Nanaimo

Save Old Growth Nanaimo shifting protest focus away from highway blockades

NANAIMO - The practice of sitting on and sometimes gluing themselves to area highways in the name of forest protection appears to be over for now.Demonstrators from Save Old Growth in Nanaimo angered ...

Jul 12, 2022

Major crime unit activated as search continues for missing Alberni woman

NANAIMO - Mounties in multiple Island jurisdictions are continuing the search for a woman missing for almost a week. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit have assumed control of the invest...

Alex Rawnsley Jul 12, 2022

'It's a huge sack to the organization:' VI Raiders practice facility badly damaged by fire

NANAIMO - It's another major setback for the VI Raiders football program.An early morning fire on Tuesday, July 12 torched a large section of the team's building at Caledonia Park on Wall St., damagin...

Jul 12, 2022

New Provincial Court Justice appointed to Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A new judge is set to work on a growing list of cases in the region.Judge Tamara Hodge will be sworn in on July 25 after being appointed to the provincial court by Chief Judge Melissa Gilles...

Jul 12, 2022

'Going to see astronomy revolutionized:' release of first James Webb images a game-changer Nanaimo astronomer

NANAIMO - It's been decades in the making, but astronomers around the world are getting a glimpse of the universe like never before.A full slate of images from the recently calibrated James Webb Space...

Jul 12, 2022

Summer reading club 'helps to bridge the gap' for youth over summer break

NANAIMO - Local Island libraries are working to keep young minds sharp between semesters with their summer reading club.It's a province-wide free literacy program available at public libraries and onl...

Jul 11, 2022

Visiting dragon boaters hit by bear spray during foul-mouthed drive-by assault

NANAIMO - A couple visiting the city over the weekend were attacked while walking in the downtown.A husband and wife from the Lower Mainland were walking along Cliff St., near Campbell St. around 1:30...

Jul 11, 2022

VIDEO: Fire destroys north Nanaimo home along Metral Drive

NANAIMO - A home in north Nanaimo is completely destroyed following an overnight fire.Fire Rescue crews were alerted to a blaze in the 5700 block of Metral Dr. shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Monday, July ...

Jul 11, 2022

Nanaimo girl saved from potential abduction by man she met online

NANAIMO - A young girl has escaped a likely child luring situation after her meet up was interrupted by onlookers.The girl, between the ages of 11 and 15, was at Robins Park, off Fifth St. in the earl...

Jul 11, 2022

Port of Nanaimo not implementing "Rolling Truck" ban on older trucks

NANAIMO - A controversial program to phase out diesel-powered trucks 20 years of age or older at the Port of Vancouver won't translate to Nanaimo any time soon.The "Rolling Truck Age Program" caps the...

Jul 11, 2022