Category Archives: Nanaimo
Rental housing desired for Nanaimo's former Jean Burns building
NANAIMO - A long dormant eyesore in the city's downtown is again being presented as a blank canvas for the development community. The City of Nanaimo is looking to partner with a qualified developer t...
Feb 19, 2026 The former Jean Burns site has been a blatent eye sore in the heart of downtown Nanaimo since a March 2016 fire. Now, the City is hoping to attract rental housing to the site through a new development. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
UPDATE: Missing Nanaimo man found safe and sound by RCMP
UPDATE - Nanaimo RCMP report a missing man has been located safe and sound.EARLIER, NANAIMO - Local Mounties are attempting to locate a missing man after his truck was found abandoned and flipped on i...
Feb 18, 2026 Sun Hoorn is believed to be missing after a motor vehicle incident along Nanaimo River Rd. on Wednesday. (Image Credit: Nanaimo RCMP)
UPDATE: Man arrested for allegedly ramming police cruiser in Whiskey Creek
UPDATE: 30-year-old Craig James Hannon was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 19. EARLIER, WHISKEY CREEK - Oceanside RCMP are looking for a 30-year-old man, accused of ramming an Oceanside RCMP vehicle severa...
Feb 18, 2026 An arrest warrant has been issued for 30-year-old Craig Hannon for allegedly ramming a stolen truck into a police vehicle in Whiskey Creek on Feb. 12, 2026. (Image Credit: Oceanside RCMP)
66-units now planned for waterfront Qualicum Beach property
QUALICUM BEACH - A waterfront property under a variety of development proposals for more than 20 years could finally see some forward momentum. Developers envision 66 units across a trio of three-stor...
Feb 18, 2026 A multi-family condo complex is being pitched for a forested lot along the Island Hwy. in Qualicum Beach, the third major project pitched for the waterfront lot. (Image Credit: KP Architecture Ltd.)
RDN top official to retire, plenty of time to find successor
NANAIMO - While the Regional District of Nanamo's chief administrative officer is nearly one year from calling it a career, the RDN is already preparing to find its next leader. CAO Doug Holmes inform...
Feb 18, 2026 The RDN has plenty of time to select its next chief administrative officer. (Image Credit: file photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
UPDATE: Oceanside overnight warming centre opens
UPDATE: Due to the ongoing cold weather, the warming centre at Oceanside Community Church will also be open on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 10:00 p.m., until 8 a.m. Friday morning.RDN Transit will once again...
Feb 18, 2026 The Regional District of Nanaimo is opening an overnight cold weather shelter at the Oceanside Community Church in Errington Wednesday night as temperatures and snow begins to drop. (Image Credit: Google Maps)
High-risk Oceanside home invasion case finally closed
NANAIMO - Approaching four years since a man in a rural Oceanside home was tied up and surrounded by armed assailants, judicial proceedings have at last concluded. Teresa Marie Evenson, 38, was issued...
Feb 18, 2026 Teresa Marie Evenson was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 13 at provincial court in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Oceanside RCMP)
Province confirms 'initial planning for expansion' at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - Long overdue upgrades to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) are taking a small, first step forward.Provincial finance minister Brenda Bailey delivered the annual budget in the Legislat...
Feb 17, 2026 Pressure has mounted on the provincial government over several years, in a bid to see construction underway on a new patient tower at NRGH in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Correct an historic anomaly:' Snuneymuxw seeking to vote in Nanaimo municipal elections
NANAIMO - A joint application aims to allow on-reserve Snuneymuxw First Nation members the ability to vote for Nanaimo's mayor and council, as well as take part in municipal assent voting. A Tuesday, ...
Feb 17, 2026 SFN Chief Michael Wyse and Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog address reporters during an announcement regarding hopes for on-reserve SFN members to vote in municipal elections. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Unique contest injects buzz to Nanaimo A&B Sound building revival
NANAIMO - Budding local entrepreneurs are likely tuned into a promotion offering free rent for a year in the Soundworks development. Located at 1 Commercial St., former home of the long-closed A&B...
Feb 17, 2026 An impactful promotion is about to begin as construction progresses on the former A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)