Category Archives: Nanaimo
'The need is significant:' another busy year for crisis line operators
NANAIMO - Local crisis line operators again demonstrated their immense value with mental health issues topping the list of required support, especially this time of year.Vancouver Island Crisis Societ...
Dec 23, 2021
Top Stories of 2021: Deal struck to establish passenger-only ferry between Nanaimo and Vancouver
NANAIMO - Establishing a long-awaited and much anticipated passenger-only fast ferry between Nanaimo and Vancouver received a significant jolt this year.An agreement between Toronto-based private equi...
Dec 22, 2021
RCMP seek items possibly linked to stabbing of Nanaimo couple
NANAIMO - Police hope the public can help find several personal items believed to have been discarded following a shocking stabbing in Nanaimo.A couple in their 60's were stabbed in their Northumberla...
Dec 22, 2021
VIDEO: "Thank you for loving me:" emaciated momma dog and her puppies safe and warm for Christmas
NANAIMO - The story of Celeste, a two-year-old, starving dog who was abandoned while pregnant to give birth to her five puppies on the street, won't soon be forgotten by the citizens of Nanaimo.And th...
Dec 22, 2021
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 ...
Dec 20, 2021