Nanaimo

'Minutes can count in that situation:' Nanaimo blood packed and ready to go on Island Air Ambulances

NANAIMO - Donated and collected blood is now more readily available for an express flight where it's needed most.A partnership between Island Health and BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) is seeing...

Mar 31, 2022

Search for missing Ladysmith teen escalates

LADYSMITH - Police are still unsure on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Payton MacDonald.She was last seen March 15, with Ladysmith RCMP asked to conduct a wellness check on the girl a day later by the ...

Mar 31, 2022

New classrooms at Hammond Bay elementary behind schedule

NANAIMO - An underway expansion of Hammond Bay elementary school will wrap later than expected.The addition of 12 new classrooms for a mixture of 295 existing and new students at the French immersion ...

Mar 31, 2022

Arrest made in possible hate crime assault against VIU student

NANAIMO - An arrest has been made after an assault on a 19-year-old man which police say may have been a hate crime.Nanaimo RCMP arrested a 19-year-old man on Tuesday, March 29 at around 10 p.m., with...

Mar 30, 2022

Permanent repairs on Lantzville sinkhole scheduled for summer months

NANAIMO - Designs are being finalized for permanent repairs to a sinkhole on Hwy. 19.After an atmospheric river dumped a month's worth of rain on the region over the course of a couple of days, a sink...

Mar 30, 2022

Private, public, or free: plenty of ways to camp on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - There is great demand for the great outdoors.The B.C. government launched their revamped BC Parks reservation site on March 21, with over 19,000 bookings made on the first day, according to ...

Mar 30, 2022

Bail hearing adjourned for man accused of trying to abduct woman in Lantzville

NANAIMO - A man charged with assaulting a woman and trying to force her into his vehicle had his bail hearing re-scheduled to late next month.Bradley Dylan William Boscariol, 30, was transferred from ...

Mar 29, 2022

Contaminated oyster advisory expands, more brands added to recall list

QUALICUM BEACH - People are being told not to eat additional brands of oysters following an expanded recall by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).Several types of Taylor Shellfish Canada ULC b...

Mar 29, 2022

Nanaimo RCMP investigating possible hate crime after assault on LGBTQ+ student

NANAIMO - An investigation is underway following an apparent targeted attack against a local student.Police say a 19-year-old man, attending the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University, was assa...

Mar 29, 2022

Punctured gas line leads to multi-hour closure of busy Nanaimo street

NANAIMO - A main arterial road in Nanaimo was shut down for over an hour due to a natural gas line break.A gas line at a property in the 4100 block of Uplands Dr. between Clubhouse Dr. and Stonewood P...

Mar 29, 2022