Nanaimo

WestJet announces additional Nanaimo to Calgary flights

NANAIMO - More flights are slowly being added to the schedule at Nanaimo Airport as COVID-19 restrictions ease.WestJet announced two additional weekly flights on its direct Nanaimo to Calgary service ...

Jun 15, 2020

Residents of Fifth St. affordable housing complex rally for better care and repairs

NANAIMO - Stepping into a unit in the townhouse complex known as Sanala is like stepping into a horror movie. In one unit, flakes of paint fall from the bathroom ceiling in large chunks. In another, f...

Jun 15, 2020

Driver loses life in Hwy 19A crash in front of Country Club Centre

NANAIMO - A crash in front of Country Club Centre has claimed the life of a driver involved. The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 14. Nanaimo RCMP confirmed a 34-year-old female dri...

Alex Rawnsley Jun 14, 2020

Libraries move towards re-opening as community support groups adjust without valuable public space

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) branches across the Island are taking another step forward to re-opening their doors.The library closed all 39 of their branches on March 16 in respo...

Jun 14, 2020

VIDEO: Black Lives Matter supporters march through downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Chants of "Black Lives Matter" filled downtown Nanaimo for the second event in two weeks protesting for change. More than 100 people carried signs high and chanted loudly during the peaceful...

Jun 13, 2020

Question Period to remain on hold after online alternative removed

NANAIMO - The formal Question Period at City of Nanaimo council meetings is expected to remain on hold for more than two months. The ability to speak to City Council directly at meetings was removed o...

Jun 13, 2020

Active COVID-19 cases increase slightly heading into key weekend

NANAIMO - B.C. continues to land all the right blows in its fight against COVID-19.The province confirmed 16 new cases of the virus has been detected in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of...

Jun 12, 2020

Nanaimo Hells Angels regain dilapidated club house after lengthy court battle

NANAIMO - The Hells Angels have won a lengthy criminal case and will have several clubhouses, including one in Nanaimo, returned to them. The Nanaimo clubhouse on Victoria Rd. was seized back in 2007 ...

Jun 12, 2020

RDN report claims housing construction keeping pace with demand but cost still a concern

NANAIMO - A lengthy Regional District of Nanaimo report claims the ongoing housing construction boom will continue but high costs will remain an issue. The Regional Housing Needs Report presented on J...

Jun 12, 2020

Nanaimo RCMP locate missing 50-year-old man

NANAIMO - RCMP have located 50-year-old Scott Brown, safe early on Friday, June 12.Brown went missing from his north Nanaimo home on Thursday, June 11 with a large search effort deployed to find him."...

Jun 11, 2020