Category Archives: Nanaimo
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)
Youth arrested in Victoria & charged after Nanaimo mall shooting
NANAIMO - A 17-year-old youth remains in custody following a shooting outside Woodgrove Centre.The suspect, who cannot be named under the Youth Justice Act, is alleged to have shot a 15-year-old outsi...
Feb 16, 2026 Mounties taped off an area of Woodgrove Centre on Thursday, Feb. 12 after a person was shot the afternoon prior. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo's Beban Park celebrates 50 years with Family Day fun
NANAIMO - Serving as a community gathering hub for the past five decades, it's only fitting this year's Family Day festivities in Nanaimo are staged at Beban Park. The City of Nanaimo is celebrating t...
Feb 16, 2026 Newly constructed Beban Park recreation complex in March 1976, featuring Frank Crane Arena, the pool and social centre. (Image Credit: Nanaimo Community Archives)
'A teaching tool:' new Nanaimo cookbook bolstering culinary skills
NANAIMO - Tried and true recipes from local kitchens are on offer through a local grassroots organization. Nanaimo Community Kitchens has created 'Nourish Nanaimo: A Community Cookbook & Local Foo...
Feb 15, 2026 Nourish Nanaimo is available at a pair of local stores, with proceeds going towards a Nanaimo community agency helping bolster food preparation skills. (Image Credit: Submitted photo)
Dogs barred from Oceanside beaches during Brant geese migration
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside beachgoers are being asked to keep their canine friends at home for now.Two Parksville beaches will be off-limits to dogs for the next few months, as the Black Brant geese are m...
Feb 15, 2026 A pair of Oceanside beaches will be closed to dogs for the next few months in order to protect the migration patterns of certain animals, like Black Brant geese. (Image Credit: Angie Ooms/Brant Wildlife Festival Facebook page)
'Nothing could be saved:' Rotary Bowl equipment shed destroyed
NANAIMO - A suspicious fire flattened a Nanaimo Track and Field storage shed, with only the metal siding remaining. Emergency crews were called to the Rotary Bowl on Third St. on Monday, Feb. 9 at aro...
Feb 14, 2026 Police in Nanaimo are looking for more information after a Rotary Bowl storage shed burned to the ground in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 9. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Community champions celebrated via annual Nanaimo WIN awards
NANAIMO - The impact of women, non-binary and two-spirit people in community was celebrated this week. The annual Women of Influence Awards in Nanaimo were held Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Vancouver Isl...
Feb 14, 2026 Nearly a dozen community leaders were formally recognized Wednesday night at the annual Women of Influence Awards in Nanaimo. (Image Credit: Damon James/Island Images Photography)
Long-stranded boat at Nanaimo's Neck Point to be removed
NANAIMO - A derelict boat which ran ashore at Neck Point in mid-December is finally poised to be removed. A statement from the Canadian Coast Guard to NanaimoNewsNOW confirmed the cabin cruiser, which...
Feb 13, 2026 A cabin cruiser which ran aground during rough weather at Neck Point Park in December, will finally be removed next week. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'We do believe alcohol was a factor:' head-on collision impacts Hwy. 19A
DASHWOOD - A serious collision has sent multiple people to hospital and continues to impact traffic along Hwy. 19A, north of Qualicum Beach.Emergency crews were called just before 10 a.m. on Friday, F...
Feb 13, 2026 Emergency crews remain on scene of a head on collision along Hwy. 19A in Dashwood, north of Qualicum Beach. (Image Credit: Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department)
'Not a good start:' Vancouver Island lacking mountain snow
NANAIMO - Mountain snowpack levels on Vancouver Island are currently the lowest in the province. The Feb. 1 snow survey and water supply bulletin from the Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Steward...
Feb 13, 2026 Snowpack levels across B.C. are about average, except on Vancouver Island, where only 39 per cent of mountain snow remains as of Feb. 1. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)