electronic fare system expected late this year for RDN public transit customers
NANAIMO - Using old-fashioned cash will remain, however physical tickets and day passes are poised to be relics of the past while boarding buses across the province. As directed by BC Transit, effecti...
May 27, 2024
B.C. barely doing enough to help reduce poverty: Food Banks Canada
NANAIMO - British Columbia has been hit with a barely passing grade when it comes to poverty reduction efforts.A new report from Food Banks Canada is giving B.C. a grade of D+ when it comes to helping...
May 27, 2024
22 unit townhouse development proposed for Nanaimo's Metral Drive
NANAIMO - Plans are in motion to densify three lots on Metral Dr. In Nanaimo's Pleasant Valley area. A recently submitted development permit application pitches six three storey townhouse units at 564...
May 27, 2024