Nanaimo

Multiple SAR units comb Nanaimo River area for missing man

NANAIMO - Local police along with search and rescue members are conducting a massive search for a missing man.First responders were called out to the parking lot adjacent to the Nanaimo River bridge a...

Jan 15, 2022

Two Nanaimo care homes have COVID-19 outbreaks declared over

NANAIMO - Operations are returning to normal at a pair of local long-term care homes.Island Health said on Saturday, Jan. 15 no further transmission of COVID-19 had been detected through follow up tes...

Jan 15, 2022

New round of neighbourhood safety audits coming to Nanaimo

NANAIMO -First of its kind safety audits introduced last year are being repeated to include new areas of the city to gauge how safe people feel in their local neighbourhood. Christy Wood, the City's c...

Jan 15, 2022

B.C. faring better than most amid fifth COVID wave

NANAIMO - The worst may be over in the fifth wave of COVID-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry presented another round of detailed case and hospitalizati...

Jan 14, 2022

Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools juggling staff resources to avoid 'functional closures'

NANAIMO - A main contributing factor on whether on not schools will close amid the fifth wave of COVID-19, is related to teacher illness, not students.The bulk of students returned to schools Monday, ...

Jan 14, 2022

Town of Ladysmith delays vaccine requirement policy until mid-March

LADYSMITH - The Town of Ladysmith is planning to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy for its staff, but it won't be enacted until March 14.CAO Allison McCarrick said we are in an ever-changing sit...

Jan 13, 2022

COVID-19 outbreak announced at Nanaimo long-term care home

NANAIMO - Island Health announced a sizable COVID outbreak at a facility home to many vulnerable seniors. Nine resident cases at Dufferin Place beside Nanaimo Hospital was announced by Island Health o...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 13, 2022

Public consultation launched for planned affordable housing project in Harewood

NANAIMO - Public opinion will help shape an ambitious affordable housing community to be located in a central part of Harewood.Three neighouring properties are poised for redevelopment on Fifth St: th...

Jan 13, 2022

Beban Park Pool to re-open for first time since start of pandemic

NANAIMO - A vital recreational venue in Nanaimo is at last set to re-open, nearly two years after abruptly shutting due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.The City of Nanaimo announced on Monday Ja...

Jan 13, 2022

Overdose calls smash provincial records, huge increases in Nanaimo & Parksville

NANAIMO - New data from BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) is highlighting the worsening drug toxicity crisis in B.C.Across the province, a record 35,525 overdose and poisoning calls were placed to ...

Jan 13, 2022