Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - While drug trafficking convictions at courthouses throughout the country and province are commonplace, the length of sentences handed out in Nanaimo this year didn't go unnoticed. Several he...

Editor's note: This article was updated at 1:50 p.m. with further context from the City of Nanaimo's manager of engineering projects. NANAIMO - A key intersection in Nanaimo's downtown core will soon ...

NANAIMO - A constantly evolving program run out of Vancouver Island University is providing valuable, potentially life-saving, lessons to local high school students. Before P.A.R.T.Y (Preventing Alcoh...

NANAIMO - One of the city's biggest eyesores and problem spots over recent years is poised for demolition in 2025, after an eventful 2024.The former site of the Howard Johnson Hotel, at the corner of ...

NANAIMO - The desire to save energy is there, but an increasing number of people are unsure on what more they can do according to BC Hydro Data from Hydro's most recent Residential End Use Survey show...

NANAIMO - A major public works and infrastructure project was front and centre at City Hall for all of 2024, but remains in largely the same spot it did at the end of last year.At the forefront of a m...

NANAIMO - A team of firefighters scaling down a high rise building to replicate a potential rescue call is another day at the office for Nanaimo Fire Rescue. The Thursday, Dec. 12 task at the 17-store...

NANAIMO - An expansive commercial kitchen is now on offer for those looking to get their start. Formerly home to the Nanaimo Bakery, a revamped commissary kitchen at the corner of Meredith and Bowen R...

NANAIMO - Multi-year, extensive upgrades on several fronts to Nanaimo's downtown core focuses on overhauling a pair of critically important streets. The old phrase 'no pain, no gain' applies to ongoin...

QUALICUM BEACH - A tragic series of events resulting in the death of an elderly man and injuries to the woman he was trying to help led to several charges. Jacob Aaron Pardiac, a 29-year-old Coombs ma...