Nanaimo

'Your world gets a little small:' chronic fatigue driving Nanaimo woman into frigid ocean water

NANAIMO - One woman's daily dip in the frosty ocean water is helping raise awareness toward an underdiagnosed condition.Cecile van Woensel suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a complicated di...

Feb 09, 2022

Proposed Diver Lake hotel inches closer to reality

NANAIMO - Constructing a nearly 70 room lakefront hotel in Nanaimo is advancing following a required land use designation change for a vacant lot.On Monday, Feb 7 city councillors endorsed converting ...

Feb 08, 2022

New highway car dealership given green light by Nanaimo council

NANAIMO - Shovels are due in the ground shortly to build a new car dealership in the city.Through a 7-2 vote, councillors gave approval to the project near the Rutherford Rd. intersection of the Islan...

Feb 08, 2022

Nanaimo Sr. B Timbermen opt out of season, franchise faces uncertain future

NANAIMO - Off-floor calls for help and meetings will help determine if the Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen will have future games on it. The longtime members of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association w...

Feb 08, 2022

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