Nanaimo

New COVID-19 cases reported at Nanaimo Seniors Village

NANAIMO -A total of seven new cases of COVID-19 have been detected at a long-term care home in Nanaimo.According to Island Health, Nanaimo Seniors Village on Uplands Dr. is reporting six new cases amo...

Feb 07, 2022

Only 3 City of Nanaimo employees on unpaid leave due COVID vaccination mandate

NANAIMO - An overwhelming number of City of Nanaimo employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.The City's human resources director John Van Horne told NanaimoNewsNOW about three dozen employees h...

Feb 07, 2022

'It's a big problem:' Nanaimo principal sounds off on smart phone addiction

NANAIMO - Seeing bleary-eyed, exhausted students in the days following a prolonged winter break only amplified concerns of the principal of Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS).Liana Appelt was wo...

Feb 07, 2022

Nanaimo cat lounge bringing fosters from overcrowded Prairie shelters

NANAIMO - A novel idea for the Harbour City is helping give a new lease on life for some four legged friends.Kitties & Cream in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter partnered with a pair of Saskatchewan-bas...

Feb 06, 2022

New washroom, shower & laundry building part of key upgrades to Snaw-Naw-As campground

NANAIMO - A popular mid-Island campground will soon see some overdue improvements.Snaw-Naw-As First Nation, through their Nanoose Economic Development Corporation, received $242,496 in provincial fund...

Feb 05, 2022

Public Coroners' inquest scheduled into shooting death by police in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A delayed BC Coroners Service public inquest into the historical death of a man shot dead by police in central Nanaimo has a new date. The inquest into the death of Craig Andrew Ford is sche...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 04, 2022

New seniors & affordable housing complex set to begin construction in central Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Shovels are ready to go into the ground on a new housing development in the city.The 62-unit complex featuring one and two bedroom suites is due to begin construction shortly after the City ...

Feb 04, 2022

Continued spike in overdose fatalities highlighting proper use of life-saving Naloxone

NANAIMO - With over 35,000 overdose and poisoning calls reported in 2021, the drug toxicity crisis in B.C. is continuing to claim an increasing number of lives.Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narc...

Feb 04, 2022

Multiple Macbook's fraudulently purchased in Nanaimo using new credit card scheme

NANAIMO - Stores selling high end tech and other expensive items are on alert with a new credit card scam circulating.Local Mounties report multiple stores across Vancouver Island and into the Lower M...

Feb 03, 2022

Cash, lotto tickets stolen in apparent Fifth St. armed robbery

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking for a man in his 40's who robbed a store at gun point.A 911 call was made around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26 from a business in the University Village near the co...

Feb 03, 2022