Nanaimo

Vax passport officially launches as Nanaimo businesses navigate newest challenge

NANAIMO - Monday marks the first day of B.C.'s vaccine passport program.Announced in late August, the passport is a QR-code based system to show a proof of vaccination against COVID-19 allowing access...

Sep 13, 2021

Textile recycling project on Gabriola Island turning waste into wonderful

GABRIOLA ISLAND - A program aiming to divert unrecyclable and undesired clothing and other materials from the landfill has made some early strides.The Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (GIRO) hos...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 12, 2021

Central Island active COVID-19 cases rise to again top 200

NANAIMO - The central Vancouver Island region is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases which is outpacing other areas of the health authority.Island Health reported 84 new cases on Friday, Sept. 10, an...

Sep 10, 2021

Police arrest one, looking for another after robbery at north Nanaimo grocery store

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking to identify one person involved in a shoplifting incident.Police were called to the Save-On-Foods location near Woodgrove Centre in the 6900 block of the Island Hw...

Sep 10, 2021

Advance polls open in Nanaimo ahead of upcoming federal election

NANAIMO - The first of four advance voting opportunities is underway prior to the federal election.The early in-person voting option runs across Canada between Friday, Sept. 10 and Monday Sept. 13 bet...

Sep 10, 2021

Nanaimo man awaits sentence after child porn guilty plea

NANAIMO - A local man must wait for a judge's sentence for possession of child pornography, the latest case in a continuous cycle of the disturbing behaviour before Nanaimo judges.On Thursday, Sept 9,...

Sep 10, 2021

Unvaccinated 'holding a red flag to a virus that spreads to live' as ICUs stay crowded

NANAIMO - B.C.'s hospitals continue to fill with more serious COVID-19 cases, mainly among those who have elected not to receive a vaccine shot.Health minister Adrian Dix delivered repeated empassione...

Sep 09, 2021

Election 2021: Nanaimo-Ladysmith representation on global issue of climate change

NANAIMO - Canadians will head back to the polls on Sept. 20 to elect a new federal government. It will also mark the third vote in just over two years for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding following the Sp...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 09, 2021

'Something was seriously wrong:' off-duty Nanaimo Mountie saves toddler's life on remote stretch of Hwy. 19

NANAIMO - A local RCMP officer was in the right place at the right time while on extended leave to save the life of a 17-month-old girl. Cst. Denise Laforest was driving from Nanaimo to Alert Bay with...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 09, 2021

Nanaimo experiences hottest summer on record

NANAIMO - Paced by several suffocating heatwaves and limited rain, summer 2021 was one for the record books.Environment Canada's meteorological cycle considers June, July and August the summer season ...

Sep 09, 2021