Nanaimo

Top Stories of 2021: Nanaimo envisions downtown hub after property purchases

NANAIMO - City council and its staff want to reconfigure the downtown in a major way.Buoyed by the purchase of 14 Commercial St. in July, the site of the former Jean Burns building and current large h...

Dec 21, 2021

New COVID restrictions in B.C. to close bars, gyms, & 50 per cent capacity limits on all venues

NANAIMO - The B.C. Government has announced additional restrictions for this holiday season.The new restrictions are due to a spike in new COVID-19 cases and concerns about rapid community spread of t...

Dec 21, 2021

Top Stories of 2021: Sinkhole slows down Hwy. 19

NANAIMO - A sinkhole on Hwy. 19 near Lantzville caused some major delays and headaches for mid-Island residents in mid-November.After a weekend of rain known as an 'atmospheric river' pummeled most of...

Dec 20, 2021

Expensive coffee machine and other stolen valuables returned to Nanaimo church

NANAIMO - Local police believe they've connected the dots of a late summer break-in at a Nanaimo church where numerous valuables including a $10,000 espresso coffee machine were swiped.Penny Raines, 6...

Dec 20, 2021

Highway 19 gridlocked during repairs in Lantzville

NANAIMO - Road work is severely restricting daytime traffic flow in both directions on Hwy. 19 through Nanoose Bay and Lantzville. Drive BC stated paving operations on Monday, Dec 20 and Tuesday, Dec ...

Dec 20, 2021

Emaciated dog and her 5 puppies found abandoned in Nanaimo

- Editors note: This article contains a graphic image some readers might find disturbing. NANAIMO - A two-year-old dog and her five puppies are now being cared for by the BC SPCA after being found on ...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 20, 2021

Two seriously injured, hospitalized in central Nanaimo stabbing attack

NANAIMO - Two people remain in hospital with serious injuries following an attack in their home.RCMP and other first responders were called to a residence near the corner of Cadogan St. and Northumber...

Dec 19, 2021

Top Stories of 2021: First Truth and Reconciliation Day draws thousands in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Canada marked its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in late September with a message of unity and reconciliation.The Snuneymuxw First Nation lead the events on Thursday, Sep. 3...

Dec 19, 2021

Oceanside RCMP warn of scammers impersonating police/CRA agents in Bitcoin fraud

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP revealed a complex scam involving someone impersonating a Canada Revenue Agency agent and a local Mountie.Sometime this week a resident received a call from someone saying ...

Dec 19, 2021

Top Stories of 2021: man sentenced for planting secret bathroom camera capturing family members

NANAIMO - Public outrage was swift for one of our most read stories of the year.Details of a Nanoose Bay man secretly installing a video camera in the main bathroom of his family home draw widespread ...

Dec 18, 2021