Nanaimo

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

Brant geese migration triggers annual beach closures to dogs

PARKSVILLE - A mass migration of geese are set to return to local beaches over the coming weeks.It means restrictions will be placed on beaches in Parksville and Qualicum, preventing dogs on the beach...

Feb 03, 2022

'Winter's not over yet:' marmots & meteorologists agree on prolonged Nanaimo winter

NANAIMO - Don't stow the jackets in the back recesses of the closet just yet, we still have a ways to go this winter.There was an overwhelming consensus among both two and four legged weather prognost...

Feb 02, 2022

Cash reward offered for information leading to remains of Lisa Marie Young

NANAIMO - A sizeable cash reward is being offered for information regarding the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young.An anonymous donor has put up $50,000 USD (around $63,000 CAD) for information which l...

Feb 02, 2022

Extended sexual abuse by Gabriola Island man against daughter results in no jail time

NANAIMO - A man's continual sexual abuse of his own daughter for years resulted in a sentence to be served in the community and not in prison.The offender pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a pe...

Feb 02, 2022

Outbreaks of COVID-19 expand to 31 cases at Nanaimo hospital

NANAIMO - Two simultaneous but otherwise unrelated outbreaks of COVID-19 have expanded.A total of 31 patients at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital have tested positive over the course of two outbreaks...

Feb 01, 2022

'Our hospitals are coping, even though we're stretched:' Omicron causing volume, Delta leading to longer stays

NANAIMO - Hospitalization admissions continue to be some of the highest we've ever seen in B.C., however the province's top doc said the system is holding.Dr. Bonnie Henry said case numbers and hospit...

Feb 01, 2022

Space heater fire costs Nanaimo man trip to hospital for smoke inhalation

NANAIMO - A local homeowner had a close brush with a house fire over the weekend.Multiple engines from Nanaimo Fire Rescue were called to the 4100 block of Verte Pl. around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2...

Feb 01, 2022